Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NARRATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "That apple's wax, anyway. You'll get a food break when you're done."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "snort ash" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNORT ASH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat ash" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT ASH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+2/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hm. We can riff on death being the big sleep."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+3/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake up" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+3/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAKE UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already had concerned friends telling you you need to wake up.
Floyd | You babble about how it must be a dream--it can't be happening to
Floyd | you--despite having dreamt this sort of thing before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+4/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+4/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, yes..." says the director, "Computer and gadget addiction will
Floyd | be a definite growth sector for socially health-conscious movies in
Floyd | the coming decades. But you're too old. You didn't have that pitfall
Floyd | as a kid. Wouldn't be believable."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But if you get back on track here, I'll give your son special
Floyd | consideration for a role."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Oh dear,
Floyd | an anti-LSD ad snuck in here somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x ad" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat apple" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the apple)
Floyd | "That apple's wax, anyway. You'll get a food break when you're done."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		ASchultz says, "oops, ad=ads=posters"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | This isn't a violent game. It's a snotty game. Try something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swear" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "kiss cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put fridge in ashtray" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FRIDGE IN ASHTRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call mom" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL MOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get posters" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x backpack" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Surprisingly, you turn up an illegally burned DVD of Reefer
Floyd | Madness. "Hey! Who put that..." yells the director. "It's a very
Floyd | instructional movie, you know. The tobacco companies sponsored it." A
Floyd | stage hand runs up, grabs the obvious propaganda, and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x backpack" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure why, but yeah, suddenly you really want to take care
Floyd | of business here so you can watch Reefer Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not a dignified way to sign off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing to smell, now you know the cigarette's fake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | "You goddamn numbskull!" shouts the director from the fourth wall.
Floyd | "That's an idea I had for the I QUIT SMOKING film. The one they
Floyd | rejected. Too much choreography, they said. Thanks for the reminder!"
Floyd | The director hyperventilates for a bit before calming down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep at it. Keep at it. New ideas probably getting tougher now. Don't
Floyd | worry if I yell at you for dumb new ones."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 15+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dammit!" yells the producer. "This is education, not a talent show!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the director claiming he WISHED he had the budget for a
Floyd | full-blown musical, but he DIDN'T. Best not to goad him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Did we ever do anything with the note?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's small, but there's an impressive amount crammed on it:
Floyd |
Floyd | -- LSD AND OTHER ILLEGALS Sunday
Floyd |
Floyd | -- TOBACCO Monday
Floyd |
Floyd |  -- ALCOHOL Tuesday
Floyd |
Floyd |  -- OBESITY Wednesday
Floyd |
Floyd |  -- PROMISCUITY Thursday
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "read and ate it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get apple" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "That apple's wax, anyway. You'll get a food break when you're done."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we didn't cover drugs and promiscuity yet did we"
		DavidW asks, "Is there no couch in this living room?"
		eu says, "Well we're only supposed to cover tobacco."
eu says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss ashtray" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS ASHTRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x magnet" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | "Say, why you interested in that so much? You not a closet smoker,
Floyd | eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		ASchultz says, "I figured there was too much clutter already for a couch."
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a can of beer, an apple, a glossy magazine, a box of
Floyd | nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look behind fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "live" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wanna live--I don't wanna..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hold it! That's not your choice. Film's almost over the time limit.
Floyd | Plus, we got no time or money for a big hospital scene with an oxygen
Floyd | tank and whatnot."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "clever"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "did we try 'recharge phone'?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "snuff cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+6/42

		DavidW asks, "or 'throw cigarette'?"
		eu says (to DavidW), "Nope."
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+7/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to jenrexrode), "Now go."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "snuff cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+7/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNUFF CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		borowski says, ""This isn't a snuff film!""
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+7/42

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+7/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to jenrexrode), "Just ``press space'', without the ``f''."
		jenrexrode says, "ah"
inky says (to Floyd), "lick ashtray" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+7/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LICK ASHTRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you get there, the director claps his hand. "Bravo! You can't
Floyd | do that yourself, I mean, we need some green haired kid with multiple
Floyd | ugly-ass piercings or something. Good and edgy, though. People talk
Floyd | about comparing smoking to licking an ashtray...but..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ew."
		jenrexrode says, "cool"
		DavidW says, "Thought we did that one already."
		jenrexrode says, "we licked a note"
		ASchultz says, "I think you did kiss ashtray. But that should clue..."
		jenrexrode asks, "fry eggs? what are some other PSA drug cliches?"
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+8/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+8/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize your faults, your mistakes, and the big one--smoking.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the director. "Incisive. Dynamic. We all feel that way--or we
Floyd | should."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say no" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY NO
Floyd |
Floyd | (to director)
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "just say no" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUST SAY NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "1 sec, let me try something"
ASchultz says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You will receive ratings on your performance from licensed health,
Floyd | public relations, and social engineering professionals afterwards.
Floyd | Don't you worry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
ASchultz says (to Floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42

		ASchultz says, "latest version should have a yes/no of tracking what you did"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah"
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd | Oh, wait. Maybe you just wanted to see what you have and haven't done.
Floyd | Is that the case?

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I triggered that earlier, listing at least what we've done, but I think it didn't spoiler the things we didn't do."
		DavidW asks, "Did we try 'cough'?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Nope."
eu says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 60 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "cough" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+9/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You muster up a woeful cough, as opposed to the determined aggressive
Floyd | coughs of nonsmokers who'd been around you. Or, rather, your
Floyd | character. "Brilliant!" says the director. "We'll have a National
Floyd | Geographic style voiceover about how even the smoker can't stand his
Floyd | own..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brainstorming sessions like this, they gotta give us more funding.
Floyd | Keep it up!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "choke" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "breathe" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREATHE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | 911's the big one. There're a bunch of others you probably aren't
Floyd | going to use. Possibly because there's not enough time to type them.
Floyd | Someone has written in 5433-2255 OR 99999 LOL. You think back to very
Floyd | bad commercials from your youth and wonder what it might be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "call lol" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL LOL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "call 5433-2255" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL 5433-2255
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "oops that should be "local number""
eu says (to Floyd), "call quitline" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL QUITLINE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm kinda outta new ideas."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call operator" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL OPERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dial 0" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL 0
Floyd |
Floyd | "Operator..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, say, Jim Croce smoked too, you know. Right on an album cover. Died
Floyd | at 30. Yup.
Floyd |
Floyd | What? What plane crash?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dial 3178" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL 3178
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "dial life-call" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL LIFE-CALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial 1" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL 1
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "I didn't think of putting the hyphen in there. Aigh."
eu says (to Floyd), "dial lifecall" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 16+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL LIFECALL
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm having chest pains!" you yell. After slumping to the ground, you
Floyd | follow up with the obligatory "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The director begins laughing. "Oh, man. What a commercial that was.
Floyd | We--we can't show that to kids. Man, oh, man, memories.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But it's serious business now. In this interconnected world, people
Floyd | can take this sort of thing for granted. So not too much goofing off,
Floyd | eh?" He nods until you start nodding, too. You feel slightly guilty
Floyd | that a real-life Mr. Miller or Mrs. Fletcher really COULD use...
Floyd |
Floyd | You snap out of it. Man, you HATE stupid power plays like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Whoa. Is LIFECALL a real thing?"
		phoenix says, "Didn't get that one"
		ASchultz says, "it was a cult-classic commercial in the 80s"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fall down" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > FALL DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		ASchultz says, "It's a real thing, yeah, but I think it's LifeAlert now"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. I had no idea what that called. I remember those ads."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42

		eu asks, "99999 is xyzzy then?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "With the little button on a necklace or something."
		ASchultz says, "yes, 99999=xyzzy"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no other number than 911 to call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take money and run" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MONEY AND RUN
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to futz with more than one thing at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take paycheck" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAYCHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to take the paycheck. It's just lying out there. Since the
Floyd | script writers didn't fulfill their contract, legally...
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take your paycheck, the director takes you aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fascinating. Didn't think I'd learn much from this. But you actors
Floyd | impress me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+10/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | You already did that scene. In the doctor's office. Knowing your fate
Floyd | was sealed. Wishing you could undo...it is time for the payoff.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 17+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | "I ... should've ... all over again ... next time around I'd ... the
Floyd | ..." It doesn't make sense, but people will get the picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good ad-libbing," says the director.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+11/42
Floyd | Okay, okay, I'll let you restart for real if you want. Even if there's
Floyd | no actual way to get permanently stuck.
Floyd |

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?
Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nice"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | %% File to restore:

		phoenix says, "oops"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kkk" 		

Floyd | %% Restore file: kkk
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "It's ok."
		phoenix says, "I'm afraid to try QUIT"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Although now I wish I'd typed some other random key :P"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I think it's safe."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+11/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get ready for your scene about how important it is to quit, or
Floyd | quit before you start, or quit before nature forces you to. It will
Floyd | involve intensive head-nodding. Unfortunately, you forgot to die
Floyd | first, which pisses the director off no end. "It's not time for your
Floyd | big monologue yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd | Oh, wait. It occurs to me you might actually want to quit THIS GAME,
Floyd | but if you do now, the Tobacco Companies win.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surely the other 37 games in this archive, some by much more acclaimed
Floyd | and established authors than me, aren't as health conscious and
Floyd | socially motivated as this one?
Floyd |
Floyd | Surely any game that's worse than this is less fun, and any game
Floyd | that's better will waste even more of your precious time?
Floyd |
Floyd | Understand, here, I just wanted to give you the whole picture before
Floyd | taking such a drastic action.
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "win game" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIN GAME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cheat" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no. You don't cheat. You look around for hints. There's a
Floyd | difference.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lol at that comment on trying to quit"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		phoenix says, "this one too"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+12/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | Something in how you look around confusedly captures something the
Floyd | director wants. "Brilliant!" he says. You mention you were just hoping
Floyd | for a cue. "Oh. Well, still. Just, uh, keep getting lost like that and
Floyd | you'll get somewhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Man! Acting like this, all from the heart (and what a healthy heart
Floyd | it is,) who needs all those writers? We could can a few and have more
Floyd | money for research."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee"
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+13/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hint" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+13/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > HINT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't you come prepared AT ALL?" booms the director. "Look, lots of
Floyd | what you do should be obvious. I can think of a few things off the top
Floyd | of my head."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+13/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+13/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pray before the final moment...but it is not completed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hm. Maybe a slightly healthier life and he'd have finished the prayer
Floyd | to get to heaven? Hard hitting. Cutting edge. But the public's not
Floyd | ready for that yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+13/42

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn bar" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey! I paid for that. From a vending machine. That didn't dispense
Floyd | the first one. It's MINE once we're done here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn apple" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "That apple's wax, anyway. You'll get a food break when you're done."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sneeze" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNEEZE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "curse the gods" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CURSE THE GODS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "write" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn me" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, maybe you could, like, start a house fire, and that'd be some
Floyd | REALLY lethal second-hand smoke. Genius.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 18+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. Then dramatic music starts playing. You catch, out of
Floyd | the corner of your eye, someone ordering you to collapse on the floor.
Floyd | Suddenly, remembering your job, you do, dutifully. "Right," says the
Floyd | director. "We'll cut that staring around bit out."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 19+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "fall" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 19+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > FALL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 19+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 19+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 19+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You run around in circles. But there is nowhere to go. Nowhere to
Floyd | escape your fate. Death closes in on you. Wait--no--that's just the
Floyd | lights from the video cameras darkening. "This isn't some goddamn
Floyd | action movie. Or some cartoon. This is serious business."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "put cigarette in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CIGARETTE IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the cigarette)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cut! CUT! We're trying to get you in character, but that's going too
Floyd | far! I mean, one puff'd make this whole movie R-rated, just doing
Floyd | THAT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "wow, no one tried directional commands yet"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Melodrama running around now might take away from the funeral scene
Floyd | later. It's gonna be hella tearful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb on fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops sorry"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb on fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB ON FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "sorry I appear to be obsessed with this fridge"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "lie" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's cookies inside, if you can get it open."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | YOU wouldn't have put it there. But then, it wasn't your choice. You
Floyd | notice the refrigerator magnet is pinning a brochure to the fridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x brochure" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 20+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "We already panned to that. Oh, wait, you weren't in that scene, it
Floyd | was your wife tearfully pinning it to the fridge 'cause you yelled
Floyd | YOU'D NEVER QUIT. It'll be in the closing credits, too. And don't tell
Floyd | me you didn't read it already. That was part of understanding your
Floyd | character."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix exclaims, "but, but, it was our choice! We picked it up and put it back down!"
		DavidW says, "hm, I see hintage towards posters."
		jenrexrode says, "uh huh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. "Stop
Floyd | smoking before smoking stops you!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. "Don't
Floyd | Pass Gas" is part of an anti-secondhand smoke campaign.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fart" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+14/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > FART
Floyd |
Floyd | The director behind the cameras yells "Cut! There's already a video
Floyd | for that angle. How smoking's worse than body functions. But we got
Floyd | KIDS covering that. This is serious business. You're a serious actor."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brilliant. Brilliant. Too bad there's not much left 'cause you're on
Floyd | a roll."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burp" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURP
Floyd |
Floyd | You release a small hiccup instead. Stage fright?
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "stop" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Wow,
Floyd | THINK DO'NT SMOKE by some youngun who at least tried.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+15/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The usual "if you'd thought in the first place you'd never have
Floyd | started" comes to mind. But it doesn't translate well to the current
Floyd | situation. You try to pull a Rodin's Statue look, but there's no chair
Floyd | or rock to sit on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That...whatever the hell you were trying to do? It didn't work." says
Floyd | the director.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		jenrexrode says, "hehe"
		DavidW asks, "I guess the posters are the in-game hint repository?"
		phoenix says, "looks like it"
		ASchultz says, "sort of. There's one other, too."
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "xposter" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > XPOSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Ooh,
Floyd | here's one drawn by some eight-year-old where adults are all coughing
Floyd | around a giant lit cigarette carrying a machine gun
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x paycheck" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAYCHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're free to take it, now. But you got a lecture about doing all you
Floyd | could for the kiddies first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat paycheck" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PAYCHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the paycheck)
Floyd | You go to take the paycheck. It's just lying out there. Since the
Floyd | script writers didn't fulfill their contract, legally...
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take your paycheck, the director takes you aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brilliant. Mind like yours is wasted on acting. I'll put in a good
Floyd | word for you as a spokesman."
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat notepad" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT NOTEPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking notepad)
Floyd | It's the director's.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat paper" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drug humor is in bad taste. Straight-up scorn just works better."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read notepad" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTEPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You peek over at the director's notepad. He has some notes scrawled on
Floyd | it. Get a closer look?

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Couched in the surprising amount of doodling you notice the text "grab
Floyd | chest."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw. I was trying to avoid taking hints."
eu says (to Floyd), "grab chest" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 21+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRAB CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The director nods noncommittally. "Yeah, I guess that's one of the
Floyd | first things I'd do if I were an actor. Surprised it took you a bit of
Floyd | time to. Well, you did it okay, I guess."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW asks, "Why would we grab our chest?"
		DavidW says, "I don't understand that one."
		jenrexrode says, "heart attack"
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l u" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > L U
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drool" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROOL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Melodrama running around now might take away from the funeral scene
Floyd | later. It's gonna be hella tearful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "swoon" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWOON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "spin" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get backpack" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure why, but yeah, suddenly you really want to take care
Floyd | of business here so you can watch Reefer Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "crush cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRUSH CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "shoot me" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "attack me" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | This isn't a violent game. It's a snotty game. Try something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz writes down more synonyms to add
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "kneel" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "stagger" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "grab throat" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRAB THROAT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 22+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare into the camera. And stare. And stare. "So many angles to
Floyd | take with this, eh? But it doesn't quite translate to the medium. We
Floyd | got all this in health books. You stick to acting."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "act" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > ACT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Too much thinking ruins spontaneous acting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unplug phone" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNPLUG PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take charger" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CHARGER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "break ashtray" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK ASHTRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That ashtray's not necessary. In fact, it never SHOULD have been but
Floyd | for a big life mistake. But maybe you could do something really double
Floyd | super ironic with it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "1 sec, I'll see what's left"
ASchultz says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You will receive ratings on your performance from licensed health,
Floyd | public relations, and social engineering professionals afterwards.
Floyd | Don't you worry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
ASchultz pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd | Oh, wait. Maybe you just wanted to see what you have and haven't done.
Floyd | Is that the case?

		
ASchultz says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | --examine your wallet, sleep, examine the brochure, think
Floyd | --take or drink the beer, open the fridge, eat apple, smoke
Floyd | --take the gum, restart, grab chest, cry
Floyd | --wake up, eat chocolate, any unparseable command, jump
Floyd | --die, live, lick the ashtray, say XYZZY
Floyd | --look at the camera, call 911, coughing, undo
Floyd | --read the magazine, wait, examine the magnet, eat the paper
Floyd | --make a body noise, open window, pray, examine backpack
Floyd | --request the score, sing, ask for a hint, quit
Floyd | --go in any direction, examine the boom mike, phone LifeCall
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
ASchultz pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 110 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski's corporeal form was TP'ed while he was astral projecting. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		
borowski arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+16/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider a joke where you ask the pack of cigarettes to "take your
Floyd | life, please." It takes too long to develop, though, and after a bit
Floyd | of awkward explanation, the director says he'll think about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "floor" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unplug phone" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNPLUG PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "burn brochure" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It was boring the first time you read it. If you look bored reading it
Floyd | again, you could get canned from this plum gig.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "chew" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no good way to chew on that. So chew on THAT!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "chew gum" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW GUM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't imagine it tastes any good. Probably better than cigarettes.
Floyd | Not that I'd know. Either. Of course." The director makes a circular
Floyd | "try again" gesture with his left hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "director, chew gum" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIRECTOR, CHEW GUM
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to take more than one thing at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "chew scenery" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW SCENERY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no good way to chew on that. So chew on THAT!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "director, isn't someone supposed to come in and shoot me?" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIRECTOR, ISN'T SOMEONE SUPPOSED TO COME IN AND SHOOT ME?
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to futz with more than one thing at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "talk to director" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO DIRECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Just
Floyd | boring statistics on this poster. Maybe another will be more
Floyd | interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "count" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. "It's a
Floyd | picture of someone pouring road tar in a pair of lungs
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. "Kissing
Floyd | a smoker is like licking... (the rest is cut off.)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Just
Floyd | boring statistics on this poster. Maybe another will be more
Floyd | interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance a random poster behind the cameras. You've seen them
Floyd | before, but there are so many, there's a lot to forget, too. Wow,
Floyd | THINK DO'NT SMOKE by some youngun who at least tried.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | "News flash, buddy. That camera doesn't shoot out magic rays that give
Floyd | you inspiration."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "glare at camera" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > GLARE AT CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x gum" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't imagine it tastes any good. Probably better than cigarettes.
Floyd | Not that I'd know. Either. Of course." The director makes a circular
Floyd | "try again" gesture with his left hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x magnet" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | "Say, why you interested in that so much? You not a closet smoker,
Floyd | eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey! I paid for that. From a vending machine. That didn't dispense
Floyd | the first one. It's MINE once we're done here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "damn" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+17/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DAMN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what you better be thinking, but you can't SAY it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are officially in Last Lousy Point territory. Nice work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "last lousy point, eh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "kick" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take paycheck" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAYCHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to take the paycheck. It's just lying out there. Since the
Floyd | script writers didn't fulfill their contract, legally...
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take your paycheck, the director takes you aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brilliant. Mind like yours is wasted on acting. I'll put in a good
Floyd | word for you as a spokesman."
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "kick cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "curses" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > CURSES
Floyd |
Floyd | Quite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "swear" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep it simple. Nothing too wild. Focus on what's here. What's about
Floyd | to happen. Not your imaginary friends or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
jenrexrode pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Living Room
Floyd | You, or someone you're supposed to be, will be spending his last few
Floyd | seconds here. There's a window which may or may not provide fresh air,
Floyd | and after your initial burst of artistic ideas, you find your eyes
Floyd | glancing more to the posters along the back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your kid's backpack is here for the snooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ashtray here holds a cigarette that ain't getting finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wall cell phone here--you know, the sort that still needs to
Floyd | be recharged--with a list of emergency numbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a refrigerator, a can of beer, an apple, a glossy
Floyd | magazine, a box of nicotine gum and a chocolate bar here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Ooh, I forgot to put something in for swearing mildly."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bother" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > BOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Quite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw"
		ASchultz says, "the last point is probably not going to be found with ClubFloyd. In fact it wasn't clued nearly as well in the 'about' as I meant to"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This game was written for the intfiction.org They Might Be Giants
Floyd | tribute. It follows the Fingertips mini-song "I'm Having a Heart
Floyd | Attack" and, like the other Fingertips games, consists of only one
Floyd | (meaningful) move. In this case, looking and examining and other
Floyd | non-time-consuming actions (like this) don't (always) count.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game was designed in the mold of the AISLE or Pick up the Phone
Floyd | Booth and Die joke games the Interactive Fiction community knows so
Floyd | well. I immediately thought "Hey, I could write a game called Pick Up
Floyd | the Lit Cigarette and Die," but I realized it'd be trolling to release
Floyd | in a totally serious venue.
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think I'm trying to make any big social point with this,
Floyd | except I remember doodling about making my own text adventure games in
Floyd | health class well before Inform 7 existed. Especially during the
Floyd | wretchedly overdone movies.
Floyd |
Floyd | That said, Aisle by Sam Barlow is well done and has a deeper story
Floyd | than this. Check it out, if you haven't.
Floyd |
Floyd | Release 1 was 3/26/2012 for the tribute album.
Floyd | Release 2 was 4/15/2012. It added a point and tightened up writing and
Floyd | made more variable responses.
Floyd |
Floyd | See CREDITS for a list of people who helped, directly and indirectly,
Floyd | with this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x notepad" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTEPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You peek over at the director's notepad. He has some notes scrawled on
Floyd | it. Get a closer look?

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+18/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the maze he's drawn with just one straight line you notice the
Floyd | text "nonsense."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+19/42
Floyd |
Floyd | The director makes a noncommital hmph. He already thought of that, but
Floyd | then again, you knew that, because you peeked at his notepad. Still,
Floyd | yay for scoring an extra point with me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You found a new way to die, or mess up, or mess up
Floyd | dying, and it involved guessing a verb!
Floyd | You feel like you've really earned that paycheck, man. There's not
Floyd | much else to do. You just know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take paycheck" 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+19/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAYCHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to take the paycheck. It's just lying out there. Since the
Floyd | script writers didn't fulfill their contract, legally...
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take your paycheck, the director takes you aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good work today. You'll get a raise for this. And you'll deserve it.
Floyd | Truth be told, I saw MANAGEMENT MATERIAL out there. I mean, there're
Floyd | actors for acting's sake and all that rubbish, but you're clearly so
Floyd | much MORE than that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations on winning my little game here, such as it can be won!
Floyd | I actually intended it to be a sort of meta-exercise for the reader to
Floyd | get points for trying standard Interactive Fiction verbs. Or, if not
Floyd | points, funny reactions.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition, I also created a crude coding engine so I could easily
Floyd | add verbs, add a second response (when I couldn't decide my favorite,)
Floyd | and even add cheating directions for if you read the director's
Floyd | notepad, which you did, though I hope there wasn't too much
Floyd | verb-guessing. I also plan to send out the source code, not as a
Floyd | shining example, but because I'm pleased with the flexibility I had.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. That's something I would do, by accident, in another interpreter, but it's not easy to send to Floyd."
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | That was too stuffy and straight-laced, wasn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nah :P"
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+19/42
Floyd | Well, actually, it was originally more that I wanted my own private
Floyd | revenge on cheesy health films. Plus I saw a bunch of opportunities
Floyd | for really sophomoric jokes that wouldn't have fit anywhere else. Like
Floyd | the LifeCall one. (And if you're not in/from the US, hey, I apologize
Floyd | for that one. But look it, and the Empire jingle, up on YouTube.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Now go enjoy the other games in this collection. There're some good
Floyd | ones!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		ASchultz asks, "time for one more today?"
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		genericgeekgirl says, "If others are interested. There are two fingertips games left, plus Space Suit. I don't know how long any of those are."
		eu says, "I am up for maybe one more."
		ASchultz says, "Fingertips Reprise is very short"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"

Floyd ]  (Your LIVING room? Or DYING room?)                   Score 23+19/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > A18
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		ASchultz says, "the final fingertips is probably too much after this long session"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask a18fingertipsreprise" 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fingertips - Fingertips Reprise
Floyd | An Interactive Tribute by Melvin Rangasamy
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120324 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Interactive Fiction Identifier:
Floyd | //35F13B5F-5BA1-4F70-96A8-5349082A5B14//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Common Game Code by Eggerich Von Eggermond
Floyd | Basic Screen Effects version 7 by Emily Short
Floyd |
Floyd | You awake in a room. The space is completely empty apart from a
Floyd | computer screen and a keyboard underneath it, both built into the
Floyd | wall. The screen shows what appears to resemble the back of two hands,
Floyd | their fingertips concealed. Beneath the hands is a question. Like so:
Floyd |                                  _
Floyd |      _                       _  |U|
Floyd |     |U|                     |U| | |
Floyd |     | |                     | | | |
Floyd |     | |                     | | | |
Floyd |     | |                     | | | |
Floyd |     | |                     | | | |
Floyd |     | |                     | | | |
Floyd |  _  | |  _   _              | | | |  _   _
Floyd | | |_| |_| |_| |             | |_| |_| |_| |
Floyd | |             |    _        |             |
Floyd | |             |   /0|       |             |
Floyd | |             |  / /       _|             |
Floyd | |             | / /       / |             |
Floyd | |             |/ /       |  |             |
Floyd | |               /         \               |
Floyd | |              /           \              |
Floyd | |             /             \             |
Floyd |
Floyd | How many fingers am I holding up?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, we'll save the last two, and hopefully we can extend CF next week with something else if we need to."
eu says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You cautiously enter "four" into the keyboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few moments the screen fades. "Incorrect," a sinister voice
Floyd | whispers behind you. "Thumbs do not count as fingers!" You turn around
Floyd | but there is nothing there.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Press ANY KEY to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd | You awake, your dreams forgotten. All that remains is a strange sense
Floyd | of being cheated.
Floyd |

		
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You day is ruined! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fingertips - Fingertips Reprise
Floyd | An Interactive Tribute by Melvin Rangasamy
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120324 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Interactive Fiction Identifier:
Floyd | //35F13B5F-5BA1-4F70-96A8-5349082A5B14//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Common Game Code by Eggerich Von Eggermond
Floyd | Basic Screen Effects version 7 by Emily Short
Floyd |
Floyd | You awake in a room. The space is completely empty apart from a
Floyd | computer screen and a keyboard underneath it, both built into the
Floyd | wall. The screen shows what appears to resemble the back of two hands,
Floyd | their fingertips concealed. Beneath the hands is a question. Like so:
Floyd |          _
Floyd |      _  |U|  _                       _
Floyd |     |U| | | |U|                     |U|
Floyd |     | | | | | |                     | |
Floyd |     | | | | | |                     | |
Floyd |     | | | | | |                     | |
Floyd |     | | | | | |                     | |
Floyd |     | | | | | |                     | |
Floyd |  _  | | | | | |              _   _  | |  _
Floyd | | |_| |_| |_| |             | |_| |_| |_| |
Floyd | |             |    _   _    |             |
Floyd | |             |   /0| |0\   |             |
Floyd | |             |  / /   \ \  |             |
Floyd | |             | / /     \ \ |             |
Floyd | |             |/ /       \ \|             |
Floyd | |               /         \               |
Floyd | |              /           \              |
Floyd | |             /             \             |
Floyd |
Floyd | How many fingers am I holding up?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You cautiously enter "four" into the keyboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few moments the screen fades out and a disembodied voice
Floyd | whispers, "Fingertips" over and over. Then the walls, floor and
Floyd | ceiling slide into the ground. You find yourself in a void. You start
Floyd | to wonder where you may be but as soon enough you black out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Press ANY KEY to continue.

		
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Apollo 18+20 Interactive Fiction Tribute - They Might Be Giants
Floyd | You awake in a cold sweat, safe but unsettled, a strange tingle in
Floyd | your fingertips.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You guessed correctly! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT or Display CREDITS?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "seriously?"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		jenrexrode says, "it's a short song"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Random funfact: I can't do that with my right hand, extend just my ring finger :("
		ASchultz says, "I can but not as fully as my index finger. I remember it took practice when I was like 12 or so"
		phoenix says, "mine only goes halfway up"
		DavidW says, "I think I need lunch and a nap. Not necessarily in that order."
		borowski says, "Huh, that is tough."
		phoenix asks, "I guess we're done for today?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yup."
jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 	


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors by Andrew Schultz
Space Suit by Andrew Schultz
As played on ifMUD on June 10, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors written by Andrew Schultz, and Space Suit written by Andrew Schultz. The eigth and final week of the Apollo 18+20 IF Tribute Album games - the final one-move Fingertips game, and Space Suit. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the ifWiki pages: Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors, and Space Suit.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

To skip directly to a particular game, click on its title:

Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors by Andrew Schultz
Space Suit by Andrew Schultz
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		
Jacqueline hollers, "Just over fifteen minutes until ClubFloyd - we'll (hopefully) be finishing off the Apollo 18+20 games today (I say 'hopefully' not because we don't love them, but because soon there will be even *more* new games to play... so many new games coming out, ClubFloyd can't keep up! It's a great thing!)." 		
maga arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
mwmiller arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		maga asks, "which games are left?"
		DavidW says, "gimme a sec to find a list"
		DavidW says, "I *think* we got as far as Fingertips: Mysterious Whispers."
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
eu arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says, "If I'm right, the next would be Fingertips: The Day That Love Came to Play"
vimes arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		genericgeekgirl says, "No, one sec."
		genericgeekgirl says, "The only Fingertips game left is I Walk Along Darkened Corridors, plus Space Suit."
		DavidW says, "huh. okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, it's the last two."
genericgeekgirl arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Was in another window."
borowski arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Jacqueline I think I need to physically schedule a 'catch up on transcripts' day. Possibly next Saturday. 		Jacqueline says, "I think I need to physically schedule a 'catch up on transcripts' day. Possibly next Saturday."
		Jacqueline says, "Mmkay, it's time."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask a18iwalkdarkenedcorridors" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirits called you each off to one side. Said they had riddles.
Floyd | You'd boned up on mythological puzzles and even guessed the stab
Floyd | wound/hanged man and puddle of water right your first time; You felt
Floyd | confident, but you got straight-out math.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pal wanted a beautiful wife--thought he'd get a lady-and-tiger
Floyd | deal but instead had to choose number one of a thousand and one. At
Floyd | least he got time to browse.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had to go with writing the perfect song. Beautiful women would
Floyd | follow. Nobody said you'd get to sing it, though. Still, you've got at
Floyd | least a chance in a thousand--well, a thousand and one--of getting it
Floyd | right. Maybe even better.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of these doors ahead holds that song--it's all you, but universal,
Floyd | as well. The other thousand? Gulp.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fingertips - I Walk Along Darkened Corridors
Floyd | Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors -- Episode 37 of the
Floyd | Apollo 18 Tribute by Andrew Schultz
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 120518 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | Ten paths branch in front of you, to ten darkened stairways each, with
Floyd | five doors on each side of the stairways. You'll have to walk down one
Floyd | of them. Well, actually, there's door 1001. It seems boarded up for
Floyd | effect, but it's got drawings on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and twirls his pitchfork. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 343-391-439 for supreme world
Floyd | leader.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, this may be a tougher than usual 'Fingertips'."
Binder arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his haloYou don't
Floyd | catch any more hints, though. He's a bit too alert right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "stab wound/hanged man?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or it may be deceptively simple (she says, optimistically)."
ASchultz arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't gone all ethereal, yet. At least you don't have to wear
Floyd | some corny robes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Door 1001 is different from the other doors. You see a treble clef
Floyd | with a note on the second rung from the bottom. There's a picture of a
Floyd | guy holding a serpent, which you know/can deduce as Ophiuchus. There's
Floyd | also a depiction of a three-on-one where the leftmost advanced player
Floyd | is about to shoot on goal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 121/143 7 = .846153 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "The old riddle about the hanged man alone in the room or the old riddle about the man stabbed with no murder weapon."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | That looks like a handy little distraction...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |...|.  |. .|. .|   |
Floyd | |   |   | . | . | . | = ??
Floyd | |...|  .|. .|. .|   |
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want, and I'll
Floyd | even let you know the answer is always even...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I know Petals Around the Rose, at least."
		eu exclaims, "Ooh, I know this one!"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm... lots of fancy riddles this comp."
		inky says (to Jacqueline), "oh, I see, the puddle of water was part of it"
phoenix arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "guess 8" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > GUESS 8
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning--you can also
Floyd | shorthand to, say, DOOR 17, ENTER 17, or 17. (For those familiar with
Floyd | text adventures, you can also try standard verbs a few times for minor
Floyd | amusement.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yep. I shan't say more."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | (Okay, you don't want to guess. But the answer was 8.)
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |.  |. .|.  |   |...|
Floyd | |   | . |   | . |   | = ??
Floyd | |  .|. .|  .|   |...|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |. .|   |. .|. .|. .|
Floyd | |   | . |   |   |   | = ??
Floyd | |. .|   |. .|. .|. .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "0" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 0
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |. .|...|.  |. .|   |
Floyd | | . |   |   |   | . | = ??
Floyd | |. .|...|  .|. .|   |
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |.  |  .|.  |. .|. .|
Floyd | |   | . |   |   | . | = ??
Floyd | |  .|.  |  .|. .|. .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Hmm, no reward for it."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, it's literally a distraction?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrong! The question marks turn into the number 6.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops, missed 2."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his haloYou don't
Floyd | catch any more hints, though. He's a bit too alert right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x halo" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HALO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the devil with a halo)
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his haloYou don't
Floyd | catch any more hints, though. He's a bit too alert right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask devil about angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DEVIL ABOUT ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, was that combo noted down by anyone?"
		eu says, "Aye."
		DavidW says, "I wrote it down."
		Jacqueline says, "The angel combo-- cool."
inky says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |  .|  .|. .|. .|. .|
Floyd | | . | . | . |   | . | = ??
Floyd | |.  |.  |. .|. .|. .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "12" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 12
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |.  |...|.  |  .|.  |
Floyd | |   |   |   | . |   | = ??
Floyd | |  .|...|  .|.  |  .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrong! The question marks turn into the number 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
inky says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |  .|. .|. .|  .|. .|
Floyd | | . | . | . | . |   | = ??
Floyd | |.  |. .|. .|.  |. .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "10"
		eu says, "12"
inky says (to Floyd), "12" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 12
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |  .|   |  .|. .|. .|
Floyd | | . | . | . |   | . | = ??
Floyd | |.  |   |.  |. .|. .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "8" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 8
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "damn I missed the first 2"
		inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "x dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems simple enough, even if it may not help you choose the right
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd |    PETALS AROUND THE ROSE
Floyd | |.  |.  |  .|. .|.  |
Floyd | |   |   | . | . |   | = ??
Floyd | |  .|  .|.  |. .|  .|
Floyd |
Floyd | The answer hasn't appeared yet. You can guess, if you want...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "f 6" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > F 6
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | Right! But was it just luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, maybe we really don't get anything for this this"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your hopes and dreams. And a heaping helping of fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take dice" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's a bad time to be materialistic. And where would you put that
Floyd | anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hopes" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the muscular statue or the starry-eyed statue?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x starry" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything new--just letters saying Virgo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x muscular" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUSCULAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, maybe the other statue has a clue.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems very proud of its Center Half Back trophy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search starry" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH STARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x trophy" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the trophy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I know almost nothing about football plays."
inky says (to Floyd), "x football" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOOTBALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so Left Wizard, Left Fieldsman, Center Fieldsman, Right Fieldsman, Right Wizard?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thankfully devoid of astrological theory, instead concentrating
Floyd | on the rough order of the signs, clockwise from the top: Saggitarius,
Floyd | Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Floyd | Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Ophiuchus. Ophiuchus? Hmm. Might make a
Floyd | decent song title.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ugh, yeah. I know a bit, but not much at all about formations and stuff."
		inky says, "w = wing"
		inky says, "h = half"
		inky says, "f = forward"
		DavidW asks, "b = bishop; k = king?"
		inky says, "b = back, gk = goalkeeper"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I prefer wizard :P"
		eu says, "Heh."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kick ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so presumably the trophy is for the CH"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's a 'back four'?"
		phoenix says, "defenders in football"
		inky says, "probably LH, RH, LB, RB"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tag" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or maybe LB, RB, CH, GK"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x virgo" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIRGO
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trophy" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the trophy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trophy" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fear" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fear" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am reminded of how angry people got over the baseball puzzle in Zork."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table'" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE'
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 61/77 13 = .792207 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But at least here we know it's a football puzzle... or at least we think we know."
inky says (to Floyd), "listen to hum" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO HUM
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | God probably keeps out of this sort of thing. It'd be too easy if he
Floyd | didn't, really. Maybe you just want good old-fashioned HINTs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm 13x77 = 1001"
		mwmiller asks, "61/77 ~= .792207792207792207... all right, but what's the 13 for?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x door 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Door 1001 is different from the other doors. You see a treble clef
Floyd | with a note on the second rung from the bottom. There's a picture of a
Floyd | guy holding a serpent, which you know/can deduce as Ophiuchus. There's
Floyd | also a depiction of a three-on-one where the leftmost advanced player
Floyd | is about to shoot on goal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x door 17" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 17
Floyd |
Floyd | The door would provide no special clue even if you were allowed to
Floyd | walk there and inspect it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rung" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUNG
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clef" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEF
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		mwmiller says, "Okay, Ophiuchus is a Zodiac constellation that's *not* considered one of the 12 signs."
		inky says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "It's the 13th sign."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door 793" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 793
Floyd |
Floyd | The door would provide no special clue even if you were allowed to
Floyd | walk there and inspect it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "which makes sense, since the center halfback guy isn't in the circle either"
		Binder says, "it's part of zodiac 2.0"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x 13" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X 13
Floyd |
Floyd | The door would provide no special clue even if you were allowed to
Floyd | walk there and inspect it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to inky), "Good eye."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "the treble clef note on the second rung from the bottom is a G?"
		phoenix says, "it's a D"
		phoenix says, "oh wait"
		eu says, "Yeah, G."
		phoenix says, "yeah G"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh man, Zodianc 2.0, that thing."
		inky asks, "so the door 1001 code is maybe g-13-???"
		DavidW asks, "Could door 1001's stuff be a rebus?"
		phoenix says, "1001 = 7x11x13"
		phoenix says, "looks like there are 13 signs, 11 football positions"
		eu asks, "Why Virgo then? Wasn't that #10?"
		Allen says (to inky), "a treble clef is a fancy G, wrapped around the second line, showing where the G is."
		phoenix asks, "7 notes on the musical scale?"
		DavidW asks, "What's a 'three-on-one'?"
		Binder says, "a good night"
		inky says (to Allen), "hunh!"
		eu says, "Three players on the offensive team facing off against the keeper."
		inky asks (of Allen), "how did they pick G?"
		Allen says, "it's a 5th up from C, C clefs being the clef below it"
		DavidW asks, "If the three-on-one play was drawn on a play board, would it look like the letter L ?"
		Allen says, "(and F clefs being a 5th below that)"
		inky says, "ok, hmm"
		inky says, "so the note number is presumably 3, since we see a hum in the room at C"
		DavidW asks, "what hum?"
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's wrapped up in hexachords and stuff that is no longer relevant to music theory"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hum G" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUM G
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hum" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUM
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Bad idea. You probably got lucky the spirits didn't have you audition,
Floyd | truth be told.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to hum" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO HUM
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to c" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO C
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "anyway, in association football the positions have numbers"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 76/143 7 = .531468 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky | [LINK]
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 75/77 13 = .974025 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so I guess the football number is 5"
		DavidW asks, "huh?"
		eu | 5. Centre half back (centre defensive midfield)
inky says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the starry-eyed statue)
Floyd | Hm, maybe the other statue has a clue you haven't figured yet...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything new--just letters saying Virgo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "er"
inky says (to Floyd), "x muscular" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUSCULAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, maybe the other statue has a clue you haven't figured yet...
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems very proud of its Center Half Back trophy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "That's what all those numbers mean before they move the ball, then?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hike" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I hadn't really thought of it before."
		inky says, "and [LINK] says virgo is sign 6"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say hike" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY HIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "muscular" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > MUSCULAR
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so I guess I will theorize that the clued door is 3*5*6 = 90"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thankfully devoid of astrological theory, instead concentrating
Floyd | on the rough order of the signs, clockwise from the top: Saggitarius,
Floyd | Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Floyd | Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Ophiuchus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops!"
		inky says, "ok, that's a different order"
		inky says, "good catch"
		inky says, "so virgo is 10, not 6"
		inky says, "f enter door 150"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter door 150" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR 150
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 653.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky says, "oh bah"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural C. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Inside Left Ever" trophy is in the center, and
Floyd | a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Libra."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so 1) apparently we were supposed to take them as individual digits, not multiply, and 2) virgo was #6 after all"
		phoenix says, "so we have to work out how the 1001 possibilities correspond to the door numbers"
		inky says, "unless it was just a coincidence, but forget that"
		DavidW says, "I still am totally clueless here."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 52/91 11 = .571428 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x door 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Door 1001 is different from the other doors. You see a treble clef
Floyd | with a note on the second rung from the bottom. There's a picture of a
Floyd | guy holding a serpent, which you know/can deduce as Ophiuchus. There's
Floyd | also a depiction of a three-on-one where the leftmost advanced player
Floyd | is about to shoot on goal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "anyway, the only thing I'm not sure about what I said before is that the door goes note-constellation-football"
		DavidW asks, "Are you assuming a [music note]-[zodiac]-[football] ordering here?"
		inky says, "but the answer was constellation-football-note"
		phoenix asks, "what was our last number. 653?"
		inky says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his halo. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 24-39-104 for sports star.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vaporware arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		inky says, "also, this time around the constellation is libra, which I guess is 7, and the position is inside left, which is 10"
		phoenix says, "say you were to divide the numbers 1-1001 into seven sets"
		inky says, "which is confusing, because that would be 7103"
		inky says, "which doesn't seem right"
		phoenix says, "1-143 144-286 etc"
		inky says (to phoenix), "oh, hmm"
		phoenix says, "each set could correspond to a note"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thankfully devoid of astrological theory, instead concentrating
Floyd | on the rough order of the signs, clockwise from the top: Saggitarius,
Floyd | Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Floyd | Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Ophiuchus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we don't know exactly how the subdivision is set up"
		eu asks, "So mixed-base numbers?"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "if it's static, we could work it out by trial and error"
		eu asks, "So what were our clue numbers last time? 10, 5, and 3?"
		DavidW says, "I really don't get this. There doesn't seem to be enough clues to make any suppositions."
		inky says, "I think the door order is note, constellation, football"
		inky says, "so say our clue numbers last time were 3, 10, 5"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm in your camp, but I'm enjoying watching."
		DavidW says, "Door 1001 doesn't even claim an ordering."
		inky says, "or 3/7, 10/13, 5/11, I should say"
		eu says (to inky), "Ah, thanks."
		DavidW says, "It just says note is here, Also constellation here. Also football play here."
		inky says (to DavidW), "but then the room desc has specific instances of those"
		phoenix asks, "why is the note D 3/7?"
		inky asks, "it was a C, wasn't it?"
		inky says, "if it was a D, maybe I was mistaken"
		phoenix says, "just checked, was C"
		inky says, "hum"
		phoenix says, "it's C again this time, so if we open a random door we can see if the right number's close to the one we had last time"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I'm tempted to go alphabetic: C+IL+L." 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > I'M TEMPTED TO GO ALPHABETIC: C+IL+L.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "alrighty"
		DavidW says, "I like a ;"
		inky says, "so I guess we're predicting a 7 for libra and a 3 for C"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 17" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 17
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 184.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say cill" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		inky says, "...I guess not!"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural F. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Forward Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Taurus."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "damn. Missed my chance."
		DavidW asks (of inky), "What were you trying?"
		inky says, "well, the number I picked was just random"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "but I was still hoping/assuming there was some correspondence between the stuff in the room and the door number you were "supposed to have picked""
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Door 1001 is different from the other doors. You see a treble clef
Floyd | with a note on the second rung from the bottom. There's a picture of a
Floyd | guy holding a serpent, which you know/can deduce as Ophiuchus. There's
Floyd | also a depiction of a three-on-one where the leftmost advanced player
Floyd | is about to shoot on goal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "door 1001 is always the same"
		DavidW says, "Which suggests it's an example, not the thing itself."
		inky says, "right"
		inky says, "and the things on the door correspond to the things in the room"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's a bad time to be materialistic. And where would you put that
Floyd | anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your hopes and dreams. And a heaping helping of fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah it's just telling us that Ophiuchus + LF + G = 1001 somehow"
		inky says, "the note, the tag on the ball, the position of the football"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 61/91 11 = .670329 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Trying to catch up, is it true that we know that notes are numbered alphabetically, and signs by the order given by the game?"
		phoenix says, "we aren't sure about the notes"
		DavidW says, "I don't claim to know anything yet."
		inky says, "we don't know any oo that for sure"
		phoenix says, "it's a good guess that signare anumbered by that order, because Ophiuchus is the last one"
		phoenix says, "and appears on door 1001"
		DavidW says, "I see nothing in the game to suggest that either notes or zodiac signs have anything to do with numbers."
		inky says (to DavidW), "well, the ball had a listing of signs on it"
		eu says, "The factorization of 1001 suggests it."
inky says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thankfully devoid of astrological theory, instead concentrating
Floyd | on the rough order of the signs, clockwise from the top: Saggitarius,
Floyd | Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Floyd | Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Ophiuchus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push virgo" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH VIRGO
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural F. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Forward Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Taurus."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The ball gives an ordering, but doesn't say that Saggitarius is '1'. I could as easily claim it's a '12' because clocks put a 12 at the top."
		inky says, "that is true"
		Jacqueline says, "Not a bad point."
		inky says, "we've been theorizing that Ophiuchus is 13, though, because it's on door 1001"
		DavidW says, "(I can counterargue that with Ophiculus, yeah 13 numbers on a clock is wrong.)"
		phoenix says, "we need to keep notes"
		eu says, "Or, if 1001 is written in mixed base, Ophiculus is 12, and the numbering starts at zero."
		inky says, "and also on door 1001 it says that the outermost left player is making the shot, and the outside left is #11"
		DavidW asks, "Are there really numbers strongly associated with football positions?"
		inky says, "I thought I calculated it as a mixed-based number and didn't get the right answer"
		inky says (to DavidW), "yeah, look at [LINK]"
		phoenix says, "bah, which position is "inside left" anyway"
		inky says, "but maybe I did the calculation wrong"
		inky says, "anyway, I think the first time we had C-Virgo-center half = 653"
		phoenix asks, "mind if I generate a couple more random data points?"
		inky says, "and the second time we had C-Libra-inside left = 184"
		inky asks, "and this time we have F-taurus-center forward=???"
		inky says (to phoenix), "sure, go for it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 1" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 1
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 137.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson.
Floyd | There's some other babble, too, about whether the mortal deserves an
Floyd | easier chance--and how one more miss will let him have it...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural D. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ack"
		inky says, "this one is promising"
		inky says, "it's the same as the first time except a D instead of a C"
		inky says, "so we can see how close the answer is to 653"
		eu says, "Ooh."
		phoenix says, "yeah, so the number we get should tell us a lot"
		phoenix says, "well, if we're guessing, we should either go 653+1, 653+11, 653+13, or 653+91"
		phoenix says, "not 653+91, 653+(11*13)"
		eu asks (of phoenix), "Wait, how to you known the 11 and 13 digits come last?"
		eu says, "Er, do"
		phoenix says, "we don't"
		phoenix says, "thats why the 4 possibilities if we assume that D = C+1"
		DavidW asks, "What do the angel/devil combos have to do with any of this?"
		inky says, "I am guessing the angel/devil ones are based on the fraction table"
		inky says, "but that is just a guess"
		inky says, "I think they're like bonus win conditions (again, just a guess)"
		DavidW says, "That doesn't help me, since I have no idea what the table's function is."
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 6/13 77 = .461538 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it has a fraction and then a number"
		inky says, "I guess I dunno what the number is"
		phoenix says, "that number is the decimal expansion of 6/13"
		inky asks, "what abut the 77?"
		eu says, "The one before ``=''"
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 6/13 77 = .461538 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "13x77=1001"
		eu says, "Ah."
		phoenix says, "it's shown us a 6 though."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x zodiac" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ZODIAC
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 36/77 13 = .467532 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Is the fraction remaining fairly constant?"
eu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | 2/13 77 = .153846 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "No."
		DavidW asks, "Are we saying that where it's saying A/B C = D, B times C is always 1001?"
		eu says, "Yep."
		phoenix says, "it looks just like a clue about the factorization"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 796" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 796
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "Very good! Hm, but our records show that there's
Floyd | a chance you may've guessed randomly. It's much more serious than
Floyd | you'd think. Imagine if there were five hundred such people as you?
Floyd | Well, there're more. Probability one slips through is pretty good.
Floyd | I--well, if you didn't guess, you have nothing to worry about, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "ok so I guessed 653 + (11*13)"
		phoenix says, "lol we guessed right, huh"
		DavidW says, "well, that's weird if it is factorization, since the first set-up had Center Half, which is a 5 according to Wikipedia, and 653 isn't divisible by 5."
		eu says, "So it looks to be mixed base."
		inky says, "yeah"
		eu says, "I was hoping for Chinese remainder theorem."
		DavidW asks, "'mixed base'? What's that mean?"
		eu says, "Like hours and minutes."
		mwmiller asks, "Um. Uh. I suppose the Petals Around the Rose bit was supposed to nudge us into similar thinking about all the other numbers?"
		eu says, "You can have 0--23 in hours, but 0--59 in minutes."
		inky says, "ok, so I'm going to guess it's N*143 + C*11 + P, for note, constellation, position"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I think I'm wrong"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural F. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Aquarius."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uhhh"
		phoenix says, "Hang on. We didn't win"
		inky says, "yeah, they want us to do it a second time to prove it"
		eu says (to DavidW), "So a constellation number would be like an hour, worth so many of a pitch number."
		eu says, "Erm, that explanation made no sense."
		eu says, "Just see inky's formula."
		DavidW says, "That seems rather far-fetched and if true, severely underclued."
		inky says, "but anyway, what we also saw before was C-Libra-inside left = 184"
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh. Brutal. But sensible."
		DavidW asks, "Where is 143 from?"
		phoenix says, "143 is 11x13"
		inky says, "143 = 11*13, but I think I did the math wrong otherwise"
		inky says, "(since it doesn't come out right)"
		DavidW asks, "Why would constellation be multipled by 11 when there's 13 constellations?"
		phoenix says, "so D is note 5, and anything with a D in it is going to be 143*5, + a number from 0-142 depending on the other two things"
		eu says (to DavidW), "Cause it's worth 11 football positions."
		inky says, "(D is presumably 4, not 5, right?)"
		DavidW says, "This is making so little sense to me."
		vaporware says, "We played this one at the sfbay IF meetup last weekend."
		DavidW says, "Spaghetti is 12 therefore telephones are multipled by nosehair numbers."
		phoenix says, "actually..."
		phoenix says, "my theory can't be right because we had C give both 653 and 184"
		inky says, "yeah"
		inky says, "also F gave 137, which is even lower"
		inky says, "and yet we do know that D-virgo-center half - C-virgo-center half = (11*13)"
		inky says, "which seems pretty significant"
		phoenix says, "which raises the question as to how the hell we got that number right"
		DavidW asks, "Is there anything in-game that relates any note to a number, any zodiac sign to a number, or any football position to a number?"
		inky says, "not to my knowledge"
		DavidW says, "Like, seriously. What the hell."
		inky says, "except that if you have a list X, Y, Z, it seems reasonable to map those to X=1, Y=2, Z=3"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and twirls his pitchfork. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 88-120-165 for Grand Unification
Floyd | Theory solver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vaporware vows never to return again, as he leads a rumba line out of the lounge after setting the place on fire. 		DavidW says, "If there was a Stop sign in one version and a Yield sign in another, and the Stop Sign didn't mean 8 and the Yield didn't mean 3, I'd like to know why."
		inky says, "just so"
		eu says, "Question."
		DavidW says, "The way this is going, a Stop Sign would mean 1 because Stop Signs are red and red is the first colour in the rainbow."
		eu asks, "We had C-Virgo-center half = 653 and C-Libra-inside left = 184, no?"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
		eu says, "They're congruent mod 7."
		inky says, "nice!"
		eu asks, "Chinese remainder theorem?"
		inky says, "I'm not sure exactly what that means but it's very impressive"
		eu exclaims, "Ooh!"
		eu exclaims, "And 653 and 796 are congurent mod 11!"
		Jacqueline blinks.
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Remainders when dividing."
		phoenix says, "We gussed that number by adding 11*13 after all, so yes"
		inky says, "it is dark in this equation. you are likely to be eaten by a congrue"
		eu says, "Haha."
		DavidW gives Best Comment Ever trophy to inky.
		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
		phoenix asks, "I remember playing another game on here which was a disguised maths puzzle too with square roots a month or so ago?"
		mwmiller says, "It'd probably be best if someone just walks through all the steps coming up with whatever the final result is this round."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Are there 7 notes, 11 football positions, and 13 zodiac signs? Can we work with that, somehow?"
		phoenix says, "yeah, that's what we have been working with"
		Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "I think that was another A18+20 game, yeah."
		inky says, "well, the wikipedia page for the chinese remainder theorem that eu mentioned says that | For example, consider the problem of finding an integer x such that x mod 3 is 2, x mod 4 is 3, x mod 5 is 1"
		inky says, "so that sounds like exactly the situation we're in"
		DavidW says, "y'know, I have to wonder if my Keys game is to blame for this."
		inky says, "ha ah"
		eu says, "Haha."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | First, I would like to thank my beta-tester. So should you--any bugs
Floyd | and nuisances you find would've been worse without his mails checking
Floyd | what I needed to get right. His name is Melvin Rangasamy, and I hope
Floyd | you enjoy his puzzles in this collection, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'd also like to thank David Welbourn, who doesn't know he partially
Floyd | inspired this game with his simpler and catchier 69,105 keys.
Floyd |
Floyd | However, this game would not have been conceived without Kevin
Floyd | Jackson-Mead organizing the entire album tribute.
Floyd |
Floyd | I would also like to thank Ryan Veeder for creating a document of
Floyd | ideas for each song/game, and all the people on IFMud and
Floyd | intfiction.org who helped with coding and implementation details that
Floyd | often led to bigger realizations. There are too many people to name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course, general thanks go to Graham Nelson for creating Inform 7,
Floyd | David Kinder for creating the Windows front-end, and Aaron Reed for
Floyd | his wonderful book Programming in Inform 7. If you'd like to try your
Floyd | hand at writing, check the IDE out on inform7.com, or Sand-Dancer,
Floyd | Aaron's excellent sample game from the book at
Floyd | [LINK] to the creators of Inform 7, the
Floyd | organizer of this tribute album, and you, for sticking with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "you were using large numbers of nearly-identical items before it was cool"
		inky says, "ha ha ha"
		inky says, "good call man"
		phoenix says, "well if it is X mod Y, I don't get why the note C would give 2 as its remainder, and D 5"
		DavidW says, "ok, so the 7, 11, 13 thing is, I dunno, Key to this."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "So this is all your fault."
		Jacqueline smiles.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 1002" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 1002
Floyd |
Floyd | There aren't that many doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well let's get a data point"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 1" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 1
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 543.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural D. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Forward Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Aquarius."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok, both times we had F, that number gave 4 mod 7"
		eu says, "This would be a lot easier if I had taken better notes."
		phoenix says, "virgo - centrehalfback - C - 653 - 2 mod 7 / libra - inside left - C - 184 - 2 mod 7"
		inky | C-Virgo-center half = 3-10-5 = 653
		inky | C-Libra-inside left = 3-11-10 = 184
		inky | F-Taurus-center forward = 6-6-9 = 137
		inky | D-Virgo-center half = 4-10-5 = 796
		inky | F-Aquarius-center half = 6-3-5 = 543
		inky | D-Aquarius-center forward = 4-3-9 = ???
		inky says, "is what I have so far"
		DavidW asks, "if note G is 7, would it be safe to assume that A=1, B=2, C=3, etc as far as the musical notes are concerned?"
		eu exclaims, "Thanks!"
		phoenix says, "david, unfortunately, no"
		inky says (to DavidW), "well, that's what I have been assuming, but it doesn't seem to have been working"
		phoenix says, "according to the mod arithmetic theory C would equal 2 and F 4"
		inky says, "man"
		eu says, "And D = 5. :/"
		inky says, "so the author randomized the order and expects us to just run a bunch of these and solve it"
		inky says, "that seems kind of crazy"
		eu says, "Or the theory is wrong."
		phoenix says, "do we think this one will pop up as 5 mod 7? I have a bad feeling it will"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 42" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 42
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 621.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		mwmiller says, "Seems like it, Inky. (That's the *other* salient point of Petals Around the Rose!)"
		inky says (to mwmiller), "good point"
		phoenix says, "and it does"
		eu says, "Well, the mod theory would have gotten us that answer."
		phoenix says, "well running the football positions on mod 11"
		phoenix says, "centre half back = 4 mod 11 every time"
		eu says, "And center forward = 5."
		eu says, "And inside-let = 8."
		eu says, "Er, left."
		inky says, "nice"
		phoenix says, "which seems random."
		eu asks, "Right. Why that order?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		
inky says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scale" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		inky asks, "er, did I break something?"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural B. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Inside Right Ever" trophy is in the center, and
Floyd | a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Cancer."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok good"
inky says (to Floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Odd. You haven't seen a soccer/football formation without a back
Floyd | four for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd |       CF
Floyd |    LF    RF
Floyd | LW          RW
Floyd |
Floyd | LH    CH    RH
Floyd |    LB    RB
Floyd |       GK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scale" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCALE
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I don't see how the CF would be 5"
		inky says, "it does seem a little mysterious"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask angel about music" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANGEL ABOUT MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask angel about me" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANGEL ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i mean we could just keep trying until we figured out the remainder for each note, position and sign"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | ...there's not much to do here. You suspect the spirits have seen all
Floyd | the fancy end-arounds before, and sooner or later you'll be forced to
Floyd | ENTER DOOR (1-1001) to have a chance at winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Otherwise, you should pretty much just EXAMINE what you see for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but the random number-associations don't make sense as yet"
		inky says, "well, we probably only have to get another couple"
		inky says, "so we don't really need complete coverage"
		inky says, "admittedly we don't have cancer"
		inky says, "or inside right"
		phoenix says, "or indeed B"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Yup, it's actually boarded up. That gives you .000001 more of a chance
Floyd | of choosing the right one at random. Well, .000000999999 repeating,
Floyd | but I rounded up because I like you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 1000" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 1000
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 629.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson.
Floyd | There's some other babble, too, about whether the mortal deserves an
Floyd | easier chance--and how one more miss will let him have it...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky says, "but besides that!"
		inky says, "oops, they're about to go into easy mode"
		inky says, "how embarrassing"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "the thing is we haven't figured out why the numbers should be giving these remainders"
		inky says, "yeah, I guess I just assumed it was random, but maybe it's not"
		eu says, "The notes work out if you have A=3, B=6, C=9, etc."
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural E. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Right Fullback Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Taurus."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to eu), "oh, hmm"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his halo. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 6-22-33 for inventor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "The signs if you have multiply by -1."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his haloYou don't
Floyd | catch any more hints, though. He's a bit too alert right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and twirls his pitchforkYou
Floyd | don't catch any more hints, though. He's a bit too alert right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe the devil/angel numbers mean something"
		eu says, "That's a good point. We haven't done anything with them."
		phoenix says, "6-22-23 is 2x3 - 2x11 - 3x11"
		eu says, "6-22-33, but yeah."
		inky asks, "what do you mean by the notes work out if you multiply by 3?"
		eu says, "If G=0, A=1, B=2, etc., then the remainders we get are congruent to the note number times three."
		eu says, "Both notes and signs work out if you multiply by 42, and part of me wants that the be the trick."
		eu says, "``that _to_ be''"
inky says (to Floyd), "x door 1001" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Door 1001 is different from the other doors. You see a treble clef
Floyd | with a note on the second rung from the bottom. There's a picture of a
Floyd | guy holding a serpent, which you know/can deduce as Ophiuchus. There's
Floyd | also a depiction of a three-on-one where the leftmost advanced player
Floyd | is about to shoot on goal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "42?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x signs" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Life, universe, etc."
		eu says, "But that's probably not it."
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 9/77 13 = .116883 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, I checked the signs"
		phoenix says, "remainders on those seem to be 12,11,10... 0 corresponding tot he order on that list"
		eu says, "Right."
		eu says, "Football positions are *3."
		phoenix says, "so we should have enough information to work this out"
		eu says, "Yeah."
		phoenix says, "E = 1 mod 7, taurus = 7 mod 13"
		phoenix asks, "right fullback is position 2, which works out as... 6 mod 11?"
		eu asks, "358?"
eu says (to Floyd), "enter 358" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 358
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "Very good! Hm, but our records show that there's
Floyd | a chance you may've guessed randomly. It's much more serious than
Floyd | you'd think. Imagine if there were five hundred such people as you?
Floyd | Well, there're more. Probability one slips through is pretty good.
Floyd | I--well, if you didn't guess, you have nothing to worry about, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky asks, "man, how many times do we have to get this right?"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural B. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Inside Left Ever" trophy is in the center, and
Floyd | a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Pisces."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or maybe it's that we have to get two right in a row"
		phoenix says, "we know how to generate the solution now"
		mwmiller says, "Two in a row, yes. Stop guessing doors randomly."
		mwmiller says, "Or if you *do* guess wrong, follow with /undo. ;)"
		DavidW says, "undo might be disabled, possibly."
		phoenix says, "I don't see the need for the obfuscation on the number correspondence with the list items or maybe we missed a clue"
		eu asks, "What number is Pisces?"
		phoenix says, "pisces is 9 mod 1"
		inky says, "9"
eu says (to Floyd), "enter 951" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 951
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 503.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		DavidW says, "I have no idea where you guys are getting these numbers from."
		eu asks, "Here's what I did; where did I go wrong?"
		phoenix says, "we have to find a number that is equal to A mod 7, B mod 11, C mod 13"
		eu says, "B = 2. 3B = 6."
		eu says, "Oh..."
		eu says, "Wrong order."
		inky says (to DavidW), "well, you can go to [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "I don't know the theorem."
		phoenix says, "where A, B and C are associated with each note, football position, and zodiac sign respectively"
		inky says, "and put in 'x = A mod 7<newline>x = B mod 13<newline>x = C mod 11' where A, B, and C are the note, zodiac, and position"
		inky says, "heh, should have standardized B/C there"
		inky says, "and it'll output the right answer"
		phoenix says, "i don't know if there is an easy way to solve that without a comp"
		inky says, "like for our first one, A=2, B=3, C=4"
		DavidW asks, "Are you saying Virgo is 3?"
		inky says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Why? How?"
		inky says, "but (I think) we've only been able to deduce that retroactively, we don't know the rule"
		phoenix says, "because we tried a bunch of combinations and did mod calculations on the resulting door number"
		inky says, "but if you look at any of the answers with virgo and take them mod 13, they're always 3"
		eu says (to David), "The best we have now is that Virgo is 10, and if you multiple by -1 and take that mod 13 you get 3."
		inky says, "eu had some explanation for an order that makes sense but I don't really understand it, I have to admit"
		phoenix says, "then compared them to the order things appeared on the lists to figure out a pattern"
		DavidW says, "That's like working the I Ching backwards, trying to guess what tangram you ought to have thrown."
		inky says, "hmm, that seems a little disordered"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural A. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Outside Right Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Libra."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
		inky says, "actually, for the signs we do know the pattern"
		inky says, "the order is | Saggitarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Ophiuchus"
		inky says, "like we see on the ball"
		inky says, "but they're numbered 12, 11, 10 .., 0"
		inky says, "instead of 1, 2, 3 .. 13 like we were thinking originally"
		phoenix says, "so. A=3, Outside right=10, and libra = 2"
		eu asks, "101?"
borowski's corporeal form was TP'ed while he was astral projecting. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		DavidW says, "well, I can vaguely understand that G, Ophiuchus, and outside left are all zeroes,"
eu says (to Floyd), "enter 101" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 101
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 626.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		eu says (to phoenix), "Oy, we need to agree on order."
		eu says, "Sorry."
		eu asks, "Once more?"
		phoenix says, "I think you got the football one wrong"
		eu says, "I switched to 2 and 10."
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural G. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Left Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Aries."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, i can do this a bit more clearly"
		eu says, "Go for it."
		phoenix says, "g = 0 (mod 7), leftback = 7 (mod 11), aries = 8(mod 13)"
		phoenix says, "how do you solve this equation quickly again"
		inky says, "oops, that url I gave bfore seems to be giving the wrong answers sometimes"
		eu says, "I wrote a lisp program. I think inky posted a website that does it."
		inky says, "this one seems right: [LINK]"
		inky says, "(it got 990 for the previous one)"
		DavidW asks, "Wouldn;t left half be a 5, assuming backwards numbering from 0?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 931" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 931
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "Very good! Hm, but our records show that there's
Floyd | a chance you may've guessed randomly. It's much more serious than
Floyd | you'd think. Imagine if there were five hundred such people as you?
Floyd | Well, there're more. Probability one slips through is pretty good.
Floyd | I--well, if you didn't guess, you have nothing to worry about, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural D. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Right Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Gemini."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Yeah, but the positions aren't numbered backwards."
		eu says, "You multiply the usual numbering by three and reduce mod 11."
		DavidW asks, "3?"
		eu shrugs.
		phoenix says, "D = 5 mod 7, right half back = 1 mod 11, and gemini = 6 mod 13"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 474" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 474
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "I--well, this is most impressive. We have faith
Floyd | in you--but how would you like to be trumped by some punk who guessed
Floyd | twice? We didn't think so. Anyway, this whole adversity thing is only
Floyd | going to make your song better. No, really."
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky says, "ha ha"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural D. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Center Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Taurus."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So not following this."
		phoenix asks, "AGAIN?"
		inky says, "well, we've only gotten two right consecutively"
		inky says, "I assume this one will do it"
		phoenix says, "D = 5 mod 7, CHB = 4 mod 11, taurus = 7 mod 13"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter 488" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 488
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "We know you are worthy. Go and write that song.
Floyd | No, you won't write it right away. Inspiration doesn't work like
Floyd | that." And it doesn't. What you felt as you walked through that
Floyd | door--those doors--takes a while to express, and when you figure it
Floyd | out, you can't believe how simple it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's incredibly catchy--something that can be caught only in song, not
Floyd | quite in a game or science or even the company of friends, but you
Floyd | know there were other better songs you lost despite paying attention.
Floyd | It's sung by a beautiful woman who follows it up with the song of a
Floyd | man who realized she was the most beautiful of a thousand when nobody
Floyd | else did, then realized he was not good enough for her. Sentimental
Floyd | rubbish but it stays at #1 longer than your effort, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spend the rest of your life trying, but failing, to expound on or
Floyd | recapture the whole incident with a follow-up song that's really
Floyd | yours. But it is oddly fulfilling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You figured this game out. Nothing more to see here.
Floyd | Please move on to a much more lyrical game in this collection.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "wow"
		inky says, "ok, that is kind of a weird ending"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "That was the winning ending that made it sound like we didn't really write the right song."
		phoenix says, "I'm not quite sure how doing all that maths inspired us to write the song"
		inky says, "we did the math to solve the puzzle to go through the door to let us get some inspiration"
		inky says, "it is symbolic of how when you are writing an IF game you have to do a bunch of coding to get any art out"
		phoenix says, "I missed the beginning"
		Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "Well, people who are good at music are often good at math, and possible vice versa, or something."
		DavidW says, "well, I'm still confused but yay"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		eu says, "Now we need ASchultz to explain."
		phoenix asks, "did we miss clues somewhere?"
		DavidW says, "I think either we missed clues or they weren't there at all."
		phoenix says, "the whole process we went through to solve this seems a bit brute force/tedious"
		DavidW says, "To solve it, you had to collect data points and try to work it out backwards."
		eu says, "Yeah, I'm betting we missed some clue."
		inky says, "well, we never did anything with the table"
		inky says, "or the thing on their hand"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		phoenix says, "lol"
inky says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirits called you each off to one side. Said they had riddles.
Floyd | You'd boned up on mythological puzzles and even guessed the stab
Floyd | wound/hanged man and puddle of water right your first time; You felt
Floyd | confident, but you got straight-out math.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pal wanted a beautiful wife--thought he'd get a lady-and-tiger
Floyd | deal but instead had to choose number one of a thousand and one. At
Floyd | least he got time to browse.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had to go with writing the perfect song. Beautiful women would
Floyd | follow. Nobody said you'd get to sing it, though. Still, you've got at
Floyd | least a chance in a thousand--well, a thousand and one--of getting it
Floyd | right. Maybe even better.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of these doors ahead holds that song--it's all you, but universal,
Floyd | as well. The other thousand? Gulp.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fingertips - I Walk Along Darkened Corridors
Floyd | Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors -- Episode 37 of the
Floyd | Apollo 18 Tribute by Andrew Schultz
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 120518 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | Ten paths branch in front of you, to ten darkened stairways each, with
Floyd | five doors on each side of the stairways. You'll have to walk down one
Floyd | of them. Well, actually, there's door 1001. It seems boarded up for
Floyd | effect, but it's got drawings on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural A. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Left Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Ophiuchus."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I figured UNDO would be tabooed."
		inky says, "so this is note=3, left half=?, sign=0"
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 6/11 91 = .545454 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "is the left half 6? because that would be convenient"
inky says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x devil" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and primps his halo. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 24-39-104 for sports star.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to inky), "7."
		phoenix says, "a left half wears 6, but that's 7 mod 11 in this system"
		inky says, "hrmf"
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 10/13 77 = .769230 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "and 10 isn't correct for the sign at all"
		phoenix says, "because we kno that's zero"
		eu says, "The table seems to generate a bunch of random exaples."
inky says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 5/7 143 = .714285 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | 73/77 13 = .948051 repeating.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to shift as you turn your head away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "but they aren't useful in any way, are they?"
		phoenix says, "it just seems to be pointing us at the modulo arithmetic stuff"
		eu says (to inky), "Not that I can divine."
		inky asks, "but how does it do that? just that we're supposed to see 73/77 13 and think "oh, 77 * 13 = 1001"?"
		inky asks, "also, is there some way we can use our current knowledge to deduce what 'Combo is 24-39-104 for sports star' means?"
		inky asks, "like could we just plug those in as the values instead?"
		phoenix says, "3x8, 3x13, 8x13"
		inky asks, "but what do those numbers mean?"
		phoenix says, "not a clue"
		inky says, "heh"
		eu exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		eu says, "Ha."
		phoenix asks, "?"
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		phoenix asks, "I guess we're done with this one?"
		ASchultz says, "ouch, I fell asleep, you all are still stuck? I'm sorry :("
		eu says, "Hmm, maybe not. But they give us 3, 8, and 13. Our numbers right now are 3, 7, and 0=13. I thought there was a link."
		inky says, "no, we just solved it"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought we were five minutes ago, but ..."
		phoenix says, "we solved it, but we're wondering if we missed any clues"
		eu says, "But explanation would be great."
		inky says, "but we are confused about how -- yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Thought we were done, that is."
		Jacqueline says, "But now that ASchultz is here..."
		ASchultz asks, "did you go to the 30 door room?"
		phoenix says, "no"
		DavidW says, "no"
		DavidW says, "(30 door room?)"
		Jacqueline says, "(30 door room?)"
		phoenix asks, "Oh, thats when the genie said he'd make it easier if we kept getting it wrong?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think people wanted to avoid that."
		inky says, "well, we just got lucky about staying out of that room"
		ASchultz says, "Yes"
		phoenix says, "yeah, we really wanted to avoid that"
		ASchultz says, "Maybe I should've made the easy room the game. I think it was enough of a puzzle."
		ASchultz says, "ironically, the non 1 move game is easier than the 1 mover... :/"
		ASchultz asks, "so, last call before full spoilers. Any objections?"
		Jacqueline says, "None here."
		inky says, "onwards!"
		phoenix says, "go for it"
		DavidW says, "go ahead"
		eu says (to Aschultz), "No objections."
		mwmiller says, "No, don't! ... Okay I changed my mind, go ahead."
		Jacqueline waits for the explanation that will make people pile on ASchultz while screaming, 'I'll show YOU a football formation!'
		ASchultz says, "the "Easy" room was based on 3 factors too...it was a modular arithmetic sort of thing"
		ASchultz says, "basically 15x+10y+6z, where you determined x/y/z after a few failures"
		maga says (to ASchultz), "I HOPE YOU ARE CODING IN THE OTHER WINDOW"
		ASchultz says, "then the big room was 143x+91y+77z, the trick being that 1001/those = 1 of its 3 prime factors"
		inky says, "oh!"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "Now, now. He owes all of us a little something."
		ASchultz says (to maga), "Well, I kind of just really woke up but have a pile of ideas."
		inky says, "hum"
		inky says, "that is actually kind of confusing"
		inky asks, "for the notes, for instance, does A = 1, G = 7, etc?"
		eu exclaims, "So that's what the angel/devil numbers were about!"
		inky says (to eu), "oh!"
		inky says, "ok, nice"
		ASchultz says, "They are in order"
		inky says, "weird"
		inky says, "we got some working solution that was not really like this"
		ASchultz says, "basically I thought it'd be mean to force people to figure it out. Hence trying to order things with the notes, astrological signs and football formations"
		inky says, "althouh I guess it was mathematically equivalent"
		ASchultz says, "well, if it was mathematically equivalent it was"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I was confused by the solution you guys got :P But it seemed to work."
		phoenix says, "yeah it was mathematically equivalent but ended up with all the lists in an odd sequence"
		ASchultz says, "and I think that'll be the last of my mathy games. The more other text adventures I play, the more possibilities I see"
		phoenix says, "we weren't close at all to guessing that 143x+91y+77z formula"
		eu says (to phoenix), "Though you were on the right track."
		eu asks (of ASchultz), "What was the table for?"
		phoenix says, "We spotted the factorization, but there are several different ways you could have assigned the 1001 posssibilities to unique values of x,y,z"
		inky says, "oh, sometimes you have to go mod 1001, I see"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 17" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 17
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 689.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		ASchultz says, "the table was meant to be a clue, but it probably didn't work too well. I maybe should've made it a bit clearer, or given a small hint. Frustrating thing is, I see what to do now"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon, and door 1001 has a lot of scrawlings on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural F. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Goalie Ever" trophy is in the center, and a
Floyd | starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Leo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu | (mod (* 7 11) 13)
		eu | 12 ; congruent to -1
		eu | (mod (* 7 13) 11)
		eu | 3
		eu | (mod (* 11 13) 7)
		eu | 3
		eu says, "There are the 3, -1, and 3 we were talking about."
		eu says (to ASchultz), "Sorry, continue."
		ASchultz says, "no, that's about it"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 641" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 641
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door. You half expect to fall as you feel a weird
Floyd | vortex grip you. Instead you feel yourself flying, understanding,
Floyd | knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand voice booms: "Very good! Hm, but our records show that there's
Floyd | a chance you may've guessed randomly. It's much more serious than
Floyd | you'd think. Imagine if there were five hundred such people as you?
Floyd | Well, there're more. Probability one slips through is pretty good.
Floyd | I--well, if you didn't guess, you have nothing to worry about, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Room of 1001 Doors
Floyd | The 1001 doors still beckon, and door 1001 has a lot of scrawlings on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum in the distance--sounds like a natural B. A muscular
Floyd | statue holding a "Best Left Half Back Ever" trophy is in the center,
Floyd | and a starry-eyed statue is carrying a big not-quite-ball with a tag
Floyd | dangling from it. The tag reads "Virgo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a table of fractions and a yellowed chart of football
Floyd | positions here, and a small billboard with five electronically
Floyd | rendered dice seems to provide a diversion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an angel with a pitchfork and a devil with a halo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't here. Or it isn't implemented. Maybe it should be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the doors in front of you and twirls his pitchfork. He
Floyd | suddenly looks down, blinks and wipes out a number written on one
Floyd | hand. You noticed it said Combo is 343-391-439 for supreme world
Floyd | leader.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "spoilers on the spoiler channel, so that we don't waste too much more time on this"
		inky says, "so by my math, the world leader door is (343*2 + 391*6 + 439*10) % 1001 = 415"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter 415" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER 415
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step through the door, you realize the floor underneath was
Floyd | illusory. You have chosen wrong, falling into a vortex of--well, you
Floyd | don't know what it is, but you know it gives you that perfect song.
Floyd |
Floyd | In that song you realize everyone has that sort of song when they die,
Floyd | that it's the last one and it trumps all factual knowledge and
Floyd | regret--in this case, you never find time--or whatever's beyond
Floyd | time--to lament not choosing door 601.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...or do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | From beyond the void, you hear mumbling about not filling out the
Floyd | paperwork, cutting corners even imps know not to, a poor sucker who's
Floyd | actually lucky enough, and how that one djinni learns a lesson. You
Floyd | remember none of this, so you don't feel the least bit grateful or
Floyd | lucky when you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		inky says, "dang"
		phoenix says, "yeah the angel business was confusing"
		eu says, "I think the numbers are suppose to suggest all multiples of pairs from a triple."
		ASchultz says, "It was not meant to be :/ ...I was looking for a way to clue ab + ac + bc. Basically, all you can do is be a singer"
		phoenix says, "the "supreme world leader" stuff"
		inky says, "that makes sense"
		inky says, "ok, I'm done with this one now"
		inky asks, "was there another ne?"
		DavidW says, "Space Suit"
		phoenix says, "to be fair, clueing in "abx + acy + bcz = N mod xyz" is probably pretty hard to do without hitting us over the head with it"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes. I'd just been waiting for everyone to be satisfied here."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we 'good' now?"
		ASchultz says, "I should've stuck with 30 and given the opeion for 1001. Sorry, folks."
		phoenix says, "let's move on"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  The Room of 1001 Doors                               Pick one of
Floyd | 'em!

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/quit" 		

Floyd | %% Quitting!
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask a18spacesuit" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Suit
Floyd | Space Suit -- Episode 38 of the Apollo 18 Tribute Album by Andrew
Floyd | Schultz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120415 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A protective spacesuit hangs on a pedestal. Well, you'd guess it's
Floyd | protective, since it doesn't look very fashionable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Type ABOUT to find out more about this game, or CREDITS to find out
Floyd | more about people who helped make it, or make it better.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to Aschultz), "Ah well, we got it eventually. That was fun."
eu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Jeans and a t-shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Like a Boggle boggle-box?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nne" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NNE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the center for more a wide-open area with less to see, do
Floyd | and take. But hey, you can always come back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the east and north here, and you sense an
Floyd | odd energy from them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the west wall, the east wall, the south wall, the
Floyd | north wall or the wall?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything special.
Floyd | It's too far away to see at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x energy" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ENERGY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Go closer?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your skin begins tingling as you approach the wall. Radiaton? Heat?
Floyd | You're not sure. Even though it appears malleable, you don't trust
Floyd | yourself to make it through as is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw, c'mon. Let's try."
		phoenix says, "oh, I suppose we need the SPACE SUIT"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, of course, but let's see what horrible end awaits."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your skin begins tingling as you approach the wall. Radiaton? Heat?
Floyd | You're not sure. Even though it appears malleable, you don't trust
Floyd | yourself to make it through as is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "A forbidden move."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "touch east wall" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH EAST WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Watching but unable to type for a bit..."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a picture of various Pythagorean triangles, size determined by
Floyd | notches-3/4/5, 5/12/13, and so forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a picture of a top spinning around. It seems to be about to
Floyd | fall--it's at a close angle to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x top" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh it's just a picture of a top"
		DavidW asks, "more math?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nooooo"
		ASchultz says, "No arithmetic."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abstruse Area                                        (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstruse Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the south and east here, and you sense an
Floyd | odd energy from them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Abstruse Area                                        (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your skin begins tingling as you approach the wall. Radiaton? Heat?
Floyd | You're not sure. Even though it appears malleable, you don't trust
Floyd | yourself to make it through as is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the south edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a list of riddles that make sense once you know the answer, but
Floyd | you're glad there wasn't a gnome that made you bet your life on them.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A picture of a hunter aiming at a bird with a bow and arrow captures
Floyd | your attention more, anyway--but what's it doing here?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hunter" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUNTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Seems like an anachronism...or maybe a hint?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Anachronism... or ANAGRAM?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, still traumatized from the last game."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the south and west here, and you sense an
Floyd | odd energy from them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Secretive Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretive Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Secretive Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a picture of a big long maze. You begin puzzling your way
Floyd | through it, starting at the bit marked "end" and trying to block out
Floyd | various dead ends.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the maze, there's a picture of a kite trailing its owner at a
Floyd | forty-five degree angle--must be windy.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "these angles are a bit of a theme"
		inky says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the west and north here, and you sense an
Floyd | odd energy from them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a stick figure holding an opaque umbrella at an angle. Also,
Floyd | there appears to be an impromptu treatise on tic-tac-toe strategy, but
Floyd | you have nobody to play it with. Rats.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A protective spacesuit hangs on a pedestal. Well, you'd guess it's
Floyd | protective, since it doesn't look very fashionable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x spacesuit" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPACESUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Largely white, with an opaque helmet and handy pockets for fitting
Floyd | scraps of paper in. It's got some weird dark LCD output on the chest
Floyd | with a lever off to the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "uh oh, a LCD..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lcf" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LCF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lcd" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LCD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's dark. You imagine there's a way to switch it on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Sorry, I had to answer another window. How are we doing?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You should be wearing the spacesuit before doing that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we've just been examining things"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We're still just starting."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take suit" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. As you pick it up, a brochure falls off the pedestal and onto the
Floyd | floor, and a small lead ball also falls from a sleeve onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see the spacesuit was covering a couple of drawings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | In case the brochure has small print, you take it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. There's no actual writing. At the top, you see shows five lines
Floyd | in an S through a 3-by-3 square of dots...and a big red X through all
Floyd | that. Below, there're four lines next to an intact 3-by-3 square.
Floyd | There are a few more pages on the inside, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | There're diagrams about spacesuit operation--likely, the one you're
Floyd | holding--and how it protects from radiation and heat and so forth. The
Floyd | wavy lines and fire are universal enough. No letters are needed. But
Floyd | you don't see any dangers here, so maybe there's more useful later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was figuring we wouldn't even be able to take the suit."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems unremarkable. You wonder what it's for, and what to do with
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is more a puzzle than a treasure hunt. Besides, there aren't that
Floyd | many items IN the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You should be wearing the spacesuit before doing that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear suit" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The suit fits comfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You might want to read the brochure...the center may not be the best
Floyd | place to start recording your movements.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh dear"
		eu says, "The four lines puzzle."
		DavidW says, "Or what I call a one-right-path puzzle."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a close-up of a lever on the side of the spacesuit. Two-way
Floyd | arrows indicate that it detects bends, or changes in direction. You
Floyd | see a few more pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read brochure" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You see a square of nine faces -- the middle frowny and red, the
Floyd | others smiley and green. The northwest -- assuming north is up -- has
Floyd | little sunshiney rays around it. Maybe the last bit will be more
Floyd | informative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph. Just a finger pointing at you, a brain with lines coming from it
Floyd | (it appears to have just jumped from a box,) and pictures of medals
Floyd | and ribbons. But there's a loose page behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I am not in a spot where I can take notes, but a map will be pretty much critical."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x loose page" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOOSE PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You rip the page from the brochure.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a whole hash of universal warning symbols including a circle
Floyd | with a line through it--some poor stupid looking face is crossed out.
Floyd | There's also someone wearing a spacesuit next to a crossed-out stick
Floyd | figure that is not.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big exclamation mark in the upper right-hand corner--a
Floyd | pretty universal meaning. The slots on the left side are labeled A, B
Floyd | and C, from top to bottom (okay, they're unreadable glyphs. But you
Floyd | have to call them SOMEthing.) On the right, there's D, which you
Floyd | decide is a tab.
Floyd |
Floyd | B and D are parallel with the middle row, while A is close to the top
Floyd | row, and C is close to the bottom row.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to see a physical representation?

		phoenix says, "it's a 3 by 3 square. But we ought to see what happens if we step out of the box while wearing the suit"
eu says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |      .  .  .
Floyd | A -
Floyd | B -  .  .  .  - D
Floyd | C -
Floyd |      .  .  .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this is where graphical adventures have their advantages"
		Jacqueline says, "This *is* graphical."
		Jacqueline asks, "See that physical representation?"
		eu says, "Floyd-compatible graphical even."
		Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, feeling snarky today.)"
		Jacqueline says (to eu), "Right."
		DavidW says, "Graphical puzzles aren't really well-suited for pure text IF."
		mwmiller exclaims, "Better than fumbling around trying to visualize seven-segment digits, I think!"
		phoenix asks, "so this stuff is outside the box, then?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder if and when you should switch that lever at the side of
Floyd | your spacesuit. Perhaps some places are better than others.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the east and north here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. It's like some weird foamy turnstile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just plain moving around with the spacesuit doesn't seem to be doing
Floyd | anything. But exploring may turn up some clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm, I was thinking inside."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe that's my issue, always thinking inside the box."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The foamy wall turnstile seems to work the same way going inside as
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. Switch the lever here? Technically, there's no rush.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the east and north here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Let's see more of the outside the box area."
		phoenix says, "Ok, so the description of that outsid area wasnt precisely right, was it"
		phoenix says, "it didn't say we could go west, but we could"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
		phoenix says, "go ahead"
		eu says, "Well, the description was for getting back in the box, which we didn't do."
		eu says, "Oh."
		eu says, "I see, you meant the next sentence."
		eu says, "Or phrase, rather."
		phoenix says, "yeah. it said we had 3 exits, we took a 4th - back the way we came"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're used to this turnstile action by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing weird happens the second time on your way back, either.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whew. I think I'm all caught up."
		ASchultz says, "Hm. You're right. This is something I thought I checked."
		phoenix asks, "that is just a bug?"
		phoenix says, "anyway, it seems there's a room both east and north of the NE cell, let's see if there are any more out-of-box rooms"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok, nope"
		phoenix says, "so we have the nine rooms in the box, and eight more attached to the corners"
		DavidW asks, "did we see anything corresponding to the A, B, C slots or D tab?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Eight, or ten?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, eight."
		phoenix says, "no, the outside of the box area is very nondescript"
		DavidW asks, "Surely there are 16 out-box places?"
		phoenix says, "it looks like just 8 - E and N off the NE room"
		phoenix says, "and presumably the corresponding spots in other corners"
		phoenix asks, "What were we supposed to do again?"
		DavidW asks, "But the entire game space is a 5 by 5 grid, no?"
		phoenix says, "it's a 5 by 5 grid with the squares 2 away from the middle in the 8 compass directiosn not there"
		eu says, "Which makes sense, because we don't need them."
		DavidW says, "I'm not parsing the 'not there' part."
		phoenix says, "*-*-*"
		phoenix says, "-----"
		phoenix says, "*---*"
		phoenix says, "-----"
		phoenix says, "*-*-*"
		phoenix says, "that's our map"
		DavidW asks, "Really?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, I'll play it on my own later, I guess. I missed the beginning."
		phoenix says, "yeah. Here i'm trying to go east and west from the left room on the top row"
		DavidW says, "I have a different map of the 5 by 5 grid."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "afk" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > AFK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "afk"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "What's your map?"
		DavidW says, "well, I don't know how to represent it here."
		DavidW says, "I thought the inside box area is a 3x3 region, with 16 rooms on the outside of the box, making a 5x5 grid in total."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, that's what I was thinking too, but I wasn't mapping, so I was deferring to others."
		Jacqueline says, "But from what I'd read that was my thought as well."
		DavidW says, "So I don't know what the *'s in the other map represent."
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't get the corner bit, though."
		Jacqueline says, "I think the *'s in his map represent squares where we can't go / that aren't there."
		eu says, "Right."
		Jacqueline says, "Easily enough tested, I guess."
		DavidW says, "so, I'll play independently to get a better idea of what's really going on."
		Jacqueline says, "Aw. But he's away now."
		Jacqueline says, "So if you go away then we're down even more."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Yeah, we can just get everyone on the same page now, because I got lost too."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'd like us to get on the same page here."
		eu says, "I was taking the map on blind faith."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		eu says, "I suppose the first thing is to reenter the box so we know where we are."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, can we start talking about this in RxC? Like, is this R1C4?"
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		eu says, "This should be R3C4."
		Jacqueline says, "Right."
		eu says, "If the 5x5 is R1--R5 and C1--C5."
		Jacqueline says, "Right."
		eu says, "So east..."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no secret door behind the mural. You've found how to get
Floyd | outside the box, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "OH. Examine the pedestal in the center."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we go back to the center room for a moment?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Timing."
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal you took the spacesuit from is here, too. It's prominent
Floyd | enough that you couldn't trip over it if you tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's cylindrical, with an odd diagonal line down the side--you'd think
Floyd | it'd be straight up and down, but it's perpendicular to a ramp that
Floyd | seems to circle the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hole about the size of the ball you're carrying on top of
Floyd | the ramp, and you can see a couple drawings, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x drawings" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRAWINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see two pictures: one, a grid of nine dots, and another, a black
Floyd | eight-pointed star with a big red X through its center. The star looks
Floyd | as below:
Floyd |
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |    |\   /|
Floyd |    | \ / |
Floyd | *--*--*--*--*
Floyd |  \ | / \ | /
Floyd |   \|/   \|/
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |   /|\   /|\
Floyd |  / | \ / | \
Floyd | *--*--*--*--*
Floyd |    | / \ |
Floyd |    |/   \|
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "There."
		DavidW says, "That's our map."
		eu exclaims, "Map!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ramp" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't actually touch inside it--it's covered all the way down. But
Floyd | it cuts a spiral through the cylindrical pedestal that winds around
Floyd | almost three times before the hole at the bottom. The line cutting
Floyd | through the pedestal starts just to one side of the entry and to the
Floyd | other side of the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh damn, he was right."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Sorry, phoenix!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put ball in ramp" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BALL IN RAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, mask is ready to be washed off my face now. BRB."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put ball in hole" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BALL IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It drops into the hole and begins its spiralling descent around the
Floyd | outside of the pedestal. After a half-minute, the ball rolls slowly
Floyd | out the bottom. You could pick it up and try again, if you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put ball in hole" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BALL IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fun to watch the ball roll down, but you doubt you're doing
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl pouts.
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember rolling a penny down a similar spiral at some toy store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Whee! Somehow, it never quite gets boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Lies."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I lied. You start wondering what the ramp is there for, or what
Floyd | it's demonstrating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll the ball down the ramp yet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "twist ramp" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWIST RAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Hmm, spiral."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stand on pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | No magic to this. Just logic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Which, if you're clever, may help you find a solution even better than
Floyd | the common one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Shall we plot a course?"
		Jacqueline asks, "A course to map or a course to do a test run of a symbol?"
		eu says, "The latter, if I understand you."
		eu says, "I meant using the space suit's lever."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yes, in particular using the lever."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the northwest and west, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         0 room 0 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum, then a loud BEEP, from your spacesuit. You look down
Floyd | and notice the LCD output has begun to glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x lcd" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         0 room 0 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LCD
Floyd |
Floyd | The LCD output reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | - - - 0 / 4 -+
Floyd | - - -        |
Floyd | - - - 0 / 9
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "I'm not sure what that means."
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          1 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a beep. A turn-arrow pulses on part of your LCD, then
Floyd | vanishes. You assume this means you can change directions three more
Floyd | times.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         2 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         2 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southeast and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "btw, I found out something important"
		eu asks, "What's that?"
		DavidW says, "On the loose page, try examining the tab."
		eu asks, "Hmm, can I turn the lever off?"
eu says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         2 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you meant to SWITCH the lever?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "switch lever" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         2 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWITCH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a grinding and whooshing as you start. You back off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Let me finish up this spiral, I guess."
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         3 rooms 2 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the west and north here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing--they're even pulling your spacesuit towards them,
Floyd | slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear two beeps. A turn-arrow pulses on part of your LCD, then
Floyd | vanishes. You assume this means you can change directions two more
Floyd | times.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hm"
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Secretive Area                                       4 rooms 2 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretive Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       5 rooms 2 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the south and west here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         5 rooms 2 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the northeast and north, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "back"
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         6 rooms 3 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the south edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear three beeps. A turn-arrow pulses on part of your LCD, then
Floyd | vanishes. You assume this means you can change directions once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          6 rooms 3 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         6 rooms 3 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southwest and south, or you can dither around
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     7 rooms 4 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the east and north here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear four beeps. A turn-arrow pulses on part of your LCD, then
Floyd | vanishes. You assume this means you can change directions zero more
Floyd | times. Crunch time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         7 rooms 4 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         7 rooms 4 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | There are glowing walls to the west and north here, but they don't
Floyd | seem menacing--they're even pulling your spacesuit towards them,
Floyd | slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Oy."
		eu says, "I did that wrong."
		eu asks, "Now what?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x lcd" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         7 rooms 4 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LCD
Floyd |
Floyd | The LCD output reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | * + + 4 / 4 -+
Floyd | + - +        |
Floyd | + + - 7 / 9
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "The middle had a frowny face, so I avoided it."
		eu says, "But I also avoided the opposite corner."
		eu asks, "I guess turn again?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not getting the LCD output just yet."
		phoenix says, "it just said that we can't"
		phoenix says, "turn"
		phoenix says, "but why not try it and see what happens"
		eu says, "Top line is number of lines drawn."
		eu says, "Bottom is number of center rooms visited with lines."
		eu says, "Pluses are visited rooms, asterisk is current location."
		eu asks, "I guess we were supposed to visit the center too?"
		phoenix says, "the LCD implies that although the brochure says otherwise"
		eu says, "The spiral part and the frowny face threw me."
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       8 rooms 5 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal you took the spacesuit from is here, too. It's prominent
Floyd | enough that you couldn't trip over it if you tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small lead ball here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud horn begins honking. You have made one too many turns with your
Floyd | spacesuit activated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Well that ended well."
		phoenix says, "lol"
		eu asks, "Does someone want to try the traditional solution?"
		phoenix says, "sure, why not"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (no scoring
Floyd | yet)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Suit
Floyd | Space Suit -- Episode 38 of the Apollo 18 Tribute Album by Andrew
Floyd | Schultz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120415 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A protective spacesuit hangs on a pedestal. Well, you'd guess it's
Floyd | protective, since it doesn't look very fashionable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Type ABOUT to find out more about this game, or CREDITS to find out
Floyd | more about people who helped make it, or make it better.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear suit" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the protective spacesuit)
Floyd | Hmm. As you pick it up, a brochure falls off the pedestal and onto the
Floyd | floor, and a small lead ball also falls from a sleeve onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see the spacesuit was covering a couple of drawings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The suit fits comfortably. You didn't need instructions to put the
Floyd | spacesuit on, but...maybe for what do to while you're in it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Also,"
		eu says, "Check the tab, DavidW says."
		eu | DavidW says, "On the loose page, try examining the tab."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | In case the brochure has small print, you take it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. There's no actual writing. At the top, you see shows five lines
Floyd | in an S through a 3-by-3 square of dots...and a big red X through all
Floyd | that. Below, there're four lines next to an intact 3-by-3 square.
Floyd | There are a few more pages on the inside, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | There're diagrams about spacesuit operation--likely, the one you're
Floyd | holding--and how it protects from radiation and heat and so forth. The
Floyd | wavy lines and fire are universal enough. No letters are needed. But
Floyd | you don't see any dangers here, so maybe there's more useful later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a close-up of a lever on the side of the spacesuit. Two-way
Floyd | arrows indicate that it detects bends, or changes in direction. You
Floyd | see a few more pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a square of nine faces -- the middle frowny and red, the
Floyd | others smiley and green. The northeast -- assuming north is up -- has
Floyd | little sunshiney rays around it. Maybe the last bit will be more
Floyd | informative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph. Just a finger pointing at you, a brain with lines coming from it
Floyd | (it appears to have just jumped from a box,) and pictures of medals
Floyd | and ribbons. But there's a loose page behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get page" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It pulls out easily. It's got the three-by-three square of dots, but
Floyd | it also has four slots cut into the sides--three on one side, one on
Floyd | the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "What does that mean about 'in case it has small print?'"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read page" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a whole hash of universal warning symbols including a circle
Floyd | with a line through it--some poor stupid looking face is crossed out.
Floyd | There's also someone wearing a spacesuit next to a crossed-out stick
Floyd | figure that is not.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big exclamation mark in the upper right-hand corner--a
Floyd | pretty universal meaning. The slots on the left side are labeled A, B
Floyd | and C, from top to bottom (okay, they're unreadable glyphs. But you
Floyd | have to call them SOMEthing.) On the right, there's D, which you
Floyd | decide is a tab.
Floyd |
Floyd | B and D are parallel with the middle row, while A is close to the top
Floyd | row, and C is close to the bottom row.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to see a physical representation?

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |      .  .  .
Floyd | A -
Floyd | B -  .  .  .  - D
Floyd | C -
Floyd |      .  .  .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tab" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the only slot on the right of the paper. You can probably fold
Floyd | any of the others into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks (of Jacqueline), "A justification for the automatic take?"
		eu says, "I don't know."
		phoenix asks, "so we can fold the tab on this page and it alters the geometry of the room somehow?"
		DavidW says, "bingo"
		phoenix says, "pick A, B or C"
		eu says, "I wonder how tricky this will be to visualize."
		DavidW says, "I suspect B is most straightforward. Dunno which is most useful yet."
		phoenix says, "right, let's try B then"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fold b into d" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLD B INTO D
Floyd |
Floyd | As you twist the leaflet, you see crumbling--walls on the east and
Floyd | west appear to fall. You feel the room you're standing on wrenched
Floyd | into something you can't quite understand. You're knocked out for a
Floyd | minute but wake up where you were.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "also, wowza"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder if and when you should switch that lever at the side of
Floyd | your spacesuit. Perhaps some places are better than others.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Just plain moving around with the spacesuit doesn't seem to be doing
Floyd | anything. But exploring may turn up some clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "AFK for a bit."
		phoenix says, "so... we just made the east room of the central box wrap around to the west"
		phoenix says, "let's see if this affects out-of-box areas"
		DavidW says, "yes"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. Switch the lever here? Technically, there's no rush.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | You thought you remembered this was a corner, but you can't see any
Floyd | walls to the east or west for a while. You think you see someone in
Floyd | the distance, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | You thought you remembered this was a corner, but you can't see any
Floyd | walls to the east or west for a while. You think you see someone in
Floyd | the distance, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "(almost ready)?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Secretive Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretive Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | You thought you remembered this was a corner, but you can't see any
Floyd | walls to the east or west for a while. You think you see someone in
Floyd | the distance, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x someone" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOMEONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave, feeling foolish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "seems the out-of-box areas have gone, at least on the west and east sides; instead they now wrap around"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. It's like some weird foamy turnstile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Names are Not Important Here
Floyd | You're outside the usual boundaries of the box. You can go back
Floyd | through the walls to the southeast and south. You're not actually sure
Floyd | if being here is the best plan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I suspect the someone we see is us."
		phoenix says, "Right"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, you can only go south, southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "And the out-of-box areas to the north and south weren't affected"
		DavidW says, "I don't know if this wrapping of geometry is useful or necessary."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Presumably it would make it possible to reach areas without using up turns."
		phoenix says, "this particular wrap doesn't help that much I guess"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fold a into d" 		

Floyd ]  Names are Not Important Here                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLD A INTO D
Floyd |
Floyd | (slot a into tab d)
Floyd | You see the passage back to the inner area shake. This worries you.
Floyd | Perhaps the leaflet is more powerful than you thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Too bad they don't wave back."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The foamy wall turnstile seems to work the same way going inside as
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | You thought you remembered this was a corner, but you can't see any
Floyd | walls to the east or west for a while. You think you see someone in
Floyd | the distance, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok - let's see if this warps it some more"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | You thought you remembered this was a corner, but you can't see any
Floyd | walls to the east or west for a while. You think you see someone in
Floyd | the distance, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "wait, did you fold it twice?"
		phoenix says, "I'm not sure if I folded it or not"
		eu asks, "Can we go look at the map?"
		phoenix says, "I tried to, but it's unclear whether it did it"
		phoenix asks, "Where was the map?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x page" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's wrapped around itself now, the tabs gone--melded into the paper
Floyd | somehow. Oddly, the dots that were on opposite sides are now close to
Floyd | each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "X DRAWINGS in the center."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal you took the spacesuit from is here, too. It's prominent
Floyd | enough that you couldn't trip over it if you tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small lead ball here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x drawings" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRAWINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see two pictures: one, a grid of nine dots, and another, a black
Floyd | eight-pointed star with a big red X through its center. The star looks
Floyd | as below:
Floyd |
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |    |\   /|
Floyd |    | \ / |
Floyd | *--*--*--*--*
Floyd |  \ | / \ | /
Floyd |   \|/   \|/
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |   /|\   /|\
Floyd |  / | \ / | \
Floyd | *--*--*--*--*
Floyd |    | / \ |
Floyd |    |/   \|
Floyd |    *     *
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think folding can only be done once, since it says it merges or melds or melts or something."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "unfold page" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNFOLD PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fold a into d" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLD A INTO D
Floyd |
Floyd | (slot a into tab d)
Floyd | As you twist the leaflet, you see crumbling--walls on the east and
Floyd | west appear to fall. You feel the room you're standing on wrenched
Floyd | into something you can't quite understand. You're knocked out for a
Floyd | minute but wake up where you were.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, I did refold it then. It seems that it didn't want to let me do it when I was outside the box"
		phoenix says, "Slot A was one of the "twisted" ones"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, that makes sense."
		Jacqueline says, "You be harmed otherwise."
		phoenix says, "we might be able to do the entire thing without turning if I guessed right about what this does"
		DavidW says, "hm. that'd be weird if we could traverse all our checkpoints without turning at all."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There should be an east wall joining the south wall, but the only one
Floyd | you see is a bit to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the south edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Abstruse Area                                        (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstruse Area
Floyd | Whatever you did with the leaflet did not shake the south and west
Floyd | walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Probably it has to do with this:"
		eu | Which, if you're clever, may help you find a solution even better than the common one.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There should be an east wall joining the south wall, but the only one
Floyd | you see is a bit to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "going W off the W warps us to the SE spot"
		phoenix says, "going W off the SW still warps us to the SE spot"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Because it's folded in with a --- this is hard to explain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubble" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A taper."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abstruse Area                                        (almost ready)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstruse Area
Floyd | Whatever you did with the leaflet did not shake the south and west
Floyd | walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "let's try running just all the wya aeast and see if it covers everything?"
		phoenix says, "since we basically rolled our world pu into a slightly twisted cylinder"
		eu says, "Okay. I lost track of where we started from, so I still haven't managed to visualize this twist, but carry on."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Abstruse Area                                        1 room 0 lines
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hum, then a loud BEEP, from your spacesuit. You look down
Floyd | and notice the LCD output has begun to glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tricky Area                                          2 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tricky Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the south edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a beep. A turn-arrow pulses on part of your LCD, then
Floyd | vanishes. You assume this means you can change directions three more
Floyd | times.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inscrutable Area                                     3 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inscrutable Area
Floyd | There should be an east wall joining the south wall, but the only one
Floyd | you see is a bit to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cryptic Area                                         4 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cryptic Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the west edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Principal Area                                       5 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Principal Area
Floyd | This is a slightly raised platform area in the center of the
Floyd | boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of
Floyd | the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal you took the spacesuit from is here, too. It's prominent
Floyd | enough that you couldn't trip over it if you tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small lead ball here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Unclear Area                                         6 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Unclear Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the east edge of the little boggle-box. Jagged
Floyd | rubble on the floor indicates there may have been a wall to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Enigmatic Area                                       7 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enigmatic Area
Floyd | There should be a west wall joining the north wall, but the only one
Floyd | you see is a bit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Secretive Area                                       8 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretive Area
Floyd | You're in the center of the north edge of the little boggle-box. You
Floyd | can see a mural on the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         9 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange Area
Floyd | Whatever you did with the leaflet did not shake the north and east
Floyd | walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud siren. Confetti drops from the ceiling. Three people
Floyd | in robes walk out, beaming silently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are handed a gold medal! You have done about the best you could
Floyd | do. A monk waves his hand, and the topology of the room is
Floyd | re-scrambled. You are escorted into a small nook with all manner of
Floyd | logic puzzles. They look interesting, but you hope you're let out
Floyd | before you solve them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | I hope you enjoyed this puzzle, and I hope converting it to a text
Floyd | adventure was as fun for you as it was for me.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		eu exclaims, "Yay!"
		Jacqueline says, "Huzzah! Well done."
		phoenix says, "good catch with that loose page David"
Tale arrives, full of fun and funk. 		eu says, "Agreed. This way we were fancy about it."
		Jacqueline says, "It's not impossible without the folding is it? As per that hint? Not that I'm challenging anyone, just curious for thoughts."
		Tale asks, "What are you playing?"
		phoenix says, "there's the traditional 4-line solution"
		DavidW asks, "Is the smiley face location the start location or the end location?"
		phoenix says, "In this case, it was neither"
		ASchultz says, "oh, hey, congratulations, people. I was implementing stuff you exposed, while you solved it."
		eu says (to Tale), "TMBG tribute album."
		phoenix says, "I just started at the SW room because that's how the fold worked out"
		ASchultz says, "That's how I imagined people would be able to do it w/o visualizing every last bit"
		Jacqueline says (to ASchultz), "Okay, you just broke my brane."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "messing with the geometry of the room was obviously more satisfying" 		

Floyd ]  Strange Area                                         9 rooms 1 line
Floyd |
Floyd | > MESSING WITH THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROOM WAS OBVIOUSLY MORE SATISFYING
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "yay '9 rooms 1 line'"
		ASchultz says, "Oops. My next game will be much much different. It will involve someone who hates math."
		Jacqueline says, "well, congrats to all of us for finishing all the Apollo 18+20 games."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Well. All the Floyd-playable ones, anyway."
		Jacqueline says, "There has been an inquiry as to whether or not we want to move on to the next area minicomp (the cover art games)."
		Jacqueline says (to ggg), "Oh, true."
		phoenix says, "yeah, you could have people who hate maths and people who love maths trying to get home from a hotel but they all hate each oth... oh wait"
		DavidW says, "yeah, sadly one game we couldn't play here."
		ASchultz says, "Yes and thank you for working through my stuff. I didn't know this would be on clubfloyd, but now that I know games might be, I know guidelines to make them user friendly etc. before I start"
		ASchultz says, "the unfloydable game is worth looking at, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Sleepmask has been a big help - the status line is often useful."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "So, thank you, vimes, for that."
		ASchultz says, "Yeah, I think these games really tested it well, and it held up"
		phoenix says, "well, I'm new here, but a regular-length game would be nice after all these short ones"
		DavidW says, "I'd like a more traditional IF next week."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, for us, regular length is hoped to be two hours."
		genericgeekgirl says, "If you want longer than that, come to NightFloyd ;)"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "The cover art games should be 'normal.' The only thing about them is that they were inspired by cover art."
		phoenix asks, "When is that?"
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, I suspect some may be more like short IFs."
		eu asks (of Jacqueline), "The cover art due date is today?"
		eu asks, "Or do I have the wrong Sunday?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's due today."
		Jacqueline says, "So by next Sunday there will be publically released games."
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, I suspect updates to those releases."
		genericgeekgirl says (to phoenix), "Tuesdays at 10pm-ish Eastern/MUD-time."
		eu says (to phoenix), "Tuesday nights at 10:00 Eastern. (genericgeekgirl, correct me if I'm wrong.)"
		eu says, "Timing."
		Jacqueline says, "So, as we did with A18+20, we may want to hold off on these a week or two at least."
		phoenix says, "Oh right. Wrong time zone for me unfortunately"
		eu says (to Jacqueline), "That seems wise, and we intersperse some other IF."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, let's think on it. E-mail me if you have suggestions, and we'll go back to the 'old' way of doing a poll at noon Eastern to see what the people who are here want to play."
		eu says, "Er, can intersperse. Typing not my strong suit today."
		eu exclaims, "Adios, everyone!"
		Jacqueline says, "Heh, I read it the right way, even if you didn't type it that way."
		Jacqueline says, "Have a great week, everyone."
		phoenix says, "I'm guessing people want something not involving mathematics :)"
		ASchultz says, "goodbye eveyone, and thank you again"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Retro-Nemesis by Robb Sherwin
The Rocket Man from the Sea by Janos Honkonen
As played on ifMUD on June 17, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Retro-Nemesis written by Robb Sherwin, and The Rocket Man from the Sea written by Janos Honkonen. Retro-Nemesis hails from the Hugo "Open House" competition at the end of 2011, and Rocket Man was the first-place winner in the 2012 Spring Thing. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the ifWiki pages: The Rocket Man from the Sea, and Retro-Nemesis.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

To skip directly to a particular game, click on its title:

Retro-Nemesis by Robb Sherwin
The Rocket Man from the Sea by Janos Honkonen
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask retronemesis" 		

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Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

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Floyd ]                   R E T R O - N E M E S I S
Floyd ] S)tart a new game.
Floyd ] R)estore a saved game.
Floyd ] C)hange color settings
Floyd ] A)bout this game and the 2011 Hugo MiniComp.
Floyd ] >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | The Hugo MiniComp is a sort of interactive fiction-based gathering of
Floyd | developers, originally the brainchild of Jon Blask on the ifMud.
Floyd | Download all the Hugo MiniComp games from [LINK],
Floyd | or try searching on the Interactive Fiction Database at TADS.org
Floyd | ([LINK]).
Floyd |
Floyd | This game, Retro-Nemesis, was originally a piece of static fiction
Floyd | that I wrote for Jason Scott, to be included on the discs for his
Floyd | documentary Get Lamp. Jason had requested that I write a
Floyd | crazy little text file about what the filming of the movie
Floyd | might have been like. He was going to include it in a 'hidden
Floyd | in plain sight' directory to see if anyone found it. It was hidden so
Floyd | well that the duplicators assumed he didn't want it included on the
Floyd | discs at all. Rather than let the story be lost to time, I have tried
Floyd | to rework it for the Hugo MiniComp. As such, there are vast oceans of
Floyd | text broken up by a valid move or two.
Floyd |
Floyd | To talk to people in the game, just use TALK TO JASON and so forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can download my other games at Jolt Country, and I hope you enjoy
Floyd | the Hugo MiniComp! For more information on programming in games in
Floyd | Hugo, try [LINK], or the Hugo by
Floyd | Example website at [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | The original story was proofread by my friend Zseni. Any subsequent
Floyd | errors are mine in this translation, because she had it quite perfect.
Floyd | Rob O'Hara tested it. Thanks, Rob!
Floyd |
Floyd | The musical tracks have Creative Commons licenses and are:
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Irritations' by tonspender.
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd | 'Raumreisen' by allerdings.
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd | 'March of the Caterpillars' by Curt Siffert.
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can type np to see which one is 'now playing.')
Floyd |
Floyd | Retro-Nemesis is released under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Floyd |
Floyd | __________

		Jacqueline says, "Ah. It's going to be a series of text dumps. We'll have to go slow."
		eu says, "Hmm, so we can experience some of the multimedia."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

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Floyd ]                   R E T R O - N E M E S I S
Floyd ] S)tart a new game.
Floyd ] R)estore a saved game.
Floyd ] C)hange color settings
Floyd ] A)bout this game and the 2011 Hugo MiniComp.
Floyd ] >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tattoo Parlor
Floyd | I'm in a tattoo parlor, getting the Zork logo inked on my
Floyd | forearm, in order to get more screen time for the "GET LAMP"
Floyd | documentary. Jason Scott is here, grinning like the Sentient Demon Sun
Floyd | on the day mankind slowly discerns that there has always been a
Floyd | second, sentient, demon sun. He switched the original "Zork" logo the
Floyd | artist was using for reference with the one from Zork III
Floyd | when the guy was self-administrating a body shot. I'm no stranger to
Floyd | drinking on the job, but the artist pooled the booze in the  "o" of
Floyd | his self-stenciled "MOM" tattoo before lighting it on fire. So I'm
Floyd | sufficiently distracted to where I don't realize that the guy is
Floyd | painfully drawing in extra Roman numerals until it's too late.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scott's filming the whole thing, panning up to my grimacing. The
Floyd | Zork logo is made up of a bunch of little rocks, and the
Floyd | surface area for the extra ones is greater than that of a big batch of
Floyd | Safeway-Brand discount popcorn chicken. I can't even remember why
Floyd | "being on film" was so important to me, except that I wanted more
Floyd | exposure than Kent Tessman, CM, that smug bastard. Scott had a deal
Floyd | for me: First, help him break into Adam Thornton's second home in
Floyd | Canada, so we can film ourselves torching the place in order to
Floyd | dramatize the ending of Trinity. And secondly, be the subject for "the
Floyd | tattoo scene" to show how crazy text game fans are. I'd get featured
Floyd | in seven extra clips by doing all this.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How many clips am I in now?" I asked. I'm fucking shrewd, just look
Floyd | at me. If it were like four or something, well, I'm no fool. Four
Floyd | clips is enough to splice together a Youtube video with and get some
Floyd | thoughtful comments, maybe even some that don't bash women, wets or
Floyd | Jews.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This many," he said, holding up a copy of Zork Zero with his
Floyd | hand over the "Zork" part. Fuck!
Floyd |
Floyd | __________

		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing the critical error is that it can't load the multimedia file."
		djfletch says, "hmm, maybe I have played this."
		DavidW says, "This does sound familiar now, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe I have as well."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. We played it before at CF."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, the bit about bashing women, wets, or Jews sounds very familiar."
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Damn. We have goldfish memories."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, should we play that other one?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hence why I said it was already uploaded into hugorn ;)"
		DavidW says, "It's hard to remember EVERY game we've ever played."
		Jacqueline asks, "Rocket Man?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "True"
		Jacqueline says, "Rocket Man we haven't played, I'm fairly sure."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Not that I recall."
		genericgeekgirl says, "[LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec, I'll upload the other game."
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "mmkay..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ] The Tattoo Parlor
Floyd ]
Floyd | The tattoo artist is looking for approval to keep going.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit (YES or NO)?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit (YES or NO)?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheaphe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask therocketmanfromthesea" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The rumble that wakes you in middle of the night from your dreams
Floyd | of Earth Alliance rocket ships blasting the vile Martian Rebels with
Floyd | their Atomic Heat Rays might have been a rocket ship blasting off from
Floyd | the mainland, or it might have been a late summer thunderstorm. You
Floyd | open your eyes to the velvety darkness of your bedroom, lit only by
Floyd | the slightly less black square of the window, which is pulsing by
Floyd | faint flashes of light in the sky. You think about getting up and
Floyd | finding your binoculars, but your eyelids are heavy and you drift back
Floyd | to sleep. By the morning, all this is forgotten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Rocket Man from the Sea
Floyd | A Pulp Scifi Story by Janos Honkonen
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120405 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Story, Photos & Coding: Janos Honkonen
Floyd | ([LINK])
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing & proofreading: Susi Vaasjoki, Laura Kalli, Will
Floyd | Ellwood, Nikodemus Siivola, Ilmari JyskÃ¤, Melvin Rangasamy, Joey Jones
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to Aaron Reed for an exceptionally good programming
Floyd | manual, Emily Short for great extensions and Eric Eve & others for
Floyd | help in rec.arts.int-fiction throughout the years I've been tinkering
Floyd | with IF.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure he will be alright?" asks mother, struggling under the
Floyd | weight of the crate she's lifting to the boat. Your father glances at
Floyd | you, one foot on the side of the boat, and harrumphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'When I was his age I minded the station alone for days' he says,
Floyd | taking the crate effortlessly from your mother, who leans back
Floyd | pressing her palms against the small of her back. "And there were
Floyd | ships back then." The weight of the crate makes the boat rock
Floyd | lazily, and you glance at the scummy black water between the boat's
Floyd | side and the concrete pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You will do alright, won't you, son?" You look up quickly and meet
Floyd | your father's gaze. He has that expression you don't like, his eyes
Floyd | make you squirm and feel nervous; like you have already disappointed
Floyd | him and there will be a belt or a switch in store for you when they
Floyd | get back home.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No sir! I mean yes sir, I will do my best," you stammer over the
Floyd | creak and squeal of the seagulls circling above you, hopeful for a
Floyd | fish or an unminded crate of food. Father sighs and helps your mother
Floyd | into the boat. Gogol is on the pier, looking at your parents and the
Floyd | seagulls, tail wagging and tongue lolling out in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine roars to life, hitting you with a quickly dissipating
Floyd | headachy and sweet cloud of exhaust, and as it does, for a moment you
Floyd | feel really scared and alone. Mother waves at you, you wave back and
Floyd | spend a few long minutes watching the boat pull off towards the
Floyd | mainland.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		Jacqueline says, "Whoops"
		Jacqueline says, "I wasn't done reading."
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  1
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural
Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of
Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat, which is now just
Floyd | a small dot on the sunlit sea, heading towards the mainland.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can
Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of
Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone,
Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time.
Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the
Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of
Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone,
Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store
Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze
Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings
Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks up at the wheeling seagulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  2
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, at least we're good-looking."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  3
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's all the product in our hair."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x astro city" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  4
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ASTRO CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is hazy today, but you can still make out the distant
Floyd | buildings and towers in the mainland. Astro City One is the largest
Floyd | and most active rocket base on Earth, usually there are five or six
Floyd | launches per year but now, with all the trouble with the traitorous
Floyd | Martians, there has been almost one launch every month! You remember
Floyd | all the launches you have seen, the sharp ripping sound of the Atomic
Floyd | Pile ripping the world itself, that blinding light and the pillar of
Floyd | smoke that rises higher and higher until your mind and the world goes
Floyd | all weird, because you really see and understand that the
Floyd | smoke and the light go right through the clouds and into the dark of
Floyd | space!
Floyd |
Floyd | One day you will travel to Astro City One, step into one of the
Floyd | rocket-ships as a Rocket-Man, and head out to the universe!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart can see a dream in your dance. Lionheart can see tomorrow in your dance. We can call it, "our hope"! 		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Cue Elton John music."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, explore here or head back to the house?"
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  5
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's check out the shack."
		DavidW says, "And Gogol."
		eu nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gogol" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  6
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is an Alsatian and you have the same birthday. He's your friend
Floyd | and he's very good at fetching things and catching seagulls!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay... I... really don't want to be the driver-- yay David."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet gogol" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  7
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You scratch Gogol behind the ears and stroke his bag, he closes his
Floyd | eyes with pleasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shack" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  8
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small but sturdy shack where father stores the boating
Floyd | supplies. The door of the shack is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  9
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest, a
Floyd | child size life vest, boating supplies and a boat hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  10
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ropes, cans of oil, tools, spare parts and all kinds of
Floyd | things like that in the shack, all neat and in order hanging on the
Floyd | walls or set on shelves. Your father will tan your hide if you mess
Floyd | with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  11
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Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a long wooden pole, at least twice your height, with a hook and a
Floyd | spike in the end. It's used in pulling in equipment, ropes and other
Floyd | things that have fallen in to the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That could be very useful."
eu says (to Floyd), "x vest" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  11
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large orange life vest or the child size life
Floyd | vest?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "child" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  12
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHILD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your old life vest, a little bit small for you now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So are we s'posed to become a rocket man sooner rather than later? Is that the point?"
		maga says, "I'm pretty sure that 'stroke his bag' is fixed in later versions"
		Jacqueline says, "I just downloaded this."
		maga says, "hmm, maybe he just didn't do a post-comp release yet"
		DavidW says, "I bet the child vest fits on Gogol."
eu says (to Floyd), "put vest on gogol" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  12
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VEST ON GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large orange life vest or the child size life
Floyd | vest?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "child" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  13
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHILD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the child size life vest)
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on Gogol would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "gogol, wear child" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  14
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, WEAR CHILD
Floyd |
Floyd | (Gogol first taking the child size life vest)
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, vaguely puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		DavidW says, "ok, I was just trying to guess where this might be going. I was wrong."
eu says (to Floyd), "wear adult" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  14
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR ADULT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I liked your thought."
eu says (to Floyd), "wear large" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  15
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR LARGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the large orange life vest)
Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always
Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Explore elsewhere now?"
		DavidW says, "This life vest is toooo big, this other vest is toooo small, ..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  16
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the equipment shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  17
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a child size life vest
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  18
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest,
Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put child in shack" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  19
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CHILD IN SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the child size life vest into the equipment shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  20
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the equipment shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             21
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "l s" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             22
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L S
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "grr, pen's drying out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bay" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             23
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you
Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             24
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you
Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in boat" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             25
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             26
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your home island is almost completely covered by bare rock, with some
Floyd | hardy lichen and small brushes for vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boat" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             27
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "cheeky"
		DavidW says, "To the lab!"
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            28
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. You can see something
Floyd | white and plasticky behind the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x white" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            28
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the navigational cairn or something white?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "something" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            29
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOMETHING
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel apart a few leaves and branches of the rose bushes, careful
Floyd | of their thorns, to get a better look. It's a small spray can your
Floyd | mother uses to spray the plants and flowers with. She must have
Floyd | dropped it behind the rose bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Boat hook might get us that can."
		eu asks, "Shall we?"
		DavidW says, "Let's look around more."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, either"
		Jacqueline says, "No rush. This game, at least so far, has little to no (make that no) sense of urgency."
		eu asks, "How about nw?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            30
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer
Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through
Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any
Floyd | time soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Okay. sw?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            31
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sounds like we need a lightsource for the outbuilding."
		eu says, "Yep."
eu says (to Floyd), "x flowerpots" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            32
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOWERPOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are all kinds of colourful flowers. You are forbidden to touch
Floyd | them, and your father once took the switch to you when you fell over
Floyd | the flowers while playing recklessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            33
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are all kinds of colourful flowers. You are forbidden to touch
Floyd | them, and your father once took the switch to you when you fell over
Floyd | the flowers while playing recklessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            34
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are pines, you think, you have never been good with trees since
Floyd | you have really seen only two of them. Of course you have been to the
Floyd | mainland, but not that many times. They are rather small and gnarly,
Floyd | and they drop small cones that open their scales when they fall and
Floyd | hurt a lot if you step on them barefooted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x cones" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            35
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are small pine cones, you think. On the trees they are shaped
Floyd | like a tear drop, but on the ground they open into a spiky ball that
Floyd | hurts a lot when you step in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take them" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            35
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what "them" refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take cones" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            36
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a few pine cones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably useful to throw at something or play fetch with Gogol."
		eu says, "Hmm, I also wonder..."
eu says (to Floyd), "gogol, fetch spray can" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            37
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, FETCH SPRAY CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you and makes a sound that's the canine equivalent of
Floyd | "hmm?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "drop cones" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            38
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CONES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the handful of pine cones)
Floyd | You don't want to leave them lying around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha"
		eu says, "Huh."
		eu says, "I guess we can test fetching somewhere else."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cone to gogol" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            39
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW CONE TO GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the handful of pine cones to Gogol)
Floyd | No use throwing that thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. Not for throwing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell cones" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            40
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL CONES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the handful of pine cones)
Floyd | The handful of pine cones smells of nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not for an allergy puzzle either, I guess."
		eu says, "Heh."
eu says (to Floyd), "x outbuilding" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            41
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTBUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a red and white small building where you store firewood,
Floyd | gardening tools and stuff like that. The double doors of the
Floyd | outbuilding are open, revealing the pitch black indoors. You never
Floyd | want to look at there for too long, becauseâ¦ what if, right when you
Floyd | look away, you see a glimpse of glowing eyes in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x outhouse" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            42
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The outhouse is painted red and there's a little heart shaped hole on
Floyd | the door. It's downwind so you don't catch the stink. It's getting
Floyd | full and father will make you help him empty it soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            43
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to go right now, and it's really not a place you want
Floyd | to just hang in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Change location?"
		DavidW says, "weird that we have a low-tech outhouse so close to Astro City."
		eu says, "Hmm, yeah."
		DavidW says, "It's also weird this kid's barely seen anything but this island in his life but wants to go out into space before exploring the rest of Earth first."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            44
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but yes, let's move."
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             45
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, you can see a lot more of space from an island than you can of the earth from an island."
		Jacqueline says, "But that's a very interesting statement."
eu says (to Floyd), "x lines" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             46
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LINES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are a couple of posts drilled into the rocky ground, and on top
Floyd | of them there are horizontal pieces of pipe, so each of them look like
Floyd | a big letter "T"  There are some laundry lines tied to them, and your
Floyd | mother has hung up some of your father's work clothes up to dry.
Floyd | There's a dozen or so of overalls, jackets and trousers. They must
Floyd | already be bone dry with all the sunshine and the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             47
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Better not mess with the laundry. If you mess them up, you'll have to
Floyd | wash them by hand. This isn't a mistake you'll want to do more than
Floyd | once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             48
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a ladder that leads up to the balcony on the third floor of the
Floyd | house. It's meant to be an escape route in case there is a fire, and
Floyd | it goes right past the radio room window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x balcony" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             49
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Is there no electricity on this island at all?"

Floyd | > X BALCONY
Floyd |
Floyd | On the eastern side of your house there's a small balcony, big enough
Floyd | for one man, chair and a telescope. It's where the pilots of the olden
Floyd | times stood watching for incoming ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to DavidW), "None based on the evidence we have."
		DavidW says, "Radio room implies electricity, I guess."
		eu says, "Ah, good catch."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothesline" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             49
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOTHESLINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             49
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x line" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             50
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are a couple of posts drilled into the rocky ground, and on top
Floyd | of them there are horizontal pieces of pipe, so each of them look like
Floyd | a big letter "T"  There are some laundry lines tied to them, and your
Floyd | mother has hung up some of your father's work clothes up to dry.
Floyd | There's a dozen or so of overalls, jackets and trousers. They must
Floyd | already be bone dry with all the sunshine and the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect there might be things we can't touch because he haven't got a good reason to yet."
		eu says, "Yes, maybe."
		DavidW says, "Up or north next, please."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       51
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Hill
Floyd | The top of the hill is almost on the level of the roof of your house,
Floyd | and you have a beautiful view over the whole island. The navigational
Floyd | cairn is eye-blindingly bright seen up close, the white paint really
Floyd | shines and reflects the hazy sunlight. There is not much vegetation in
Floyd | here, except for some patches of crunchy and dry lichen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "I'll save the house for last."
eu says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       52
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your home island is almost completely covered by bare rock, with some
Floyd | hardy lichen and small brushes for vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take one" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       53
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x island" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       54
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Your home island is pretty small, you can run from its one end to
Floyd | another in a few minutes. Almost in middle of the island is your
Floyd | house, where pilots used to live in your grandfather's time. Not
Floyd | pilots like rocket-pilots, but men who guided big ships to the
Floyd | harbour. You live there with mother, father and Gogol, who is a dog.
Floyd | There are only a couple of trees on the island, and they are in your
Floyd | yard. Otherwise it's just rock and moss and lichen and things like
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hill on the north side of the island and there is this
Floyd | navigational cairn, which is just a pile of rocks that are painted
Floyd | white. It's for the ships, so that they don't run to the rocks. In the
Floyd | eastern side of the island there's a small bay and a wavebreak, which
Floyd | leads to your pier. Usually there's just your boat at the pier, but
Floyd | sometimes sailboats come to visit. To the west of the island is the
Floyd | open sea, and there are usually big waves that make a loud noise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Back south, I guess?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cairn" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       55
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAIRN
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind your house there's a rocky hill with a navigational cairn on
Floyd | top of it. The cairn is a pile of rocks that get painted white every
Floyd | year, and in the sunshine it's almost bright enough to hurth your
Floyd | eyes. It's for the ships so that they know where to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb cairn" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       56
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB CAIRN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       57
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay"
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             58
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         59
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Ladder
Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window
Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the
Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table
Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         60
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the radio room window)
Floyd | Through the window you can see some of the furniture of the room, like
Floyd | a table and a radio, but nothing much. The window is latched shut from
Floyd | the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         61
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | By cupping your hand to block the light and leaning closer to the
Floyd | window, you can just about make out the outline of the radio and the
Floyd | table it's on. The unlike the one in the living room, this radio can
Floyd | be used to talk to people too, like the ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Up again okay?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
eu says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               62
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the
Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your
Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in
Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to
Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as
Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always
Floyd | believe what your father says.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when
Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really
Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see
Floyd | some rocket ships!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead
Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you start climbing up, Gogol barks at you and runs around the
Floyd | corner towards the front door of the house. When you climb over the
Floyd | railing of the balcony, you can hear the sound of Gogol's claws as he
Floyd | runs up the stairs, and appears next to you on the balcony. Smart dog!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sea" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               62
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl wanders off for a bit. 		eu asks, "East, I suppose?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               62
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               63
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't really feel like going indoors, you'll get enough of that in
Floyd | the evening when you'll have to help your parents in storing and
Floyd | organizing the supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, other than exploring, do we have any sense of what to do or why yet?"
		eu asks, "I don't think so. Find a telespoce, perhaps?"
		eu says, "Er, telescope."
		DavidW says, "not yet, no. I think we'll want the spray can, and look in the outbuilding, find a telescope."
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         64
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Ladder
Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window
Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the
Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table
Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is above you in the balcony, looking down, his head squeezed
Floyd | through the rungs of the balcony's railing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But no clear goal just yet."
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             65
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you climb down, Gogol's head vanishes from between the rungs of the
Floyd | balcony's railing. When your feet touch the ground, you can hear Gogol
Floyd | running around the corner to meet you on the back yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            66
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            67
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You ponder going inside for a moment, but maybe not quite yet -
Floyd | there's the whole day to spend playing outdoors!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             68
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            69
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "South from here is...?"
		eu says, "Wait, I mismapped."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, I'm curious, just for game-design: what is motivating you to keep going? That it's CF? That there'll probably be puzzles? That it did well in the Spring Thing?"
		eu says, "Okay, eyah."
		Jacqueline asks, "To see whether or not the title comes to pass?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing this is a prologue sequence, and that there's better stuff further on."
		eu says, "I guess I feel like we haven't seen much of ... yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I keep waiting for some triggered event to happen to make stuff urgent."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm a completionist, personally. A game has to be *really* bad for me to stop playing, even if I have to resort almost entirely to a walkthrough to achieve it."
		DavidW says, "I think there will be one thing unusual and we'll have our epiphany and purpose."
		DavidW says, "Wounded martian on the rooftop or something."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, pretty much. I liked this one a bit, and it's reasonably short. I like exploring worlds, and it will pick up a little bit later, and I think the ending is interesting."
		DavidW says, "Grandfather's secret diary."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            69
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | And this is of course WHEN THE MARTIANS ATTACK!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		eu says, "Heh, timing."
		DavidW says, "um"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		eu asks (of Jacqueline), "Did you ask your question knowing that was going to happen?"
		DavidW says, "Well, good thing we have pine cones."
		eu says (to DavidW), "But no spray bottle..."
		DavidW asks, "I don't know why we need a spray bottle. Will helping roses grow stop the Martians?"
		eu says, "Sure. They're cover."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I press space?"
jenrexrode arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		eu nods.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           70
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd | The crafty bastards were waiting for the command personnel to leave -
Floyd | you can still see the Atomic Engine flame of their ship in the red
Floyd | Martian sky. They have landed ground troops and made fortifications
Floyd | around Firebase Bravo, your main outpost in the war against the filthy
Floyd | Martians. Their command post is on a hill behind the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, soldier, is to destroy that base! You need weapons and
Floyd | explosives to complete the mission, and of course your Robotic Attack
Floyd | Hound Go601!
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base
Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian
Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a
Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy
Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base,
Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital
Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly
Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet,
Floyd | and a weapon of some kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 is venting excess heat through the snout interface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to eu), "No, not at all."
		Jacqueline says, "I've never played this. Had no idea that was about to happen."
		eu says, "Then that was good timing."
		Jacqueline says, "We must be hallucinating."
		DavidW says, "I think I know where to get armor from."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           71
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a laser caltrop mines
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mines" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           72
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MINES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are named after an ancient weapon, which was a spiky thing they
Floyd | dropped in the olden times to slow down horses and men. Laser caltrop
Floyd | mines shoot out hundreds of laser beams that fill your feet with
Floyd | holes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x go601" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           73
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GO601
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 is a Cyber Hound with titanium teeth and razor sharp claws!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "nw or ne?"
		eu says, "Either."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Western Flank of the Base                             74
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Flank of the Base
Floyd | The western flank of Firebase Bravo is totally overrun with the enemy.
Floyd | There is a group of Martians guarding the only road leading up to the
Floyd | mountain and their bunker to the north. There are six of them and they
Floyd | look vigilant, their eye-stalks turning around and their tentacled
Floyd | hands waving around their assault rifles. Some of the Martians are
Floyd | yammering to a communications device in their filthy lingo - they must
Floyd | be jammed before an attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "g0601, attack?"
		jenrexrode says, "lots of hints, I guess"
		DavidW says, "We need to jam the comm device first, it sez."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Western Flank of the Base                             75
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers are nattering in their handheld communications devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Oh, I completely misparsed that sentence."
		eu says, "As s/jammed/jamming/"
		eu asks, "So, radio room?"
		DavidW says, "I was expecting the space elevator to be here, but I don't see it."
		eu asks, "That's the pier, no?"
		DavidW says, "I thought it would be the ladder."
		Jacqueline says, "s/hallucinating/pretending, yes."
		DavidW says, "well, supplies in the shed ought to be interesting now."
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           76
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base
Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian
Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a
Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy
Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base,
Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital
Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly
Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet,
Floyd | and a weapon of some kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           77
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocket Base
Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for
Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch
Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that
Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir!
Floyd |
Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and
Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the
Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to
Floyd | shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a piece of equipment behind the fortifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Our father will murder us tonight, but it's not like we have a choice."
eu says (to Floyd), "x equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           78
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer through the rolls of razor wire and damn - there is a flame
Floyd | thrower behind the fortifications! It must have been left there by one
Floyd | of the Martians!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "We certainly have quite the vocabulary for a six-year-old."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fortifications" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           79
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORTIFICATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are coils and coils of laser sharpened razor wire, there's no
Floyd | way you can weave your way through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		eu asks, "East, for the equipment to retrieve a flamethrower?"
		DavidW says, "afk for a bit. I'm totally starving and must eat something.,"
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Space Elevator                                        80
Floyd ]  Exits: west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Elevator
Floyd | You are standing at the ground station of the space elevator that
Floyd | leads all the way up to the orbit of Mars. The elevator vanishes up to
Floyd | the pink sky as an impossibly tall and impossibly sharp needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Space Elevator                                        81
Floyd ]  Exits: west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu exclaims, "Oh!"
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbital Station
Floyd | The orbital station is high above the surface and the atmosphere of
Floyd | Mars, and it's used to launch the larger rocket ships that are just
Floyd | too heavy to land on the planet. There is an equipment storage locker
Floyd | in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       83
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment storage locker, revealing a battle armor and a
Floyd | tactical armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wear battle armour" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       83
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR BATTLE ARMOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wear the battle armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wear battle armor" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       84
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR BATTLE ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the battle armor)
Floyd | You are not qualified to use a full size battle armor, better not mess
Floyd | with unfamiliar equipment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wear tactical armor" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       85
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR TACTICAL ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the tactical armor)
Floyd | You put on the tactical armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       86
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbital Station
Floyd | The orbital station is high above the surface and the atmosphere of
Floyd | Mars, and it's used to launch the larger rocket ships that are just
Floyd | too heavy to land on the planet. There is an equipment storage locker
Floyd | in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 assesses the tactical situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "search locker" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       87
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | In the equipment storage locker is a battle armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Where is the hook?"
eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" 		

Floyd ]  Orbital Station                                       87
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Space Elevator                                        88
Floyd ]  Exits: west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Elevator
Floyd | You are standing at the ground station of the space elevator that
Floyd | leads all the way up to the orbit of Mars. The elevator vanishes up to
Floyd | the pink sky as an impossibly tall and impossibly sharp needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           89
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocket Base
Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for
Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch
Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that
Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir!
Floyd |
Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and
Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the
Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to
Floyd | shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a flame thrower on the ground behind the fortifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "go601, fetch flame thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           90
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, FETCH FLAME THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "go601, take flame thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           91
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, TAKE FLAME THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "go601, w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           92
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, W
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           93
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the flame thrower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           94
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach it over the coils of razor wire, and you are certainly
Floyd | not going to go through them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           95
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The laser sharpened razor wire of the fortifications will tear you to
Floyd | bits if you try to go through it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           96
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base
Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian
Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a
Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy
Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base,
Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital
Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly
Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet,
Floyd | and a weapon of some kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               97
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is designed to keep out the dust and poisons of Martian
Floyd | air, and keep the good, healthy Earth air in. It has turned into a
Floyd | storage for all kinds of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               98
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't anything really interesting in the piles of junk, just
Floyd | stuff people have needed outdoors and then just left it here when
Floyd | coming in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Nexus                                                 99
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nexus
Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of
Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside
Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  100
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mess
Floyd | The mess is supposed to be the kitchen and the dining area of the
Floyd | base, but it has evolved into an impromptu equipment storage as well.
Floyd | There's an equipment closet in here, and a refrigerated food storage
Floyd | where the chef stores all the horrible goop she forces the soldiers to
Floyd | eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a time bomb sitting on the sink! How irresponsible!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  101
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a grenade sized explosive that has a timer. You use it by setting
Floyd | the bomb and taking cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  102
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x closet" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  103
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the equipment closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  104
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment closet, revealing a battle helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x helmet" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  105
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a state of the art NG-80 battle helmet and it can take a machine
Floyd | gun bullet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  106
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the battle helmet)
Floyd | You put on the battle helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  107
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Mess
Floyd | The mess is supposed to be the kitchen and the dining area of the
Floyd | base, but it has evolved into an impromptu equipment storage as well.
Floyd | There's an equipment closet in here, and a refrigerated food storage
Floyd | where the chef stores all the horrible goop she forces the soldiers to
Floyd | eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 is scanning the surroundings for enemy activity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "close closet" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  108
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the equipment closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open storage" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  109
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STORAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the refrigerated food storage, revealing a packet of canine
Floyd | motivational treats and some disgusting goop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take both" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  110
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | packet of canine motivational treats: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "close storage" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  111
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE STORAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the refrigerated food storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x treats" 		

Floyd ]  Mess                                                  112
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREATS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a packet of treats that are used in conditioning the Robotic
Floyd | Attack Hounds. They are used as an incentive and as a reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nexus                                                 113
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nexus
Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of
Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside
Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              114
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rec Room
Floyd | The rec room is where the soldiers and the officers relax after a hard
Floyd | day of conquering Mars back for humans. The room also houses the
Floyd | jamming device, which can be used to eavesdrop and jam the Martian
Floyd | broadcasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "eavesdrop" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              114
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAVESDROP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x jamming" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              115
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JAMMING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a state of the art electronic eavesdropping and jamming device,
Floyd | which can be used to eavesdrop the Martian broadcasts or to jam their
Floyd | signals. There's a knob in the front panel with two labels. The device
Floyd | itself is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x knob" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              116
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNOB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a knob with two settings: Eavesdrop and Jam. It's set on
Floyd | Eavesdrop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "turn jammer on" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              116
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN JAMMER ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "turn jamming on" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              117
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN JAMMING ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the jamming device on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jamming device is in the eavesdrop mode. You can hear the horrible
Floyd | gobbledygook the Martians call a language spouting out from it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "turn knob" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              118
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the knob on the jamming device, and the Martian
Floyd | communications turn into a screech of static.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jamming device emits a horrible hiss and screech as it's jamming
Floyd | the Martian communications.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Rec Room                                              119
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rec Room
Floyd | The rec room is where the soldiers and the officers relax after a hard
Floyd | day of conquering Mars back for humans. The room also houses the
Floyd | jamming device, which can be used to eavesdrop and jam the Martian
Floyd | broadcasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 stands next to you, in attention, waiting for orders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jamming device emits a horrible hiss and screech as it's jamming
Floyd | the Martian communications.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Nexus                                                 120
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nexus
Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of
Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside
Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway East                                 121
Floyd ]  Exits: north west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red
Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the
Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway West                                 122
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West
Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the
Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a
Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase
Floyd | leads up to the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway East                                 123
Floyd ]  Exits: north west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red
Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the
Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              124
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the barracks door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This is the barracks where you live. There is a sparse bunk in here, a
Floyd | shelf with some educational tapes, and a boot locker with your weapons
Floyd | and equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              125
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's where you sleep in between missions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              125
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              126
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are educational and entertaining tapes of all kinds of subjects,
Floyd | like rocketry, nature and training animals. There's also a manual for
Floyd | operating Cyber Hounds like Go601. It knows a lot of dull and ordinary
Floyd | tricks, but you are really proud that last summer you programmed it to
Floyd | fetch things when you throw canine motivational treats at them. Your
Floyd | mothâ¦ commanding officer was really angry when all of her garden gear
Floyd | was covered with dog drool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              127
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the boot locker, revealing a smoke bomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              128
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | (the smoke bomb)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x locker" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              129
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a storage locker for your personal equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              129
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the smoke bomb or the time bomb?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "smoke" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              130
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small explosive which will burst into a cloud of smoke when you
Floyd | throw it against something hard. It's the last one you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              131
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the boot locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Other people, please feel free to jump in."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This is the barracks where you live. There is a sparse bunk in here, a
Floyd | shelf with some educational tapes, and a boot locker with your weapons
Floyd | and equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 assesses the tactical situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                              133
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway East                                 134
Floyd ]  Exits: north west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red
Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the
Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway West                                 135
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West
Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the
Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a
Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase
Floyd | leads up to the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway West                                 136
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not cleared to go into the officers' lounge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm reading along, but I'm afraid this isn't really my sort of game, which is the sort of thing I appreciate when it comes to ClubFloyd."
		Jacqueline says, "Although maga says I'm just in a foul mood this morning for non-this-game related reasons that I am taking out on the poor game, which might be true."
TheXenographer arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		eu says (to TheXenographer), "Hi."
		TheXenographer exclaims, "Hey!"
		TheXenographer asks, "Is ClubFloyd still going, or did I miss it?"
		eu says, "It's still going."
		eu says, "Summary: We're a kid along on our island home pretending that we're at war with Martians."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway West                                 137
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West
Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the
Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a
Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase
Floyd | leads up to the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 is scanning the surroundings for enemy activity and vents its
Floyd | nasal sensors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "Oh good! I haven't been able to make a CF in weeks, so."
		eu says, "So, e.g., officers' lounge is our parent's room; Go601 is our dog."
		eu says, "Er, alone, not along."
		TheXenographer says (to eu), "Thanks for bringing me up to speed."
		eu says, "It was mostly DavidW and me driving, and DavidW is AFK, so another driver would be good."
		eu says, "Right now we're headed upwards inside our house."
		TheXenographer says, "Okay, got it."
		eu says, "Feel free to jump in."
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Anteroom                                  138
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observatory Anteroom
Floyd | This is the room where the scientists come to warm up and rest after
Floyd | long days and nights out in the cold air of Mars. The observatory,
Floyd | which is open to the Martian air, is to the west, and a narrow
Floyd | staircase leads back down to the upstairs hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Outdoors                                  139
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observatory Outdoors
Floyd | This is the outdoors observatory where the scientists and other
Floyd | eggheads explore the secrets of the cosmos. Your mission is to protect
Floyd | them and their studies. A door to the east leads back into the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The squad of Martian soldiers guarding the road to the mountain base
Floyd | are almost right below you. They keep scanning the horizon, not
Floyd | thinking about looking up. Stupid Martians!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x martians" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Outdoors                                  140
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MARTIANS
Floyd |
Floyd | Martians are horrible betentacled monsters with eye stalks, drooling
Floyd | mouths and sharp teeth!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Oh, and we have inventory:"
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Outdoors                                  141
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a smoke bomb
Floyd |   a packet of canine motivational treats
Floyd |   a battle helmet (being worn)
Floyd |   a time bomb
Floyd |   a tactical armor (being worn)
Floyd |   a laser caltrop mines
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Plus, there's a flamethrower we know how to get but haven't yet."
		Jacqueline asks, "What did the white can turn into? Is that the flame thrower?"
		eu says, "Yep."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "throw smoke bomb at soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Outdoors                                  142
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW SMOKE BOMB AT SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You throw the smoke bomb at the squad of Martian monstrosities, and it
Floyd | lands smack in middle of them with a loud crack and a BANG. The smoke
Floyd | envelopes the betentacled monsters, who try in vain to call for help
Floyd | on their radios!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "(We have already jammed the radios.)"
		eu asks, "Back down to get a flamethrower and attach, or use the time bomb from here?"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x time bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Outdoors                                  143
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TIME BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a grenade sized explosive that has a timer. You use it by setting
Floyd | the bomb and taking cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Er, attack."
		eu says, "CF somehow ruins my typing."
		TheXenographer says, "Let's get the flamethrower. I like flamethrowers."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Observatory Anteroom                                  144
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observatory Anteroom
Floyd | This is the room where the scientists come to warm up and rest after
Floyd | long days and nights out in the cold air of Mars. The observatory,
Floyd | which is open to the Martian air, is to the west, and a narrow
Floyd | staircase leads back down to the upstairs hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway West                                 145
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West
Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the
Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a
Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase
Floyd | leads up to the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway East                                 146
Floyd ]  Exits: north west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red
Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the
Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Nexus                                                 147
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nexus
Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of
Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside
Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               148
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is designed to keep out the dust and poisons of Martian
Floyd | air, and keep the good, healthy Earth air in. It has turned into a
Floyd | storage for all kinds of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               149
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           150
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base
Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian
Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a
Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy
Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base,
Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital
Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly
Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet,
Floyd | and a weapon of some kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           151
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocket Base
Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for
Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch
Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that
Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir!
Floyd |
Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and
Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the
Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to
Floyd | shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a flame thrower on the ground behind the fortifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "throw motivational treat at thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           152
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW MOTIVATIONAL TREAT AT THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601's head snaps up when you take out the packet of treats, and
Floyd | break away a small piece. You throw the piece over the fortifications,
Floyd | and Go601 is up in the air almost before the piece has left your
Floyd | fingers. The Cyber Hound soars over the fortifications, landing on all
Floyd | fours on the slippery rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The treat has landed right next to the flame thrower, and Go601
Floyd | snuffles around it for a moment before grabbing it in his jaws and
Floyd | looking at you questioningly. 'Here, boy, come on!' you shout at it,
Floyd | and Go601 trots behind the Firebase, arriving around the corner a
Floyd | moment later and dropping the fire thrower at your feet. Good boy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wield thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           152
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIELD THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           153
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take thrower" 		

Floyd ]  Rocket Base                                           154
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Courtyard of the Base                           155
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base
Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian
Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a
Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy
Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base,
Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital
Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly
Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet,
Floyd | and a weapon of some kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Western Flank of the Base                             156
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Flank of the Base
Floyd | The western flank of Firebase Bravo is still occupied by the Martian
Floyd | menace, but the soldiers who were guarding the road are now coughing
Floyd | in the cloud of smoke and trying to figure out what caused it! The
Floyd | filthy Martians are babbling and gargling into their communications
Floyd | devices, which you have jammed. Hahaa!
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Attack?"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "attack martians with flamethrower" 		

Floyd ]  Western Flank of the Base                             157
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK MARTIANS WITH FLAMETHROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You burst out of your hiding place, and with a blood curdling battle
Floyd | cry you fall on your enemies, spraying around liquid fire that fries
Floyd | the tentacled Martian monsters to bits. They are so distracted by the
Floyd | smoke bomb and their malfunctioning communications that you take three
Floyd | of them out before they even realize what is happening. The rest of
Floyd | them are an easy prey for your flame thrower.
Floyd |
Floyd | In mere seconds you are standing amidst the smoking and crackling
Floyd | corpses of the Martian horrors, and the road to their base is open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well done."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        158
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Martian Bunker
Floyd | The Martian base is a huge bunker built atop the mountain next to
Floyd | Firebase Bravo. The cowardly Martians have sealed themselves in, no
Floyd | doubt waiting for reinforcements to take over the Firebase and the
Floyd | whole area. That must not happen, this foothold has to be destroyed at
Floyd | any cost! The problem is, the bunker has really thick walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Your mother will be pissed later, but well done."
		eu says, "Naw, it's a windy, sunny day. The overalls will dry."
		Jacqueline says, "But she'll be out of her stuff she uses on the plants."
		Jacqueline asks, "That's what it was, right?"
		eu says, "Hmm, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Didn't think about that bit, did you? Ooooohhh... guess who's in trouble.... euuuuu..."
		DavidW says, "back"
		eu hangs his head in shame.
		Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, that's my best attempt at typing like a taunting six year old.)"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x foothold" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        158
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOOTHOLD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sorry I left, but I really had to go eat."
		eu says (to DavidW), "No worries. We're in the Martian base."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x bunker" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        159
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUNKER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the martian bunker)
Floyd | Up close it's even more massive and hideous than seen from afar. They
Floyd | have built it from their concrete-like spit, combined with electrics
Floyd | and electronics. There's a weird device assembly on the top of the
Floyd | bunker, and although it's otherwise seamless, there's something that
Floyd | looks like an entrance: a totally featureless slab with slight seams.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think I am about to pack up and head to a coffee shop myself at some point soonish."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x slab" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        160
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | The bunker entrance is a totally featureless slab, with a seam that's
Floyd | so narrow it could as well be a line drawn with a pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        161
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't fathom most of the functions of the devices, but some of
Floyd | them are quite obvious: there are motion detectors all around the
Floyd | bunker. If you get within a few meters of it, no doubt an alarm will
Floyd | ring inside and you will get swarmed by dozens and dozens of Martian
Floyd | monstrosities pouring out of the entrance. You will need something to
Floyd | slow them down a bit!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also, it turns out the 'naked grape' drink that my ex-roommate gave me is actually Zinfandel."
		TheXenographer asks, "The laser caltrops, maybe?"
		eu says (to TheXenographer), "Sure."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x caltrops" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        162
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CALTROPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are named after an ancient weapon, which was a spiky thing they
Floyd | dropped in the olden times to slow down horses and men. Laser caltrop
Floyd | mines shoot out hundreds of laser beams that fill your feet with
Floyd | holes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "drop caltrops" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CALTROPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You run to the bunker door, and hear a whirring sound from the device
Floyd | assembly on top of the bunker, shortly followed by an alert klaxon
Floyd | inside. You place the mines quickly on the ground, toss a few pieces
Floyd | of lichen on top of them, and duck around the corner and out of the
Floyd | blast radius. There! Now you have only a few seconds to set the time
Floyd | bomb!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says (to DavidW), "I'm not sure I know what that means."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "set time bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Martian Bunker                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET TIME BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | You dash towards the Martian bunker, wary of gunnery holes, secret
Floyd | doorways or other ambushes, but the cowardly Martians are totally
Floyd | sealed in. But oh no, what is this - there are gliders above you and
Floyd | they have spotted you! You have only a few seconds to act, and you
Floyd | decide to make the biggest sacrifice a soldier can make.
Floyd |
Floyd | You set the timer for a few seconds and leap on the bunker! You can
Floyd | hear the lasers of the gliders squeawking above you as the Martian
Floyd | glider pilots zero in to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "FOR EARTH!" you scream and press the bomb against the wall of the
Floyd | bunker, and BOOOOOOOM!
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly through the air and land on the ground, blown to shreds by the
Floyd | bomb, but the Martian bunker is destroyed! Now the Earth Command can
Floyd | retake the area and Firebase Bravo, you have lost your life but you
Floyd | will be a hero, maybe they will name the base after you and build you
Floyd | a statue!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "It's alcoholic."
		eu says (to DavidW), "Ah."
		TheXenographer says, "I... don't actually know how to press space in Floyd"
		TheXenographer says, "someone help me out here"
		eu says, "Just type ``press space'', no preceding `f'."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You stay on your back on the crunchy but soft patch of lichen, and
Floyd | look at the skies. That was an intense game, and a little bit sad,
Floyd | since the hero had to die in the end. But that's war, people die, but
Floyd | they die for their planet and they die as heroes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol walks next to you, sniffs your ear and lies down next to you - a
Floyd | big, hairy warm animal. Although it's windy, the sun is warm and the
Floyd | navigational cairn next to you provides some cover. You turn your head
Floyd | and look past your house to the southern end of the island. For a
Floyd | moment you think there's something silvery and glittery in there, but
Floyd | having been running outside the whole morning, you suddenly realize
Floyd | you are very sleepy.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Hill                                       164
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | You wake up to Gogol licking your face. You splutter and get up,
Floyd | wiping the dog drool off your face. You have no idea how long you have
Floyd | slept, your back is a bit sore from lying on the rocky ground, even
Floyd | with the soft lichen. The sun has moved in the sky, you must've slept
Floyd | at least a couple of hours! You feel all groggy and messy, but well
Floyd | rested. Time to go back in, I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait a minute, is it just sun glinting on the wavesâ¦? No, there
Floyd | is something shiny in the sea in the southern end of the
Floyd | island!
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Hill
Floyd | The top of the hill is almost on the level of the roof of your house,
Floyd | and you have a beautiful view over the whole island. The navigational
Floyd | cairn is eye-blindingly bright seen up close, the white paint really
Floyd | shines and reflects the hazy sunlight. There is not much vegetation in
Floyd | here, except for some patches of crunchy and dry lichen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks up at the wheeling seagulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             165
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Up, to spy it from the balcony?"
		TheXenographer says, "sure"
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         166
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Ladder
Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window
Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the
Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table
Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               167
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the
Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your
Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in
Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to
Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as
Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always
Floyd | believe what your father says.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when
Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really
Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see
Floyd | some rocket ships!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead
Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you start climbing up, Gogol barks at you and runs around the
Floyd | corner towards the front door of the house. When you climb over the
Floyd | railing of the balcony, you can hear the sound of Gogol's claws as he
Floyd | runs up the stairs, and appears next to you on the balcony. Smart dog!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, check the bay."
		DavidW says, "We already determined that the sea isn't implemented here."
		eu asks, "Not even look s?"
eu says (to Floyd), "l s" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               168
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L S
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Hm."
		TheXenographer says, "I guess not."
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         169
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Ladder
Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window
Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the
Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table
Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is above you in the balcony, looking down, his head squeezed
Floyd | through the rungs of the balcony's railing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             170
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you climb down, Gogol's head vanishes from between the rungs of the
Floyd | balcony's railing. When your feet touch the ground, you can hear Gogol
Floyd | running around the corner to meet you on the back yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            171
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            172
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bay" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            173
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you
Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            174
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you
Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "go south"
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  175
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 176
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer asks, "Which way from here?"
		TheXenographer asks, "Still south?"
		eu says, "I guess."
		DavidW says, "south again, I would guess"
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 176
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes you a moment to really understand what you are seeing, what
Floyd | is the thing that's bobbing up and down with the waves, tangled in the
Floyd | rocks a couple of meters from the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Oh my god!
Floyd |
Floyd | IT'S A SPACE SUIT!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | A silvery wrinkled space suit and a large helmet, with a visor that
Floyd | glints in hues of gold, being bashed against the rocks by the waves,
Floyd | it's so bright in the sunshine that it almost hurts your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | No, wait, oh my god!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, heading out to a coffee shop, back online in a bit."
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           177
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | IT MOVED, IT JUST MOVED! THERE'S A PERSON IN THERE, IT'S A ROCKET-MAN!
Floyd |
Floyd | He's in trouble, he's trying to grab the rocks while clutching a large
Floyd | suitcase to his chest! I must help him!
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Good luck!"
		eu exclaims (at Jacqueline), "Thanks!"
		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps you'll still be going when I find a connection."
		DavidW asks, "Do we have the hook?"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           178
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess not."
		eu says, "No, it wasn't implemented during the pretend sequenece."
		DavidW says, "I think we'll need the boat hook, and I suggest saving first."
eu clears the save counter. 		eu asks, "Do we still need to do something special for saves under sleepmask?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think so."
		eu asks, "Or will ``press save'' work?"
		eu says, "'K."
eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  South Shore                                           178
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What 'special'?"
		eu says, "There was a point were remglk wouldn't prompt for the save name."
		eu says, "Having been away from CF, I didn't know if that affected us or not."
		eu says, "Er, where. Man."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           179
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "anyway, I suppose we can try to grab or help the rocket man directly, but I strongly suspect we need to give the hook to him."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 180
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  181
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            182
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            183
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             184
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "Sorry, I hope you don't mind that I'm letting you do all the driving"
		TheXenographer says, "I just don't know where stuff is"
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  185
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural
Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of
Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can
Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of
Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone,
Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time.
Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the
Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of
Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone,
Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store
Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze
Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings
Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "That's fine. I was hoping that you didn't mind my driving."
eu says (to Floyd), "open shack" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  186
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest,
Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  187
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some effort to yank the long, unwieldy and surprisingly heavy
Floyd | boat hook out of the shack. It's so heavy you have to hold it in the
Floyd | middle when you walk so you don't topple over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Grab the vest too?"
		eu says, "Not sure how that would work with a spacesuit."
		TheXenographer says, "Worth a shot anyway."
eu says (to Floyd), "take vest" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  188
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | (the child size life vest)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take large" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  189
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LARGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always
Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just try the hook for now, I think."
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             190
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            191
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            192
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  193
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 194
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           195
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "the child vest is for something, though, I guess. The suitcase?"
		eu says, "Hmm. Yeah, that would make some sense."
eu says (to Floyd), "give hook to pilot" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           196
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HOOK TO PILOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Sad."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take man with hook" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           196
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MAN WITH HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the rocket man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "hook man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           197
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOOK MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the shallow ice-cold water, almost slipping on the slimy
Floyd | rocks under the surface. The boat hook is surprisingly unwieldy, it's
Floyd | heavy and far longer than you are. You try to push it forward to catch
Floyd | the rocket man, but the tip just keeps sinking under the surface
Floyd | before it reaches him - you are just not strong enough to lift it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | An idea! You lift the pole almost straight up, and let it fall towards
Floyd | the suit. Too late you realize, that the hook is quite sharp, you
Floyd | might actuall hurt-
Floyd |
Floyd | The hook hits the rocket man straight in the helmet visor, leaving a
Floyd | star shaped crack. You yelp and let go of the shaft, the rocket man
Floyd | jolts and grabs the boat hook, pulling it out of your reach. A wave
Floyd | catches it, flips it around the rocks, and it vanishes amidst the
Floyd | surf. Oh my god, father is going to kill you for losing the hook!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "uh oh."
		DavidW says, "geezus"
		eu says, "That worked not well at all."
		DavidW says, "well, my idea sucked loads and I'm glad we saved in case we need that hook later."
		eu asks, "We might still try something else before restoring. Maybe the lifevest is an option now? Or maybe the unexplored areas have something useful?"
		DavidW asks, "Anyone have a Plan B?"
		TheXenographer says, "Search me."
		DavidW says, "Sure, try the vest."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 198
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  199
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            200
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Unexplored areas too."
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            201
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "'K."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             202
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  203
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural
Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of
Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can
Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of
Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone,
Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time.
Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the
Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of
Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone,
Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store
Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze
Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings
Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take large" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  204
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LARGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always
Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Bah."
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             205
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            206
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            207
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  208
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 209
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		DavidW says, "I thought you were getting the child vest."

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            210
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East Shore
Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks
Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam
Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are
Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the
Floyd | shoreline.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Oh."
		TheXenographer says, "We're wearing the child vest."
		eu says, "We're wearing it."
		DavidW asks, "Oh?"
eu says (to Floyd), "take branches" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            211
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug at a branch, but it just makes the whole tangle move. There's
Floyd | no way you can untangle one of them from the others!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branches" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            212
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are
Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search branches" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            213
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            214
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are
Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flotsam" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            215
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOTSAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are
Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "w, w?"
		DavidW shrugs.
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 216
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 217
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The westernly winds are pretty high today and the waves keep shooting
Floyd | up to far over your head. The western shore is just slippery rocks,
Floyd | you don't want to go there and get wet or hurt yourself like you did
Floyd | last summer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Erm."
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           218
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "throw vest to pilot" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           219
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW VEST TO PILOT
Floyd |
Floyd | No use throwing that thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           220
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gloves" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           221
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is trying to grab an hold of the rocks, but the gloves
Floyd | are just too thick and clumsy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "pilot, e" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           222
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILOT, E
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           223
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           224
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is too far to reach even if you step into the shallow water. Any
Floyd | further and the large waves will push you down and pull you out into
Floyd | the sea!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "So our one lead is the branches?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "well, there's also the boat, I guess." 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           224
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > WELL, THERE'S ALSO THE BOAT, I GUESS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Hmm, yeah. Good call."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 225
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Or restore and hook the suitcase or something other than the man himself."
		eu says, "Let's try the boat first."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  226
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            227
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            228
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            229
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small wooden row boat)
Floyd | You step into the boat and sit down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "row" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            229
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             230
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Are we in the boat?"
		DavidW says, "um. Are ... tmg"
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             231
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             232
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you
Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            233
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            234
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small wooden row boat)
Floyd | You step into the boat and sit down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "launch" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            234
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            235
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            236
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small wooden row boat)
Floyd | It's a small wooden boat, which still seems to be intact, although it
Floyd | has gathered some rain water and leaves. It hasn't been used in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            236
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "push off" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            236
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "enter bay" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            237
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ride boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            237
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sail" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            237
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This boat ain't going anywhere."
eu says (to Floyd), "search boat" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            238
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small wooden row boat)
Floyd | The small wooden row boat is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there anything we have that can improve the rocket man's traction?"
		DavidW says, "oh, also try TALK TO MAN."
		eu says, "Not that I can think of."
		eu says, "Sure."
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            239
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He might have an idea."
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  240
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 241
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           242
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           243
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "talk to pilot" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           244
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PILOT
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Mute on that point."
		DavidW says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           245
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is holding on to a black suitcase which he's trying to
Floyd | keep on his chest and out of the water. It looks kind of heavy, but it
Floyd | must be important!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove vest" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           246
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the child size life vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "I think restoring and trying to hook the suitcase is next on the list."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vest to man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           247
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VEST TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vest on suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           248
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VEST ON SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the suitsuitcase would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vest at man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           249
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW VEST AT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | No use throwing that thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear vest" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           250
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the child size life vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           250
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "get man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           251
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is too far to reach even if you step into the shallow water. Any
Floyd | further and the large waves will push you down and pull you out into
Floyd | the sea!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(the suitsuitcase?)"
		eu asks, "What was the cruelty rating?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           252
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's salty Baltic seawater, churned frothy on the shoreline by the
Floyd | waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Tough"
		eu says, "Hmm."
		eu says, "So not nasty."
		eu asks, "So in theory we are still in a winnable position?"
		DavidW says, "well, no. We were fairly told when the hook was moved out of play."
		eu says, "Hmm."
		DavidW says, "We can also restore and use the hook on the branches."
		TheXenographer says, "I think we should restore."
		eu says, "I suppose a restore is in order."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           253
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, go ahead"
eu says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           178
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           179
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 180
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  181
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            182
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            183
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             184
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  185
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural
Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of
Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can
Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of
Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone,
Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time.
Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the
Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of
Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone,
Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store
Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze
Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings
Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open shack" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  186
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest,
Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" 		

Floyd ]  Pier                                                  187
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some effort to yank the long, unwieldy and surprisingly heavy
Floyd | boat hook out of the shack. It's so heavy you have to hold it in the
Floyd | middle when you walk so you don't topple over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             188
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wavebreak
Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of
Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It
Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when
Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the
Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Wavebreak                                             189
Floyd ]  Exits: east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | The water is a bit too cold for swimming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            190
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            191
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  192
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 193
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            194
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East Shore
Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks
Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam
Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are
Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the
Floyd | shoreline.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "hook branches" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            195
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOOK BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Better not wave the boat hook around, it's kind of heavy and it can do
Floyd | a lot of damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 196
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           197
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "> hook suitcase ?"
		TheXenographer says, "sure, let's try it"
eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  South Shore                                           197
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no better guess"
eu says (to Floyd), "hook suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           198
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOOK SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "take off life vest" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           199
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE OFF LIFE VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the child size life vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "attach life vest to hook" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           200
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACH LIFE VEST TO HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "We could radio for help."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "wear life vest" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           201
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR LIFE VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the child size life vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The radio is on the other side of a closed window, no?"
		eu says, "Or we can reach it from the front door."
		eu says, "If we can convince the PC that it's okay to go in that room."
		eu says, "Opps, AFK a bit."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure anyone listening will believe anything from a child with a pasta strainer on his head."
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay, back."
		Jacqueline asks, "What have I missed?"
		eu says, "Back."
		DavidW says, "Well, we found a rocket man on the south side but we can't quite get him onto the shore."
		DavidW says, "Using the hook to hook him smashed his helmet and lost the hook."
		eu says (to Jacqueline), "(Before that we defeated the Martians in a daring suicide mission.)"
		DavidW says, "He's holding a briefcase out of the water and trying to grasp a rock with clumsy gloved hand."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I saw that glory and departed shortly thereafter, eu."
		eu says (to Jacqueline), "Oh, sorry."
		DavidW says, "There's a tangle of branches to the east we can't untangle. The boat in the bay doesn't seem to be usable."
		DavidW says, "The west side is to dangerous to visit."
		DavidW says, "er too"
		Jacqueline says (to eu), "No worries, was just explaining that I was there for the w00tage."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           202
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His
Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           203
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His
Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x helmet" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           204
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet
Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they
Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. We didn't actually look at the man after the visor broke."
		DavidW asks, "Any chance this rocket man is a no good Martian?"
		eu says, "It's plausible."
		DavidW says, "also, we didn't check the pools themselves."
		DavidW says, "But I'm running out of ideas to try."
		DavidW says, "You might as well try to reach the radio again."
		eu asks, "While we're hear, can we look at the broken visor?"
		DavidW says, "We need to use the hook first then."
		eu says, "Er, here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           205
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a boat hook
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hook man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           206
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOOK MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the shallow ice-cold water, almost slipping on the slimy
Floyd | rocks under the surface. The boat hook is surprisingly unwieldy, it's
Floyd | heavy and far longer than you are. You try to push it forward to catch
Floyd | the rocket man, but the tip just keeps sinking under the surface
Floyd | before it reaches him - you are just not strong enough to lift it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | An idea! You lift the pole almost straight up, and let it fall towards
Floyd | the suit. Too late you realize, that the hook is quite sharp, you
Floyd | might actuall hurt-
Floyd |
Floyd | The hook hits the rocket man straight in the helmet visor, leaving a
Floyd | star shaped crack. You yelp and let go of the shaft, the rocket man
Floyd | jolts and grabs the boat hook, pulling it out of your reach. A wave
Floyd | catches it, flips it around the rocks, and it vanishes amidst the
Floyd | surf. Oh my god, father is going to kill you for losing the hook!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x visor" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           207
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VISOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet
Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they
Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           208
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet
Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they
Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spray crack" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           208
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPRAY CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           209
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We have a spray bottle and 'spray' isn't a valid verb?"
		DavidW says, "That's like having a knife but no 'cut'."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           210
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His
Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           210
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly the hook waves up on shore elsewhere? But I dunno."
		DavidW says, "er washes up on shore"
		eu says, "Normally these things are designed to float."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		DavidW says, "Normally houses in the future have working toilets and laundry machines."
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline says, "Not necessarily."
		Jacqueline says, "Some people like a more back to the earth experience."
		Jacqueline says, "Or maybe this is after some apocalypse."
		eu asks, "What about the location nw of here? Surely that exit isn't just a red herring?"
		DavidW says, "We probably use those pine cones instead of toilet paper."
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "I did notice an 'east' on the ladder itself, suggesting that we might be able to enter through the window at some point."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Hopefully not the open pine cone. I hear those are brutal."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 211
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pools" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 212
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are quite often some interesting bugs and other animals living
Floyd | in the pools, but today you don't spot any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            213
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East Shore
Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks
Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam
Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are
Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the
Floyd | shoreline.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tangle" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            213
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branches" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            214
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are
Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd ]  East Shore                                            215
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug at a branch, but it just makes the whole tangle move. There's
Floyd | no way you can untangle one of them from the others!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pools                                                 216
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pools
Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight
Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are
Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are
Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill
Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their
Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east,
Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  217
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Island
Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots
Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there
Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange
Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the
Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes
Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brush" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Island                                  218
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the shrubs)
Floyd | They are a hardy mess of all kinds of low lying plants, that are
Floyd | really hard to rip up from the ground. Sometimes there are beautiful
Floyd | small yellow and purple flowers on them, but not now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            219
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter outbuilding" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            220
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER OUTBUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a little bit dark in thereâ¦ It's not like you were afraid of the
Floyd | dark, no, but you just don't need anything from there right now.
Floyd | Really!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter outhouse" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            221
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER OUTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to go right now, and it's really not a place you want
Floyd | to just hang in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Huh, yeah a bunch of exits we haven't used."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            222
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            223
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer
Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through
Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any
Floyd | time soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            224
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer
Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through
Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any
Floyd | time soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            225
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter house" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            226
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            227
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a three storey yellow wooden house, with a steep roof and a
Floyd | balcony looking out to the west. According to father that is where the
Floyd | pilots used to stand in the olden times to look for incoming ships. He
Floyd | says that he had to do that also when he was a child, and grandfather
Floyd | was sick or out getting supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Where's the front door to this house, anyway? Where'd the egg timer and pasta strainer come from; I missed that part."
		eu says, "Inside from here, I think."
eu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 228
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 229
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Whoops, sorry."
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            230
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So there could be a useful tool somewhere in here, but the radio is a huge hint."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           231
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In
Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers
Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of
Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy
Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side
Floyd | table there's the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic
Floyd | radiation between the stations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "We should have gotten most of the useful stuff on our first pass."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x radio" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           232
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the large tube radio, from which you listen to the news and radio
Floyd | plays. You are not supposed to touch it without father's or mother's
Floyd | permission.
Floyd |
Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic
Floyd | radiation between the stations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "But not necessarily all of it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch radio" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           233
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If
Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned.
Floyd |
Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic
Floyd | radiation between the stations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "turn knob" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           233
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tune radio" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           234
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TUNE RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the knobs frantically, making the radio hiss and howlâ¦
Floyd | there,
Floyd | some speech! Oh no, can't find it againâ¦ Music! Fast swinging Jazz
Floyd | music!
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           235
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you've found a station, better not mess with it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take radio" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           236
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If
Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "The other radio, the two-way one?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           236
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "(upstairs)"
		DavidW says, "maybe."
		eu says (to DavidW), "Ha."
		DavidW says, "We were directed to tune this radio, though. Very odd."
		eu says, "I guess to get out of trouble for turning it to static before."
		DavidW says, "We're already in deep trouble."
		eu nods.
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "You two are SO grounded."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I looked for similar sandals online last night, and everything was horrible."
		Jacqueline says, "ILAC"
		DavidW asks (of eu), "You were going to find the other radio..?"
		eu says, "Oh. Ok."
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           237
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In
Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers
Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of
Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy
Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side
Floyd | table there's the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots around, sniffing at things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            238
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   239
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Western End of the Upstairs Hallway                   240
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio
Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your
Floyd | parents" bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Western End of the Upstairs Hallway                   241
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the radio room door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Ok"
		eu says, "So our PC doesn't object to us trying."
eu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Western End of the Upstairs Hallway                   242
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not allowed to play in your parents' room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "So where might a key be?"
		DavidW says, "Kitchen."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   243
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            244
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of
Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and
Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are
Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full
Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the
Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon
Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays"
Floyd | meals, breads and pastries.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cinnamon" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CINNAMON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spice rack" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPICE RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flour" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pantry" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               245
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               246
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of
Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and
Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are
Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full
Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the
Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon
Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays"
Floyd | meals, breads and pastries.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Fridge is implemented, at least."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               247
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the fridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               248
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the fridge, revealing Foodstuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x foodstuffs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               249
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOODSTUFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | Cans and pots and pans full of your mother's cookings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search foodstuffs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               250
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FOODSTUFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not hungry right now, and you aren't supposed to sneak snacks
Floyd | between meals anyway!
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               251
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the fridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I thought the key would be in a spice jar."
		eu says, "I guess it might not exist here."
		eu says, "Hence the bits about the window."
		eu asks, "What do we have that could break it?"
		DavidW asks, "But the window latch is locked too, no? Unless we have a big magnet?"
		DavidW says, "You can kick the window, I suppose,"
		eu says, "Yeah, I don't know."
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            252
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 253
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x benches" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 254
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BENCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just all kinds of stuff someone set down on the bench for a
Floyd | moment, and forgot it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 255
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            256
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             257
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         258
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Ladder
Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window
Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the
Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table
Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "attack window" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         259
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the radio room window)
Floyd | I have no ill will towards radio room window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         260
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the radio room window)
Floyd | It is latched shut from the inside. Better not mess with it, you are
Floyd | not allowed to be in there or even peek through the window. Or to
Floyd | climb on the ladder, for that matter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We're not allowed to do much, are we?"
		eu shakes his head.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x latch" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         261
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a simple latch that closes the window from the inside. There's a
Floyd | bit of a crack on the window pane, and you have many times wondered if
Floyd | you could jimmy it open somehowâ¦ But there's no way you would ever
Floyd | dare to try that, you'll father would tan your hide and no mistake if
Floyd | you ever got caught.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu exclaims, "Oho!"
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         262
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jimmy latch" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         262
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > JIMMY LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry latch" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         262
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRY LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         263
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's the narrowest of cracks between the window and the window
Floyd | pane, and if the light is right, you can see the latch there. You just
Floyd | might be able to lift it up with a suitable toolâ¦ But no way you'd
Floyd | ever dare to try that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "iatch?"
		DavidW says, "oh, no, that was my monitor blocking my view of the l."
		DavidW says, "(darn dust)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pasta" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         264
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the little round-bottomed kettle mother uses to strain water out
Floyd | of pasta.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "I wonder if we don't need to get in the outbuilding for such an item?"
eu says (to Floyd), "put past in crack" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         264
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAST IN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "put pasta in crack" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         265
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PASTA IN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "The DARK outbuilding?"
		eu says, "I'm not sure what verb to use here either."
		Jacqueline asks, "Or did you find a light source?"
		DavidW asks, "well, is there a flashlight in the house?"
		eu says (to Jacqueline), "Yep. Nope."
		eu says, "Not that I recall."
eu says (to Floyd), "x timer" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         266
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TIMER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's yellow and shaped like a lemon. When you twist it, you can make
Floyd | it ring in a few seconds or a few minutes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On the Ladder                                         267
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's more of a lemon timer than an egg timer."
		eu says, "I was hoping it would be the light-up kind."
		eu asks, "Is the ladder takable?"
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             268
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the
Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house
Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there
Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must
Floyd | be totally dry by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the
Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots
Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots around, sniffing at things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             269
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "highly unlikely, but gee, try."
		eu says, "Yep, no good there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick superpowers" 		

Floyd ]  Back Yard                                             269
Floyd ]  Exits: north southeast up
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK SUPERPOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vimes arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		eu says, "The hook is pointy. Maybe we can use it on the window? I dunno; I'm grasping for straws here."
		DavidW says, "I haven't seen all of the interior of the house properly. I think we might've missed something."
		eu says, "Could be."
eu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            270
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Boat Shore                                            271
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat Shore
Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where
Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and
Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to
Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water
Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the
Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long
Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay
Floyd | and very close to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak
Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are
Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you
Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp
Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and
Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect the heaviness of the hook will prevent it from being carried up a ladder."
eu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Front Yard                                            272
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Yard
Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the
Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass.
Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch
Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a
Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is
Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open,
Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next
Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss
Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going
Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you
Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational
Floyd | cairn is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 273
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Yes, that seems probable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search benches" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 274
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BENCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 275
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just all kinds of stuff someone set down on the bench for a
Floyd | moment, and forgot it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move stuff" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 276
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE STUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 277
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bench" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 278
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 279
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            280
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            280
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            281
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            282
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big dirty piece of cloth, an old cover of something, which your
Floyd | mother uses when cleaning the floors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. why would we need a cleaning rag?"
		vimes says, "it occurs to me that i may not have finished upgrading non-zcode terps to work with the newest sleepmask system"
		DavidW asks, "Have we seen anything dirty?"
		vimes says, "(unrelated to the current game)"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We'll need a cape for when we jump off the rock cairne to fly to Mars."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            283
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother makes me clean stuff all the time, I'm not doing it if I don't
Floyd | have to!
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            284
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            284
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            284
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            285
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | According to dad this is the old original staircase of the house, made
Floyd | of oak. The stairs are thick and they are so worn their corners are
Floyd | all round.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under rug" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            285
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               286
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of
Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and
Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are
Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full
Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the
Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon
Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays"
Floyd | meals, breads and pastries.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stickers" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               286
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STICKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               286
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pots" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               286
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing the egg timer, pasta strainer, and weiners all came from here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "twist timer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               287
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWIST TIMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd rather not listen to it making a horrible racket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "suck lemon" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               287
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUCK LEMON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            288
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           289
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In
Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers
Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of
Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy
Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side
Floyd | table there's the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           290
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The living room bookcase is full of your and your father's books. You
Floyd | don't feel like reading now, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           291
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Father's comfy chair is large and made out of leather and dark green
Floyd | plush. The seat is worn, you father has spent his evenings sitting
Floyd | there as long as you  can remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sofa" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           291
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           292
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the comfy chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift seat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           292
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIFT SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           293
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels surprisingly hard, father's weight has flattened all the
Floyd | stuffing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           294
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the comfy chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In
Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers
Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of
Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy
Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side
Floyd | table there's the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           295
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The living room bookcase is full of your and your father's books. You
Floyd | don't feel like reading now, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move it" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           296
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's really not smart to mess around with the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind it" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           296
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit radio" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                           297
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If
Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            298
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   299
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 300
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bulb" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 300
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BULB
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 301
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | The are boxes and boxes of old magazines, toys and other stuff in the
Floyd | attic. You are not really supposed to dig into them, because the piles
Floyd | of boxes can topple over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 302
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The are boxes and boxes of old magazines, toys and other stuff in the
Floyd | attic. You are not really supposed to dig into them, because the piles
Floyd | of boxes can topple over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 303
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a
Floyd | bigger mess in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toys" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 303
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 304
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 304
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROOF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nooks" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 304
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 305
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a
Floyd | bigger mess in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "odd again to have a place like the attic and have it yield nothing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 305
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   306
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   306
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             307
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to your room)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your room
Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and
Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with
Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             308
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your closet, revealing your stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             309
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Your toys, tools and adventuring gear - but nothing you can use now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             310
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed is starting to get a bit short for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             311
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your desk at which you read, draw and do your home work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             312
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed is the last thing you're interested in right now!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             313
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your room
Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and
Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with
Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             314
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some
Floyd | adventure novels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             315
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some
Floyd | adventure novels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             316
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some
Floyd | adventure novels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read abotu rocketry" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             316
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ ABOTU ROCKETRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o about" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             316
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > O ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             317
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to read now!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             318
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your room
Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and
Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with
Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             319
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the door to your room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   320
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is open,  and the hallway to
Floyd | the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. A
Floyd | very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   320
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Western End of the Upstairs Hallway                   321
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio
Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your
Floyd | parents" bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pilots Room                                           322
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pilots Room
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pilots Room                                           323
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pilots Room
Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony                                               324
Floyd ]  Exits: east down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the balcony door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the
Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your
Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in
Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to
Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as
Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always
Floyd | believe what your father says.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when
Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really
Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see
Floyd | some rocket ships!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead
Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pilots Room                                           325
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pilots Room
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Nothing whatsoever in this room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Pilots Room                                           325
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Pilots Room                                           326
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the balcony door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm, 3.5 hours in. I kinda need to go run an errand that will take awhile."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Western End of the Upstairs Hallway                   327
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio
Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your
Floyd | parents" bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I guess I shall leave you guys to it."
		DavidW says, "We're kinda stuck."
		eu says, "Yes."
		Jacqueline says, "You'll figure it out."
		Jacqueline says, "You always do."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, nearly always."
		maga says, "I've finished this and can help if needs be"
		eu says (to maga), "It might be time for that."
maga arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		maga asks, "where are you stuck?"
		DavidW says (to eu), "We can try your idea of the hook on the window."
		eu says (to maga), "Save a handful of far-fetched ideas, we're stuck trying the get the rocket man on shore."
		eu says, "``to get''"
		DavidW says (to maga), "The rocket man is in the south end and we can't get him onto shore."
		maga says, "ah, yeah, this"
		maga says, "you need to get the dog to rescue him"
		eu says, "Oh."
		eu asks (of DavidW), "Should we restore to where we have the hook? In case it comes in handy later?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  South Shore                                           197
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes"
		maga says, "(this is one of those puzzles that makes sense as an IF-ish puzzle but not as a real-world one, and the boat hook is a huge red herring)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           198
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are
Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't
Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a
Floyd | small suitcase with one hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           199
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a boat hook
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Oh, we do have it at cf2."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, get man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           200
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, GET MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, vaguely puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "throw wiener at man"
eu says (to Floyd), "throw wiener at man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           201
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW WIENER AT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no way you can swim in the crashing waves butâ¦ Maybe Gogol
Floyd | can! He's a very good swimmer! Gogol quiets down as he notices you
Floyd | digging out the wieners and breaking off a piece. The treat arcs
Floyd | through the air and BULLSEYE, it hits the rocket man straight on his
Floyd | tummy. Gogol turns to look at you, as if saying "are you serious?",
Floyd | but leaps after the treat. He splashes through the low water and leaps
Floyd | into the waves, reaching the rocket man in seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem to realize what's happening, he keeps
Floyd | fighting Gogol who is pushing and dragging him towards the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, finally, his feet and back hit the rocky shore underwater - he
Floyd | crawls around on all fours up to the shore, dragging the suitcase
Floyd | after him, and rolls over to his back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol shakes himself dry, and resumes barking and circling the supine
Floyd | rocket man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  South Shore                                           201
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, that would've taken me hours more to guess."
		eu says, "Same here."
eu says (to Floyd), "man, hello" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           202
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAN, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There are tons of things you would like to ask rocket man about, like
Floyd | the universe, the war, his rocketship. You could also tell him about
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man lifts his free hand slowly and clumsily to the clasps
Floyd | on the seal of his helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           203
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | He won't probably hear you with his helmet on, especially with the
Floyd | roaring of the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is fiddling with the clasps of his helmet, opening them
Floyd | one by one, slowly with his stubby thick gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Z?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           204
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a hiss and a pop, as the rocket man unfastens the last clamp
Floyd | holding his helmet shut, and pulls it off. It is a man - a pale young
Floyd | man with black hair that's matted down from sweat. His cheeks are all
Floyd | flushed and his eyes are red.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol jumps forward and starts barking. The eyes of the rocket man
Floyd | widen and he gets half up, trying to crawl away from Gogol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Martian maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           205
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man can't tear his eyes off Gogol, who's barking
Floyd | ferociously! The man looks really scared!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           206
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a boat hook
Floyd |   a white plastic spray can
Floyd |   an egg timer
Floyd |   a pasta strainer (being worn)
Floyd |   a child size life vest (being worn)
Floyd |   a packet of wieners
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "give wiener to gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WIENER TO GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > PET GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Better not when he's that agitated!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks quite pale, but flushed. His dark hair is all sweaty and
Floyd | flat, and he looks really tired.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give wieners to gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WIENERS TO GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw wieners to gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW WIENERS TO GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You break off a piece and throw it at Gogol, who snaps it off straight
Floyd | from the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is an Alsatian and you have the same birthday. He's your friend
Floyd | and he's very good at fetching things and catching seagulls!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | South Shore
Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the
Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In
Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide),  it
Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up
Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there
Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains
Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of
Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old
Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans,
Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds,
Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is lying on the shore, looking scared and bewildered,
Floyd | hunching against a rock and away from Gogol.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol is barking his head off at the rocket man, who looks horrified!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not really a suitcase, like you have for traveling. It's more of
Floyd | a black metal case with some letters you can't read, and it looks
Floyd | really heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Better not touch that, you don't want the rocket man to get angry at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "I would just like to know if anyone else has Elton John stuck in their heads now, with all this talk about the rocket man"
		eu says, "Jacq said something about that earlier."
		DavidW says, "No, Shatner"
		vimes | [LINK]
		vimes says, "is what i've got stuck in my head right now"
		TheXenographer says (to DavidW), "Haha, I have that version too."
		eu says (to vimes), "Ha."
		TheXenographer says, "It's... really somehing."
		DavidW asks, "I suppose we can go north and hope everyone follows?"
		eu says, "Worth a try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Wild horses couldn't drag you away from the rocket man now!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x helmet" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet
Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they
Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gogol" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you and tilts its head, as if trying to understand what
Floyd | you said. It has never been too good with verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, sit" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, it's tail end doing a restless jig, and touching
Floyd | the ground long enough to it almost count as sitting. Sigh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, lie down" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Be quiet Gogol!" you scream loud enough to get the dog's attention.
Floyd | He quiets down and walks to you, eyeing the rocket man suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | As you speak up, the rocket man finally seems to notice you. He eyes
Floyd | your head and furrows his brow.
Floyd | You realize you are still wearing the pasta strainer you used for a
Floyd | helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Soâ¦ kid, what are you supposed to be?" the rocket man says. His
Floyd | voice
Floyd | is gravelly, like he had a sore throat, and he has a strange accent.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a rocket man!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man seems to be lost in thought for a moment, and then he
Floyd | raises his eyes at you. "Hey kid, is there any place you could help me
Floyd | hide in? I'm on a really secret mission, and I need to stay somewhere
Floyd | until it's dark outside. You can't tell anyone about me, you hear me!
Floyd | So, do you know anywhere?" A secret mission! Wow!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can think of several hiding places. You could tell the rocket man
Floyd | about the outbuilding, the equipment shack, living room (it's easy to
Floyd | hide under the table there), your room or the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "No thank you?"
		eu says, "Ooh, I vote for the living room table."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I'm on a secrâ¦" he begins, but then blinks a couple of times
Floyd | and shakes his head, as if to clear his mind. "Hey, kid, just please
Floyd | help me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. The guy is probably on the 'wrong side' and we probably shouldn't help him, but there seems to be no way to check or continue without helping, I think."
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		TheXenographer says, "Yeah..."
		TheXenographer asks, "We could tell him a bad hiding place like under the table?"
		TheXenographer asks, "Maybe then he'll get caught before he can do anything too terrible?"
		DavidW says, "I think the outbuilding is probably the best place for him to hide, but I dunno."
eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
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Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I do wanna try them all."
		eu says, "Which shall we try now? I don't really care."
		DavidW says, "The table is the most ludicrous."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about table" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man listens to you for a moment, and then interrupts.
Floyd | "Really, kid, you've got to help me hide somewhere!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "I don't know that that parsed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about living room" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT LIVING ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our living room table is pretty big, I once hid an hour under it and
Floyd | my mother couldn't find me!" you tell the rocket man, who just stares
Floyd | at you for a moment. "Iâ¦ I don't think I can really fit under a
Floyd | table,
Floyd | kid." he finally says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "Aww."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I figured he'd say that, but maybe we can hide under the table ourselves, later."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about my bedroom" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MY BEDROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man listens to you for a moment, and then interrupts.
Floyd | "Really, kid, you've got to help me hide somewhere!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about my room" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MY ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You think for a moment before saying "I could hide you in my room!"
Floyd | The rocket man rubs his eyes, that are all red.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you really sure that your parents don't find me there? It's very
Floyd | important that nobody knows I'm here!" the rocket man says.
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes or no?) >

		eu says, "Yep, we're sure."
		DavidW says, "Of course, it isn't sure, and it's almost certain he'll be found there."
		eu asks, "I guess the question is, is that what we're going for?"
		TheXenographer says, "I think it's worth a shot."
		DavidW says, "well, we saved, so let's say yes and see what happens."
eu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man walks like he was carrying a ton of bricks on his
Floyd | shoulders, and he has to stop to catch his breath a couple of times.
Floyd | It takes you a good while to walk across the island and into the front
Floyd | yard. The house is cool on the inside, and you need to stop and blink
Floyd | for a moment before you can see anything in the indoor gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment you think that the rocket man won't be able to get up the
Floyd | stairs, and when you finally get him in your room, he collapses on
Floyd | your bed that creaks in protest. He falls asleep almost immediately
Floyd | when his head hits the pillow. You happen to glance out of the window,
Floyd | and see your family ship a few minutes out of the pier. You run down
Floyd | to meet your parents.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

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Floyd | Father always wants you to help with unloading the supplies, and you
Floyd | work up a good sweat carrying the boxes of tomatos and flour and
Floyd | potatos from the boat to the cool air of the kitchen. When you are
Floyd | heading out, you bump into mother who's heading upstairs. To this day
Floyd | you don't know what happened - you make it barely to the front door
Floyd | when you can hear her scream.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next few moments are a panicky blur. Mother grabbing you and
Floyd | screaming for your father, the rocket man and father wrestling on the
Floyd | yard. Much later the serious men in uniforms, the endless questions
Floyd | from them and your parents, and the worst thrashing your father has
Floyd | ever given you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a day has gone by since without you thinking about who the rocket
Floyd | man was, and what happened to him.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Huh."
		DavidW asks, "shall we restore and try the attic?"
		eu nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
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Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about attic" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT ATTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, our house has a big attic. But it's pretty scary place
Floyd | especially when it's dark. Oh, there's a lamp there, so it's not dark
Floyd | like that", you say. The rocket man coughs and wipes sweat and salt
Floyd | water spray from his face. "That sounds pretty good, kid," he says.
Floyd | "You have family, don't you? Are you sure your parents won't find us
Floyd | there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes or no?)>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some time for the rocket man to get to his feet, and whoa -
Floyd | he's tall, way taller than your father. Not a big man, though, like
Floyd | dad, but now that his suit isn't all full of air, he looks quite lean.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes you quite some time to reach the house, since the rocket man
Floyd | walks like he was carrying a ton on bricks on his shoulder. He has to
Floyd | lean on the door frame for a while when you reach the porch. His skin
Floyd | is quite pale, and but his cheeks are all red. He looks like you did
Floyd | when you had the high fever last summer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a long time for the rocket man to climb up the stairs to the
Floyd | second floor, and even longer to get to the attic. When you get there,
Floyd | he almost falls down on the floor, and crawls to a corner next to a
Floyd | big pile of boxes. Oh man, he must be really tired!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a step towards the rocket man, and catch a glimpse outside of
Floyd | the window. Oh, the family ship is just a few minutes out!
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is curled up in the corner next to a tall pile of
Floyd | boxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "``Us''?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pile" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cover man" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > COVER MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. The rag might help?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put boxes on man" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BOXES ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a
Floyd | bigger mess in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | OH NO! There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the
Floyd | attic staircase!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Now the rag will help."
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can already hear the sound of the boat engine outdoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the attic staircase!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean footprints" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe the mud and water, or rather just smear it wider. At least
Floyd | the big bootprints aren't visible anymore!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean bootprints" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN BOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe the floor quickly, smearing the outlines of the big
Floyd | bootprints. Well, at least they aren't recognizable anymore!
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boat engine growls and purrs, father must be maneuvering it to the
Floyd | dock already!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Tune radio?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy and wet bootprints on the porch floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean bootprint" 		

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Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN BOOTPRINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop the floor with the rag, which can't absorb much of the mess,
Floyd | but at least it can obscure the footprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it! You have the time to return the cleaning rag to the closet
Floyd | and run to meet your parents, before they barge in. You did it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother comes in first, stops when she hears the radio, and clucks
Floyd | her tongue. "You know your dad doesn't like it if you mess with the
Floyd | radio, go and turn it off before he comes in!" your mother says. You
Floyd | skip obediently to the living room, feeling a weird mix of relief and
Floyd | excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Unloading the supplies from the ship, unpacking them and storing all
Floyd | the items keeps you busy for most of the afternoon, and after that
Floyd | mother asks you to help her with the dinner. You try to sneak a minute
Floyd | or two to go to the attic, but without success - it seems that when
Floyd | you get one of your tasks done, the next one is already waiting. Soon
Floyd | the sun kisses the horizon and the evening draws in. Your excitement
Floyd | turns into scared and tense anticipation; there's no telling when the
Floyd | rocket man will wake up, and what will he do when he does.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | "The conflict between the Earth Alliance and the rebels of Mars has
Floyd | escalated, and there has been heavy fighting in the low Earth orbit,
Floyd | as well as around the Mars orbital stations."
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio murmurs in the corner of the living room, while you poke at
Floyd | the dinner with your fork. Father is sitting in his chair, smoking his
Floyd | pipe. The smoke curls around the yellow bulbs on the ceiling, making
Floyd | the air hazy. Your mother gives the radio a hostile look, and another
Floyd | to your father. "The news is so horrible these days. Turn it off,
Floyd | you're upsetting the boy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last night there were reports of small one man rockets, classified as
Floyd | shuttles, breaking through the lines of the Earth defense vessels. It
Floyd | is believed that all of them-"
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio goes silent with a deep clunk. Your dad looks up
Floyd | from his newspaper to your mom, who turned it off.  "I don't want to
Floyd | hear a single word about the war today!", mother huffs. Your father
Floyd | grunts in displeasure, but lifts up his magazine while mom walks to
Floyd | the table. "You, if you are not hungry, go for a wash and then off to
Floyd | bed!" she says.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You try to take every chance to sneak up to the attic, but it's no use
Floyd | - your mother is sorting linen upstairs, and she ushers you directly
Floyd | to your room, and turns off the lights after you. You lie down in the
Floyd | bed, staring at the rectangle the moonlight draws on the ceiling,
Floyd | absolutely sure that you just can't fall asleep tonight-
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             236
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | You jolt awake, not sure if if you were just dreamingâ¦ but then you
Floyd | can hear it again. Slight shuffling, a muffled clank, the creak of the
Floyd | boards as someone is moving upstairs. The rocket man is awake! You
Floyd | hold your breath and listen for a moment, but the house is otherwise
Floyd | silent. Hopefully Gogol is outside, so he won't start barking. This is
Floyd | your chance!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your room
Floyd | Your room is small and dark, and now it's illuminated only by the
Floyd | silvery moonlight coming through the window. You can barely make out
Floyd | your bookshelf and your closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "Act III."
		eu asks, "s?"
		DavidW asks, "I suppose we get the man to the boat in the bay, maybe?"
		eu says, "Makes sense."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "south first, I guess." 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             236
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH FIRST, I GUESS.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to south the boxes full of
Floyd | junk on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   237
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to your room)
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To
Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads
Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father
Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall,
Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 238
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | When you start to climb up the narrow attic stairs, almost on all
Floyd | fours, you can see the faint light of the single bulb upstairs. You
Floyd | poke your head out of the hatch on the floor, and see the rocket man
Floyd | on the other side of the attic. He has the suitcase on his lap.
Floyd | Something alerts him, you don't know what, and his head snaps up with
Floyd | a click. It takes you a moment to realize that the sound was him
Floyd | slamming the case shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a second he smiles, and whispers quite loudly: "Hello, kid,
Floyd | thanks for helping me. Could you sit with me for a while, there's
Floyd | something I'd like to ask you." The rocket man opens the suitcase and
Floyd | starts tinkering with whatever he has in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against
Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and
Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean,
Floyd | like a gymnast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "> ask man about suitcase ?"
		eu asks, "Or > z ?"
		DavidW says, "I guess there's no suntanning in space."
		DavidW says, "z, I think."
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 239
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 240
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't really know what to say. There is a ton of things you'd like
Floyd | to ask the rocket man about - like the war, Mars, his mission, and a
Floyd | million other things!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 241
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can think of a million things you would like to ask about from
Floyd | rocket man: his rocket, the martians, his missionâ¦ Before you get any
Floyd | of them out of your mouth, the rocket man looks up from his work and
Floyd | smiles at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, kid, thanks for not telling your parents about me. I'm on a very
Floyd | very secret mission, and nobody but you and me should know about it."
Floyd | The rocket man shoots you a stern glance, and you find yourself
Floyd | nodding vigorously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, then, this is an island if I'm not mistaken. Is there any way
Floyd | out here? Like a ship or such? I need to get to Astro City One in a
Floyd | hurry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu says, "I guess tell him about the boat."
		eu says, "We seem to be pretty much on rails here."
		DavidW says, "I guess. It would be nice to know for sure which side of the war the guy is on."
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mars" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 242
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MARS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I bet you have been to Mars!" you say to the rocket man. "What kind
Floyd | of a place is it?" The rocket man pauses his work with the suitcase
Floyd | for a moment, and looks up. He has a weird expression on his face,
Floyd | like he was sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's lots of empty space in Mars, these red fields of rock and
Floyd | sand. In the seas and the lakes the waves are tens of meters high, and
Floyd | much slower than in here. The sky is reddish gray on the daytime, and
Floyd | blazes red and violet in the mornings and eveningsâ¦" He falls quiet
Floyd | for a moment, and resumes working with the suitcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 243
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is hunched over the open suitcase. You try to peer
Floyd | around the open lid, but you can't see much, only some wires and weird
Floyd | stuff you can't make out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about war" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 244
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's great that we have people like you to fight the vile Martians
Floyd | who threaten our freedom!" you say. The rocket man is quiet for a
Floyd | moment and doesn't look up from his work. "How exactly do they do
Floyd | that? From Mars?" he asks, quietly. You get a feeling that you said
Floyd | something stupid, but you don't really know why.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about earth" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 245
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!"
Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in
Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on
Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap
Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about gogol" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 246
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT GOGOL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why were you so afraid of Gogol, he's a nice dog?" you ask. The
Floyd | rocket man clears his throat. "Well, I just am, okay?" he replies
Floyd | almost angrily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about astro city one" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 247
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ASTRO CITY ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!"
Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in
Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on
Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap
Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about name" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 248
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT NAME
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his
Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about me" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 249
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think I can ever be a rocket man?" you ask. The rocket man
Floyd | looks at you for a couple of seconds. "I don't see why not, if you are
Floyd | healthy. Just remember to exercise a lot and do what your parents tell
Floyd | you to." he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about paretns" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 250
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PARETNS
Floyd |
Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about parents" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 251
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PARENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his
Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 252
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is your mission, is it about that suitcase?" you ask, with your
Floyd | heart beating like crazy. The rocket man bites his lips for a moment
Floyd | and glances up at you. "In this suitcase I have some enemy
Floyd | intelligence I caught from the... the vile Martians. I need to get
Floyd | these to Astro City one as soon as possible."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about rocket" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 252
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ROCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | "How did you end up in the sea? Where's your rocket ship?" you ask. "I
Floyd | gotâ¦ there was an accident, I had to crash land." the rocket man
Floyd | said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, I'm ready to leave," the rocket man says and closes the
Floyd | suitcase with a snap. He gets up, grunting and pressing his hand
Floyd | against his side. You watch as he pulls on his undershirt, which is
Floyd | some kind of thermal space material, and zips up his space suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Getting out of the house is nerve wracking, especially in the attic
Floyd | stairs where the clumsy space suit makes all kinds of noise. Luckily
Floyd | your father's snoring covers it all up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not even Gogol launches into a barking attack when you go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The Moon is bright and the sea is calm. You watch over the sea towards
Floyd | the glittering towers of the Astro City one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that's it then", rocket man says, giving the last evaluating
Floyd | glance to the family ship on the pier. "I guess I'll have to swim for
Floyd | it." He gives you one last smile and a wave, fastens his helmet and
Floyd | lowers himself to the water in the end of the pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stay on the pier, watching his small bobbing form vanish to the
Floyd | glitter of moon light on the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 252
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd | You never told anyone about the weird encounter you had that day. Not
Floyd | even 40 years later, when they make the marine archaeological find of
Floyd | the century just a couple of kilometers away from your childhood's
Floyd | home island.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The one that got away." A find that could have changed the whole
Floyd | history of Earth-Mars relations.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Should we try once more telling him about the boat?"
		DavidW says, "I guess."
eu says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           223
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about attic" 		

Floyd ]  South Shore                                           223
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT ATTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, our house has a big attic. But it's pretty scary place
Floyd | especially when it's dark. Oh, there's a lamp there, so it's not dark
Floyd | like that", you say. The rocket man coughs and wipes sweat and salt
Floyd | water spray from his face. "That sounds pretty good, kid," he says.
Floyd | "You have family, don't you? Are you sure your parents won't find us
Floyd | there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes or no?)>

		
eu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 224
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some time for the rocket man to get to his feet, and whoa -
Floyd | he's tall, way taller than your father. Not a big man, though, like
Floyd | dad, but now that his suit isn't all full of air, he looks quite lean.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes you quite some time to reach the house, since the rocket man
Floyd | walks like he was carrying a ton on bricks on his shoulder. He has to
Floyd | lean on the door frame for a while when you reach the porch. His skin
Floyd | is quite pale, and but his cheeks are all red. He looks like you did
Floyd | when you had the high fever last summer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a long time for the rocket man to climb up the stairs to the
Floyd | second floor, and even longer to get to the attic. When you get there,
Floyd | he almost falls down on the floor, and crawls to a corner next to a
Floyd | big pile of boxes. Oh man, he must be really tired!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a step towards the rocket man, and catch a glimpse outside of
Floyd | the window. Oh, the family ship is just a few minutes out!
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is curled up in the corner next to a tall pile of
Floyd | boxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

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Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | OH NO! There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the
Floyd | attic staircase!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            226
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Either he is on the Martian side or there aren't Martians and it's a giant lie."
eu says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            227
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            228
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   229
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the
Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The
Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the
Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed,  and the hallway
Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room.
Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the attic staircase!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can already hear the sound of the boat engine outdoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wipe stairs" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   229
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   230
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe the mud and water, or rather just smear it wider. At least
Floyd | the big bootprints aren't visible anymore!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            231
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hall
Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the
Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your
Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are
Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hall                                            232
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe the floor quickly, smearing the outlines of the big
Floyd | bootprints. Well, at least they aren't recognizable anymore!
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 233
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are
Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them
Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or
Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are huge muddy and wet bootprints on the porch floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol trots after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" 		

Floyd ]  Porch                                                 233
Floyd ]  Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop the floor with the rag, which can't absorb much of the mess,
Floyd | but at least it can obscure the footprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it! You have the time to return the cleaning rag to the closet
Floyd | and run to meet your parents, before they barge in. You did it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother comes in first, stops when she hears the radio, and clucks
Floyd | her tongue. "You know your dad doesn't like it if you mess with the
Floyd | radio, go and turn it off before he comes in!" your mother says. You
Floyd | skip obediently to the living room, feeling a weird mix of relief and
Floyd | excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Unloading the supplies from the ship, unpacking them and storing all
Floyd | the items keeps you busy for most of the afternoon, and after that
Floyd | mother asks you to help her with the dinner. You try to sneak a minute
Floyd | or two to go to the attic, but without success - it seems that when
Floyd | you get one of your tasks done, the next one is already waiting. Soon
Floyd | the sun kisses the horizon and the evening draws in. Your excitement
Floyd | turns into scared and tense anticipation; there's no telling when the
Floyd | rocket man will wake up, and what will he do when he does.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | "The conflict between the Earth Alliance and the rebels of Mars has
Floyd | escalated, and there has been heavy fighting in the low Earth orbit,
Floyd | as well as around the Mars orbital stations."
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio murmurs in the corner of the living room, while you poke at
Floyd | the dinner with your fork. Father is sitting in his chair, smoking his
Floyd | pipe. The smoke curls around the yellow bulbs on the ceiling, making
Floyd | the air hazy. Your mother gives the radio a hostile look, and another
Floyd | to your father. "The news is so horrible these days. Turn it off,
Floyd | you're upsetting the boy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last night there were reports of small one man rockets, classified as
Floyd | shuttles, breaking through the lines of the Earth defense vessels. It
Floyd | is believed that all of them-"
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio goes silent with a deep clunk. Your dad looks up
Floyd | from his newspaper to your mom, who turned it off.  "I don't want to
Floyd | hear a single word about the war today!", mother huffs. Your father
Floyd | grunts in displeasure, but lifts up his magazine while mom walks to
Floyd | the table. "You, if you are not hungry, go for a wash and then off to
Floyd | bed!" she says.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You try to take every chance to sneak up to the attic, but it's no use
Floyd | - your mother is sorting linen upstairs, and she ushers you directly
Floyd | to your room, and turns off the lights after you. You lie down in the
Floyd | bed, staring at the rectangle the moonlight draws on the ceiling,
Floyd | absolutely sure that you just can't fall asleep tonight-
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             234
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | You jolt awake, not sure if if you were just dreamingâ¦ but then you
Floyd | can hear it again. Slight shuffling, a muffled clank, the creak of the
Floyd | boards as someone is moving upstairs. The rocket man is awake! You
Floyd | hold your breath and listen for a moment, but the house is otherwise
Floyd | silent. Hopefully Gogol is outside, so he won't start barking. This is
Floyd | your chance!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your room
Floyd | Your room is small and dark, and now it's illuminated only by the
Floyd | silvery moonlight coming through the window. You can barely make out
Floyd | your bookshelf and your closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Your room                                             234
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Your room                                             235
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   236
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to your room)
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To
Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads
Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father
Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall,
Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 237
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | When you start to climb up the narrow attic stairs, almost on all
Floyd | fours, you can see the faint light of the single bulb upstairs. You
Floyd | poke your head out of the hatch on the floor, and see the rocket man
Floyd | on the other side of the attic. He has the suitcase on his lap.
Floyd | Something alerts him, you don't know what, and his head snaps up with
Floyd | a click. It takes you a moment to realize that the sound was him
Floyd | slamming the case shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a second he smiles, and whispers quite loudly: "Hello, kid,
Floyd | thanks for helping me. Could you sit with me for a while, there's
Floyd | something I'd like to ask you." The rocket man opens the suitcase and
Floyd | starts tinkering with whatever he has in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against
Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and
Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean,
Floyd | like a gymnast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 238
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can think of a million questions to ask from rocket man, his
Floyd | rocket, the martians, his missionâ¦ Before you get any of them out of
Floyd | your mouth, the rocket man looks up from his work and smiles at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, kid, thanks for not telling your parents about me. I'm on a very
Floyd | very secret mission, and nobody but you and me should know about it."
Floyd | The rocket man shoots you a stern glance, and you find yourself
Floyd | nodding vigorously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, then, this is an island if I'm not mistaken. Is there any way
Floyd | out here? Like a ship or such? I need to get to Astro City One in a
Floyd | hurry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 239
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, we have this old row boat on the shore. We usually don't go out
Floyd | on the sea with it, because it's dangerous." you say. "Old wooden
Floyd | boatâ¦" the rocket man rubs his chin and you hear the rasping sound of
Floyd | a beard stubble. "You know, kid, that's perfect! That's absolutely
Floyd | perfect, if it can stay afloat that is. Just a moment now, I'll have
Floyd | to finish with this damn thing." he continues, twisting something
Floyd | inside the suitcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 240
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUITCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is hunched over the open suitcase. You try to peer
Floyd | around the open lid, but you can't see much, only some wires and weird
Floyd | stuff you can't make out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about ship" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 241
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have a nice ship which father always takes to the mainland. It has
Floyd | a good engine, although father always curses about it." you say. "A
Floyd | large ship, with an engineâ¦ with a metal hull, I guess?" the rocket
Floyd | man says and raises is eyebrows. You nod. "Ah, that won't do, sorry.
Floyd | Don't you have anything smaller?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Astro City is gonna go boom, I think."
		TheXenographer says, "Oh, definitely."
		eu says, "Why would metal be a -- oh."
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 242
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 243
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 244
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 245
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is your mission, is it about that suitcase?" you ask, with your
Floyd | heart beating like crazy. The rocket man bites his lips for a moment
Floyd | and glances up at you. "In this suitcase I have some enemy
Floyd | intelligence I caught from the... the vile Martians. I need to get
Floyd | these to Astro City one as soon as possible."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		eu asks, "Is it timer-based, do you think?"
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 246
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his
Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 247
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Soâ¦ who are you?" you ask. The rocket man pauses his work for a
Floyd | moment. "I'mâ¦ a commando operative. Do you know what that is?" After
Floyd | seeing your enthusiastic nod, he continues. "I'm on a very secret
Floyd | mission that can define the result of the whole war. I really need
Floyd | your help on this, kid"
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about shuttles" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 248
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SHUTTLES
Floyd |
Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the suitcase is a bomb of some sort."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 249
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, no egg timer."
		eu says, "Earlier I was talking about what triggered the scene change, but that wasn't clear at all."
eu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 250
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mars" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 251
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MARS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I bet you have been to Mars!" you say to the rocket man. "What kind
Floyd | of a place is it?" The rocket man pauses his work with the suitcase
Floyd | for a moment, and looks up. He has a weird expression on his face,
Floyd | like he was sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's lots of empty space in Mars, these red fields of rock and
Floyd | sand. In the seas and the lakes the waves are tens of meters high, and
Floyd | much slower than in here. The sky is reddish gray on the daytime, and
Floyd | blazes red and violet in the mornings and eveningsâ¦" He falls quiet
Floyd | for a moment, and resumes working with the suitcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about earth" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 252
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!"
Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in
Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on
Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap
Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we get x turns of chat."
		eu says, "I think you're right."
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about war" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 253
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT WAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have always supported our valiant troops against the vile Martian
Floyd | menace!" you say, trying to remember how the man in the radio always
Floyd | said it. "Listen, kid. It's a great universe out there, full of all
Floyd | kinds of wonders, and we are just shooting at each other? Where's the
Floyd | sense in that?" the rocket man says, looking at you sternly. You
Floyd | really don't know what to say to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about earth" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 254
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Earth rocket men are really kicking the butts up there in space,
Floyd | aren't they!" you say feeling proud to be in the presence of one them.
Floyd | "Yeeah, it's quite a scrap up there" the rocket man says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about mars" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 255
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about grandfather" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 256
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT GRANDFATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about city" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 257
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 258
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't really know what to say. There is a ton of things you'd like
Floyd | to ask the rocket man about - like the war, Mars, his mission, and a
Floyd | million other things!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about ware" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 259
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WARE
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his
Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about warr" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 260
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WARR
Floyd |
Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about war" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 261
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's great that we have people like you to fight the vile Martians
Floyd | who threaten our freedom!" you say. The rocket man is quiet for a
Floyd | moment and doesn't look up from his work. "How exactly do they do
Floyd | that? From Mars?" he asks, quietly. You get a feeling that you said
Floyd | something stupid, but you don't really know why.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   262
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To
Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads
Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father
Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall,
Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 261
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about space" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 262
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his
Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Can we enter parents' room at night?"
eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
eu says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Attic                                                 262
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   263
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To
Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads
Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father
Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall,
Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   264
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is creaky in that end of the hallway, and you really don't
Floyd | want to wake up your parents now!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "or tune the radio?"
eu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway                   265
Floyd ]  Exits: north west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the stairs for a moment, but it's dark downstairsâ¦ and
Floyd | the
Floyd | rocket man is waiting for you in the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 266
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary
Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of
Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow
Floyd | with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against
Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and
Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean,
Floyd | like a gymnast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 267
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | "That boat sounds just like what I need. Thanks kid!" the rocket man
Floyd | says grinning at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 268
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | "That boat sounds just like what I need. Thanks kid!" the rocket man
Floyd | says grinning at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 268
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why do you need to go to Astro City one?" you ask the rocket man. "I
Floyd | told you, to deliver these documents."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, that's it." the rocket man says and closes the suitcase with a
Floyd | snap. He gets up, grunting and pressing his hand against his side. You
Floyd | watch as he pulls on his undershirt, which is some kind of thermal
Floyd | space material, and zips up his space suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Getting out of the house is nerve wracking, especially in the attic
Floyd | stairs where the clumsy space suit makes all kinds of noise. Luckily
Floyd | your father's snoring covers it all up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not even Gogol launches into a barking attack when you go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		eu says, "There we go."
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The Moon is bright and the sea is calm. The old boat glides to the
Floyd | water, and the rocket man starts to row, so clumsily that you just
Floyd | have to laugh. He waves at you when he clears the wavebreak, and you
Floyd | sit on the concrete ledge to watch him go - and for a small eternity
Floyd | until his boat has vanished into the glitter of the moonlight on the
Floyd | sea, towards the brightly lit spires of Astro City One in the
Floyd | mainland.
Floyd |
Floyd | Much later, when you are already shivering with cold and almost in
Floyd | tears because the feeling of loss, you start to make your way toward
Floyd | the house. It's slow going in the dark - and you're almost to the
Floyd | house when the impossibly bright flash and the sound of tearing metal
Floyd | in the distance wash over you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
eu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                 268
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd | Even now, forty years later, you can remember that moment; the instant
Floyd | when you stopped being a child and ended up being an adult with a
Floyd | horrible burden to bear. When Astro City One went up, it started as a
Floyd | couple of bright flashes. The bangs reached you several seconds later,
Floyd | right before the blinding flash that sent pieces of fuel filled
Floyd | rockets and containers arcing through the sky in fiery fireballs. The
Floyd | blastwave of the explosion swept over the sea so fast it was almost
Floyd | too quick to see, and the bang almost struck the air out of your lungs
Floyd | and made your ears go beep.
Floyd |
Floyd | You still remember the moment when you realized that Martians weren't
Floyd | tentacled monsters: they were human beings just like you and your
Floyd | parents. Humans, who just wanted to live free. That's what they got,
Floyd | thanks to one stupid kid. The loss of Astro City one was a huge blow
Floyd | to the Earth Alliance, and it turned the tide of the war. In three
Floyd | months there was a peace treaty, and Mars had seceded, leaving Earth
Floyd | with the burden of reparations for the long years of interplanetary
Floyd | war.
Floyd |
Floyd | All because of one stupid little kid, who wanted to become a rocket
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		maga says, "***You have won***"
		TheXenographer says, "well that was a downer"
		DavidW says, "hm, I suspect that's not the only ending."
		DavidW says, "But it seems unlikely there's gonna be a great ending for everyone."
		eu nods.
		DavidW asks, "It seems we missed a few things, like if he hid in the equipment shack, if we told him about the vest instead of the boat, if he hid in the outbuilding, do we ever get into the radio room?"
		eu says, "That's true."
		eu says, "But I'm probably going to call it quits now; we've been here some time."
		eu says, "Thanks everyone! I'll look for the transcript later in case people keep playing."
eu departs. 		DavidW says, "I can stop here too."
		TheXenographer says, "Yeah, I'm done."
		DavidW says, "good game, everyone."
		DavidW says (to maga), "Thanks for the hintage."
		TheXenographer says, "It was nice to be back at CF"
		maga says (to DW), "no problem"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		TheXenographer says, "It's been... mabye months since I last made one."
		Ellison says, "good show, all"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Foggywood Hijinx by TextFeather, Inc. (aka Ivan Cockrum)
As played on ifMUD on June 24, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Foggywood Hijinx written by TextFeather, Inc. (aka Ivan Cockrum). Foggywood Hijinx was originally released was released as part of two competitions: Adam Cadre's Chicken Comp and Lucian Smith's First Ever (And Maybe The Only) Interactive Fiction Mini-Competition. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load foggywood" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Poor Uncle Foggy.  He was the best guardian any kid could ever ask for.
Floyd | After your parents died in that freak waterbed accident, Uncle Foggy
Floyd | practically raised you and your twin sister Winnie.  You grew up in his
Floyd | home full of wacky inventions - practical jokes for all occasions.
Floyd | Uncle Foggy was a prankster, no two ways about it.  It's only been a
Floyd | couple of years since you and Winnie left for college.  Since then
Floyd | you've spoken far too infrequently.  When you last spoke, Uncle Foggy
Floyd | rambled on and on about some ultimate practical joke, but you had a
Floyd | class on gallinaceous theology to get to.
Floyd |
Floyd | You and Winnie pull in to Foggywood Estate in your beaten-up coupe.
Floyd | The white picket gate swings quietly shut behind you as you kill the
Floyd | engine.  Unfortunately your relatives, the Barnevelders from Rhode
Floyd | Island, have also just arrived.  Uncle Orpington and Aunt Lamona are
Floyd | just climbing out of their gleaming black sedan, while your cousin
Floyd | 'Red' sits in his ridiculous monster truck and leans on the horn, which
Floyd | blares an ear splitting rendition of 'La Cucharacha.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a very auspicious way to kick off the reading of Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | will, is it?
Floyd |
Floyd | Foggywood Hijinx Release 2
Floyd | (Type "about" for more information)
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1998 by TextFeather, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Floyd | Created for Adam Cadre's Chicken Comp and Lucian Smith's Mini-Comp.
Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Lawn
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's front lawn teeters just on the border of ill-kempt,
Floyd | though no one specific flaw draws attention.  The three vehicles parked
Floyd | on the lawn fail to aid its appearance.  Uncle Foggy's home, Foggywood
Floyd | Manor, lies to the north, while the gate through which you entered
Floyd | rests back to the south.  Though you can't see it over the hedges, you
Floyd | know that beyond the gate and across the road lies the ramshackle cabin
Floyd | that Uncle Foggy called his lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barnevelders are here, standing by the front door with you and
Floyd | Winnie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fhtest" 		

Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | File to restore game from >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fhtest" 		

Floyd | Restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Lawn
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's front lawn teeters just on the border of ill-kempt,
Floyd | though no one specific flaw draws attention.  The three vehicles parked
Floyd | on the lawn fail to aid its appearance.  Uncle Foggy's home, Foggywood
Floyd | Manor, lies to the north, while the gate through which you entered
Floyd | rests back to the south.  Though you can't see it over the hedges, you
Floyd | know that beyond the gate and across the road lies the ramshackle cabin
Floyd | that Uncle Foggy called his lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barnevelders are here, standing by the front door with you and
Floyd | Winnie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Possibly ok?"
		vimes says, "good, good"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barnevelders glare haughtily at you and Winnie as you all wait for
Floyd | admittance to Uncle Foggy's house.  Not a word passes between the two
Floyd | factions. So far as you know, the Barnevelders have never even visited
Floyd | Foggywood before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		vimes says, "i'll retest sleepmask later - t2 games just don't come up all that often these days"
		inky says, "oops, sorry, thanks for covering for me"
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | None too soon, the front door is opened, revealing Mr.  Dorkings, Uncle
Floyd | Foggy's solicitor.  A dour man in black who rarely smiles, you've never
Floyd | quite trusted Dorkings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mm," is all Dorkings has to say in greeting.  "You've all arrived.
Floyd | Good.  We can begin right away.  Please follow me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		vimes says (to inky), "no problem"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x winnie" 		

Floyd | Your sister Wyandotte 'Winnie' Langshan has been your steady companion
Floyd | since birth.  The two of you have never been separated, and share an
Floyd | almost psychic bond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You and your relatives dutifully troop into the house after Dorkings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's foyer is tastefully decorated, even if the blue hen
Floyd | wallpaper does seem a bit queer.  Passages from the foyer lead off in
Floyd | many directions, but your only business here today is in the study to
Floyd | the east.  The walls are adorned with glossy photos taken around Uncle
Floyd | Foggy's favorite travel destination.  Nailed to a chest-high post is a
Floyd | stuffed bird, eternally caught in its morning salutation to the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barnevelders are here, waiting to be admitted into the study with
Floyd | you and Winnie.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We will be adjourning in the study for the reading of...  " He breaks
Floyd | off in mid-sentence and cocks his head towards the study.  You listen
Floyd | carefully, and hear what sounds like polite applause.  Dorkings turns
Floyd | back to all of you and says, "Mm.  Please wait here while I ensure that
Floyd | all is in readiness," before disappearing into the study.
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd, you think.  Knowing Dorkings, he would have checked and double
Floyd | checked everything long before your arrival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dorkings" 		

Floyd | I don't see any dorkings here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x photos" 		

Floyd | Lush photos of the Sun Pyramid taken around Chi-chen Itza.  Uncle Foggy
Floyd | claimed to have held great admiration for the builders of the pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a brief moment you hear rising voices.  Well, one voice anyway.
Floyd | Dorkings' tone never rises or falls, but the other voice sounds like...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs.  Faverolles, the cook, storms out of the study, slamming the door
Floyd | against the wall.  You can see from her complexion that she's at full
Floyd | broil.  Ignoring your party, she whirls around and hurls a string of
Floyd | incomprehensible French epithets towards the study, waving a sauce
Floyd | spattered spoon in one hammy fist.  Her other hand clenches a saucepan
Floyd | full of some rich burgundy sauce.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, he left."
		phoenix says, "not Chicken Itza? disappointing"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sauce" 		

Floyd | It's full of some rich, burgundy colored sauce.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs.  Faverolles storms off toward the kitchen, still raging.  Once the
Floyd | noise of her passage has quieted, Dorkings gestures your party into the
Floyd | study.
Floyd |
Floyd | You and your relatives shuffle inside and take seats at opposite sides
Floyd | of the room.  You and Winnie fill out the love seat, while the
Floyd | Barnevelders perch like chicken hawks on the matching sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | Light from the outside streams in through the closed window,
Floyd | illuminating Uncle Foggy's comfortably cluttered study.  It's full of
Floyd | interesting odds and ends, not the least of which is the trophy mounted
Floyd | on the wall above the desk.  Many were the times that you and Winnie
Floyd | would climb the bookshelves in search of written treasure, and then
Floyd | spread out by the fireplace with your latest finds.  For more dexterous
Floyd | pleasures, there was the carton of assorted works in progress Uncle
Floyd | Foggy usually kept beneath his desk.  If nothing else appealed,
Floyd | sneaking maraschino cherries from the bar was always good for a few
Floyd | giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barnevelders are here, seated on the couch across from you and
Floyd | Winnie, while Mr.  Dorkings stands beside the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that an integrated television/video player has been set up
Floyd | on Uncle Foggy's desk, about where Uncle Foggy would be if he were
Floyd | presiding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x bird" 		

Floyd | I don't see any bird here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it's probably unnecessary to point out Barnevelder and Faverolles are breeds of chicken"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trophy" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) is an enormous, furry buffalo
Floyd | head with thick horns mounted as far apart as a broad man's shoulders.
Floyd | As you know, it rests on a tightly coiled spring, and launches forward
Floyd | at the touch of a button hidden on the desk.  Uncle Foggy favored using
Floyd | the device on unsolicited salesmen and IRS auditors.  He would seat
Floyd | them before the desk, wait until they were deeply engrossed in
Floyd | business, and then...  SPROI-OI-OING!  The huge head would lunge
Floyd | towards them at high velocity while Uncle Foggy screamed, "It's still
Floyd | alive!  Run!  For the love of God, RUN!"  Then he'd cackle hysterically
Floyd | as they tripped over themselves in their rush for the door.  Needless
Floyd | to say, victims of this prank rarely returned.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment more.  Mm," says Dorkings, as he turns to the
Floyd | television.  Your mind wanders, and you find yourself focusing on the
Floyd | Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) mounted on the wall behind Uncle
Floyd | Foggy's desk.  It was one of Uncle Foggy's funniest inventions, a
Floyd | terrific source of amusement.  Well, for everyone but the unlucky
Floyd | victims, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I didn't know that."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dorkings" 		

Floyd | Dorkings was Uncle Foggy's solicitor.  A dour man in black who rarely
Floyd | smiles, you've never quite trusted him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mm, here we are."  Dorkings steps aside as the television springs to
Floyd | life.  And there on the screen, real as life but only half as dead, is
Floyd | Uncle Foggy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetin's, family," begins your deceased uncle.  "Ah suppose, Ah say,
Floyd | Ah suppose you're all wondering why Ah've gathered you here today."
Floyd | Uncle Foggy pauses for an expectant moment, while the Barnevelders
Floyd | glare dispassionately.  Winnie rolls her eyes, though at Uncle Foggy or
Floyd | the Barnevelders, you're not sure.  "Haw haw!  It's a joke, son!  Ah
Floyd | made a funny!  Get it?  Ah'm too fast for you!  Gotta keep up, son!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the love seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh, Foghorn."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get up" 		

Floyd | It would be disrespectful to go wandering before the reading is over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you all know, Ah've made, Ah say, Ah've made a bunch of dough -
Floyd | that's SAWbucks, boy - off my inventions.  Now Ah've gotta figure out
Floyd | who gets it."  Uncle Foggy stares out of the screen for a moment before
Floyd | continuing.  "Well Ah won't do it, y'hear!  Never was any good at this
Floyd | family stuff, and Ah'm not going to start playing favorites now.
Floyd | Instead, Ah'm leavin' it, Ah say, Ah'm leavin' it up to you all!"  You
Floyd | and Winnie and the Barnevelders exchange quizzical glances, but no one
Floyd | speaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh goodie."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Foggy rolls on.  "What Ah propose, Ah say what Ah PROPOSE is a
Floyd | challenge. And the ones who best know me and my ways, well, they're
Floyd | gonna come out ahead."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington leaps angrily to his feet and shouts, "What new
Floyd | foolishness is this!"  Aunt Lamona spears him with a withering glance,
Floyd | and he reluctantly reseats himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now Orpy, by now Ah expect you're gettin' pretty riled up," says Uncle
Floyd | Foggy with frightening prescience.  "Well them's the breaks!  The
Floyd | breaks, Ah say!  Maybe if you'd ever taken favor on my work, things'd
Floyd | be different now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear nothing out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Contest goes like, Ah say, contest goes like this!  Ah've scattered
Floyd | ten of my inventions around, Ah say, all 'round my estate.  Dorkings
Floyd | here will give you all a list.  The one o' you who finds the most
Floyd | number of things on the list gets it, Ah say gets it ALL!  The house,
Floyd | the money, and most importantly...  Dorkings?  Ain't you ready yet,
Floyd | suh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, mm.  Yes."  Dorkings retrieves a black shammy sack from the desk
Floyd | and loosens the cord binding it shut.  Reaching inside, he pulls out a
Floyd | matte black pyramidal object with a small switch at its apex.  You jerk
Floyd | instinctively as Dorkings fumbles with the strange object.  Everything
Floyd | slows as you watch it tumble to the ground with inexplicable dread.  It
Floyd | lands on the shag rug with a faint but sickening 'click.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the world seems larger.  You look to Winnie for help only to
Floyd | find...  a chicken!  Staring back at you is a perfectly normal white
Floyd | crested hen!  You look around.  Oh, no.  Where once stood Mr.  Dorkings
Floyd | and your relations, now you see only chickens.  A long moment of
Floyd | stunned silence follows, as the room's occupants glance around
Floyd | nervously at each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The silence is broken by Uncle Foggy's booming voice.  "You got it yet
Floyd | Dorkings?  Good.  Now, what you got here is my latest invention.  The
Floyd | ultimate, Ah say, the ULTIMATE practical joke!  Great at parties!
Floyd | It'll make a million, if my name isn't Fogarth Barnevelder!  And the
Floyd | one of you all to bring back the most items on my list, gets it!  And
Floyd | that's, Ah say, that's IT!  Dorkings, you can stop this consarned thing
Floyd | any time now.  My, Ah say, my job here is done."
Floyd |
Floyd | As the implications of the situation sink in, there is a sudden tidal
Floyd | swell of panic.  Someone - Aunt Lamona?  Cousin Red?  - leaps from
Floyd | their perch and sets up a dreadful squawking.  Soon, the room is full
Floyd | of squawking, screaching birds running in panicked circles, feathers
Floyd | flying everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lol"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x carton" 		

Floyd | The greasy, worn carton was Uncle Foggy's hobby box - full of spare
Floyd | bits and pieces and small works in progress.  The grubby flaps are
Floyd | closed, hiding whatever stray parts Uncle Foggy left behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cacophany is broken by a sudden click as loud as the hammer of a
Floyd | revolver.  Uncle Foggy's tape rolls to a stop and automatically starts
Floyd | rewinding.  With the tape's feed gone, the television reverts to
Floyd | receiving broadcast signal.  All eyes focus on the television as a
Floyd | recognizeable human figure appears, a woman in an apron standing behind
Floyd | a counter covered with neatly placed cooking utensils.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Charles," says Julia Childs.  "Now that our burgundy sauce
Floyd | is chilling and the hen's organs have been removed, we can proceed to
Floyd | stewing the guts and gizzards."  Suddenly your attention is drawn to a
Floyd | furious pounding at the study door.  Oh no - it must be the cook
Floyd | wanting to watch her program!
Floyd |
Floyd | "SQUAWK!"  The panic renews with increased fury as your crazed
Floyd | relatives hurl themselves in shrieking clouds of feathers at every
Floyd | surface in the room.  Well, it looks like its up to you and Winnie to
Floyd | figure out how to reverse Uncle Foggy's joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is busy shoving her entire forearm up
Floyd | some poor chicken's posterior.  How humiliating!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open carton" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the carton from the love seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red - at least you think it's Red - clambers up onto the sofa and crows
Floyd | at the top of his scrawny little lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "get up" 		

Floyd | You hop down out of the love seat and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open carton" 		

Floyd | Opening the carton reveals the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hedge helpers" 		

Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) extend a gardener's reach while
Floyd | trimming tall hedges.  They clamp on to the shoulders at one end, and
Floyd | end in a pair of articulated rubber hands at the other.  The hands
Floyd | operate a second pair of shears, mimicking the operator's own hands,
Floyd | doubling both his reach and his efficiency.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) are another of Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | inventions.  Being the recluse he was, he liked his hedges TALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cousin Red mistakenly runs into Aunt Lamona - she raises a great squawk
Floyd | and pecks Red viciously in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "list".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take helpers" 		

Floyd | You snatch an end of the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) up in your beak.
Floyd | Though quite bulky, they're light enough that you can drag them around
Floyd | single...  er...  beakedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never tasted human flesh," says Julia, "but I hear it tastes just
Floyd | like Chicken!  Doesn't THAT make you want to pat your tummies and say
Floyd | yummy yummy, viewers?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Study, on the floor
Floyd | Light from the outside streams in through the closed window,
Floyd | illuminating Uncle Foggy's comfortably cluttered study.  It's full of
Floyd | interesting odds and ends, not the least of which is the trophy mounted
Floyd | on the wall above the desk.  Many were the times that you and Winnie
Floyd | would climb the bookshelves in search of written treasure, and then
Floyd | spread out by the fireplace with your latest finds.  For more dexterous
Floyd | pleasures, there was the carton of assorted works in progress Uncle
Floyd | Foggy usually kept beneath his desk.  If nothing else appealed,
Floyd | sneaking maraschino cherries from the bar was always good for a few
Floyd | giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is filled with chickens, running in crazy circles and bounding
Floyd | off the furniture and each other.  Resting off to one side of the room
Floyd | is Uncle Foggy's ultimate practical joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, an audience member asks Julia if she uses free range
Floyd | chickens.  "Free range!"  she shouts cheerfully.  "Gas range is more
Floyd | like it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Is there a place to drop this stuff so no one else steals it?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Shall we go cut up the hedges? :)"
borowski says (to floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | Uncle Foggy's desk is a great monolith of mahogany, with drawers of all
Floyd | sizes and shapes on virtually every face.  Even though Uncle Foggy did
Floyd | most of his work in his lab, the desk's surface is still scarred from
Floyd | his constant tinkering.  As you know, Uncle Foggy usually kept a carton
Floyd | of assorted parts beneath the desk for idle moments.  Sitting on the
Floyd | center of the desk is a television set.  At one corner, you see Uncle
Floyd | Foggy's Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon Dispenser (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eye is inevitably drawn to the massive Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending) hanging heavily far up on on the wall overhead which, as you
Floyd | know, is activated by a hidden button on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I think they're probably too busy running in circles to steal anything"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if anyone will steal anything."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pyramid" 		

Floyd | Uncle Foggy's Super Funky Chickenizer (pat.  pending) is a matte black
Floyd | pyramid with a small switch at its apex.  You dearly hope Uncle Foggy
Floyd | left his development notes, or a reversion device, in his lab across
Floyd | the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dispenser" 		

Floyd | Uncle Foggy often liked to make elaborate balloon animals for favored
Floyd | visitors, and the Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon Dispenser (pat.
Floyd | pending) is another of his inventions.  It's in the shape of a small
Floyd | elephant statuette with raised trunk.  Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal
Floyd | Balloons (pat.  pending) are dispensed from the elephant's open mouth.
Floyd | Yank out one and another takes its place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Once we're done with our coq au vin," says Julia Childs, "we'll move
Floyd | on to a lovely chicken divan recipe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending)
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the hidden button from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible pounding resumes briefly as Mrs.  Faverolles makes another
Floyd | attempt at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | You flap your wings edgily, glancing from desk to sill to shelves to
Floyd | bar, looking for something to hop up onto.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible pounding resumes briefly as Mrs.  Faverolles makes another
Floyd | attempt at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) zooms off the wall with a
Floyd | resounding SPROI-OI-OING.  Cousin Red, standing in the center of the
Floyd | room, leaps with bulging eyes from the path of the charging trophy.
Floyd | The trophy jerks to a sudden stop about three feet off the ground, in
Floyd | front of the desk.  A moment later, the head snaps back to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess there's multiple places for 'up'"
		borowski says, "I guess we could have gotten back on the love seat."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on bar" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | Uncle Foggy's desk is a great monolith of mahogany, with drawers of all
Floyd | sizes and shapes on virtually every face.  Even though Uncle Foggy did
Floyd | most of his work in his lab, the desk's surface is still scarred from
Floyd | his constant tinkering.  As you know, Uncle Foggy usually kept a carton
Floyd | of assorted parts beneath the desk for idle moments.  Sitting on the
Floyd | center of the desk is a television set.  At one corner, you see Uncle
Floyd | Foggy's Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon Dispenser (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eye is inevitably drawn to the massive Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending) hanging heavily far up on on the wall overhead which, as you
Floyd | know, is activated by a hidden button on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for tuning in," says Julia Childs.  "I know you'll just LOVE
Floyd | our all day long chicken recipe-athon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the desk and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs mercilessly pounds the carcass of some
Floyd | poor disemboweled fowl with a - gulp - meat tenderizer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on bar" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd | Though not a habitual drinker, Uncle Foggy always kept a stocked bar.
Floyd | As kids, you and Winnie often had fun sneaking olives and maraschino
Floyd | cherries.  However, it looks like all of the condiments, along with the
Floyd | booze and glasses, have been locked away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the surface of the bar is one of Uncle Foggy's Rainbow Wacky
Floyd | Straws (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Boo."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x straws" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "straws".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x straws" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "straws".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x straw" 		

Floyd | Another of Uncle Foggy's inventions, the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending) was developed with you and Winnie in mind.  It's a ludicrously
Floyd | long flexible straw that randomly changes the color of liquids that
Floyd | pass through it.  You and Winnie used to enjoy drinking Shirley Temples
Floyd | from across the room, watching as the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending) turned the drink from cherry cola red to lime rickey green to
Floyd | tang orange.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for tuning in," says Julia Childs.  "I know you'll just LOVE
Floyd | our all day long chicken recipe-athon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take straw" 		

Floyd | You can only carry one thing at a time in your beak.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible pounding resumes briefly as Mrs.  Faverolles makes another
Floyd | attempt at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd | Tall wooden shelves tower over Uncle Foggy's desk on either side,
Floyd | drawing attention to the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending), mounted
Floyd | prominently on the wall between them.  The shelves are crammed with
Floyd | books of all ages and subjects, though there's probably little on them
Floyd | that hasn't been read by you or Winnie.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know," says Julia as she strips the flesh off some poor dead bird,
Floyd | "the thing I like about these Purdue chickens is how nice and easily
Floyd | the skins slide off.  I guess it's true what they say.  It really DOES
Floyd | take a tough man to make a tender chicken."  Julia's audience laughs
Floyd | politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | A plain, white-framed, four-panel window that looks out on the front
Floyd | lawn.  There's a small knot, about the diameter of your fingertip (the
Floyd | kind you used to have) at the base of the frame where it meets the
Floyd | sill.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I once killed a chicken just to watch it die," says Julia Childs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x knot" 		

Floyd | It's a small knot just at the very bottom of the frame, about large
Floyd | enough to allow a pencil or a pinky finger between the frame and the
Floyd | sill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pulls a long strand of fiber from the carpet.  Cousin
Floyd | Red jealously tries to snatch it away, and a tug-of-war ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stick beak in knot" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "beak".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "peck at knot" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "straw, probably"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop helpers" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs mercilessly pounds the carcass of some
Floyd | poor disemboweled fowl with a - gulp - meat tenderizer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take straw" 		

Floyd | You snatch the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) up in your beak like
Floyd | a long wriggly worm.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put straw in knot" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "wait, what's a "knot", a sort of hole?"
		inky says, "or, uh, maybe a balloon and then you inflate it"
		inky says, "yah"
		DavidW says, "Or something to help open the window."
		DavidW says, "A knot is a hole in wood, yes."
		inky | [LINK]
		inky says, "(but sometimes that round part can have fallen/been pushed out)"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get on sill" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the bar and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get on sill" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is busy shoving her entire forearm up
Floyd | some poor chicken's posterior.  How humiliating!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push knot" 		

Floyd | Pushing the knot doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I once killed a chicken just to watch it die," says Julia Childs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put straw in knot" 		

Floyd | You slide one end of the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) into the
Floyd | knot in the frame.  Unfortunately, it's a loose fit, and the Rainbow
Floyd | Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) slides out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know," says Julia as she strips the flesh off some poor dead bird,
Floyd | "the thing I like about these Purdue chickens is how nice and easily
Floyd | the skins slide off.  I guess it's true what they say.  It really DOES
Floyd | take a tough man to make a tender chicken."  Julia's audience laughs
Floyd | politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd | It's far too heavy too open by chicken power alone, so you motion
Floyd | Winnie over, slam your chicken-twin power-rings together and squawk,
Floyd | "Chicken-Twin Power ACTIVATE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Or not.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Hint:  that's the puzzle, doofus.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh"
		DavidW says, "ha Chicken-Twin Power"
		DavidW asks, "I think we need the equivalent of a crowbar for the window sill knot. Maybe a pencil?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the windowsill and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs cracks an egg into a bowl, whips it
Floyd | into a light batter, and then drops eviscerated chicken parts into it.
Floyd | "Well," says Julia, "I guess that answers the question of which came
Floyd | first!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on shelves" 		

Floyd | You slowly, laboriously climb the bookshelf, one shelf at a time, claw
Floyd | over beak over claw.  Eventually you reach the top.  You look around
Floyd | and find yourself at a level with the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never tasted human flesh," says Julia, "but I hear it tastes just
Floyd | like Chicken!  Doesn't THAT make you want to pat your tummies and say
Floyd | yummy yummy, viewers?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x buffalo" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) is an enormous, furry buffalo
Floyd | head with thick horns mounted as far apart as a broad man's shoulders.
Floyd | As you know, it rests on a tightly coiled spring, and launches forward
Floyd | at the touch of a button hidden on the desk.  Uncle Foggy favored using
Floyd | the device on unsolicited salesmen and IRS auditors.  He would seat
Floyd | them before the desk, wait until they were deeply engrossed in
Floyd | business, and then...  SPROI-OI-OING!  The huge head would lunge
Floyd | towards them at high velocity while Uncle Foggy screamed, "It's still
Floyd | alive!  Run!  For the love of God, RUN!"  Then he'd cackle hysterically
Floyd | as they tripped over themselves in their rush for the door.  Needless
Floyd | to say, victims of this prank rarely returned.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on buffalo" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs drops one of the hens she is preparing.
Floyd | "Oh, too bad," she says, "Looks like that little chicky flew the coop!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "winnie, get on desk" 		

Floyd | You let out an unintelligible squawk, failing to communicate your
Floyd | order.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cousin Red mistakenly runs into Aunt Lamona - she raises a great squawk
Floyd | and pecks Red viciously in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so I guess we are missing an item somewhere"
inky says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd | The Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending), a long, thin
Floyd | balloon of the variety used to make balloon animals, is another of
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's inventions.  Uncle Foggy was endlessly fond of making
Floyd | balloon animals for guests, but equally frustrated at their short
Floyd | life-span and tendancy to burst.  So he took vulcanization a step
Floyd | further with Uncle Foggy's Foggyized Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon
Floyd | Rubber (pat.  pending)!
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never tasted human flesh," says Julia, "but I hear it tastes just
Floyd | like Chicken!  Doesn't THAT make you want to pat your tummies and say
Floyd | yummy yummy, viewers?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "So, what? We want to open the window, and go for a ride on the buffalo head?"
		DavidW asks, "Is there a desk drawer?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "x drawer" 		

Floyd | Drawers of all sizes and shape fill Uncle Foggy's desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the drawers from the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Not sure we can open anything."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) and flutter
Floyd | to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we find the papers mentioned?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Once we're done with our coq au vin," says Julia Childs, "we'll move
Floyd | on to a lovely chicken divan recipe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open draw" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "draw".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd | Your new body hasn't got the power to open the heavy wooden drawers.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs cracks an egg into a bowl, whips it
Floyd | into a light batter, and then drops eviscerated chicken parts into it.
Floyd | "Well," says Julia, "I guess that answers the question of which came
Floyd | first!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x ballon" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "ballon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd | You can only carry one thing at a time in your beak.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs drops one of the hens she is preparing.
Floyd | "Oh, too bad," she says, "Looks like that little chicky flew the coop!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop straw" 		

Floyd | The Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) slides off the desk to the
Floyd | study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pulls a long strand of fiber from the carpet.  Cousin
Floyd | Red jealously tries to snatch it away, and a tug-of-war ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd | You grab hold of the long, stringy Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon
Floyd | (pat.  pending) with your beak and pull until it flaps free of the
Floyd | Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon Dispenser (pat.  pending).  You
Floyd | discover that it is the last one in the dispenser, something that
Floyd | leaves you with a queer sense of melancholy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs mercilessly pounds the carcass of some
Floyd | poor disemboweled fowl with a - gulp - meat tenderizer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "tie balloon to drawer" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "tie".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put balloon in knot" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "put the straw in the balloon?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put straw in balloon" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Why isn't the straw on the desk?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the desk and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red - at least you think it's Red - clambers up onto the sofa and crows
Floyd | at the top of his scrawny little lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put straw in balloon" 		

Floyd | You slide the mouth of the Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.
Floyd | pending) over the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | "Later on the program," says Julia Childs, "I'll show you how to feed a
Floyd | family of four even if your man is bringing home chicken feed!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on sill" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The formerly dour Mr.  Dorkings makes for a peculiar sight as he
Floyd | rebounds off your uncle's desk, leaving a trail of black feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put balloon in knot" 		

Floyd | You cram the balloon-covered end of the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending) into the knot, then, gripping it with your beak, shove the
Floyd | Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending) as far into the knot
Floyd | as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cousin Red mistakenly runs into Aunt Lamona - she raises a great squawk
Floyd | and pecks Red viciously in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay"
		DavidW asks, "Inflate the baloon to open the window?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "inflate baloon" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "baloon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon" 		

Floyd | You have no lips and you must blow.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lol"
borowski says (to floyd), "blow in straw" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Is there a fireplace bellows here?"
borowski says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Study, on the windowsill
Floyd | Light from the outside streams in through the closed window,
Floyd | illuminating Uncle Foggy's comfortably cluttered study.  It's full of
Floyd | interesting odds and ends, not the least of which is the trophy mounted
Floyd | on the wall above the desk.  Many were the times that you and Winnie
Floyd | would climb the bookshelves in search of written treasure, and then
Floyd | spread out by the fireplace with your latest finds.  For more dexterous
Floyd | pleasures, there was the carton of assorted works in progress Uncle
Floyd | Foggy usually kept beneath his desk.  If nothing else appealed,
Floyd | sneaking maraschino cherries from the bar was always good for a few
Floyd | giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is filled with chickens, running in crazy circles and bounding
Floyd | off the furniture and each other.  Resting off to one side of the room
Floyd | is Uncle Foggy's ultimate practical joke.  Sitting on the bar is the
Floyd | Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd | You and Winnie used to spend many cold days bundled up by the charming
Floyd | old brick fireplace, with good books and hot chocolate, the latter
Floyd | preferably drunken through one of Uncle Foggy's Wacky Rainbow Straws
Floyd | (pat.  pending).  Standing to one side of the fireplace is an
Floyd | assortment of brass pokers and an old bellows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(bellows is the traditional tool for inflating things when you can't do it directly)"
borowski says (to floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the windowsill and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "take bellows" 		

Floyd | Realizing that you can't use the bellows in its current position, you
Floyd | try to topple it from its upright position by the fireplace.  It
Floyd | budges, but just barely.  Winnie, comprehending your efforts, lends a
Floyd | beak to assist.  Working together, you manage to pull the bellows down
Floyd | to the ground and drag it to the center of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I once killed a chicken just to watch it die," says Julia Childs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "take bellows" 		

Floyd | Winnie gives you a light peck as if to say "Don't be a little chicken
Floyd | shit.  I'm not helping you move that again."
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs cracks an egg into a bowl, whips it
Floyd | into a light batter, and then drops eviscerated chicken parts into it.
Floyd | "Well," says Julia, "I guess that answers the question of which came
Floyd | first!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put straw in bellows" 		

Floyd | You hold the straw firmly in beak and cram it as far into the tube of
Floyd | the bellows as it will go.  The straw fits snugly inside the tube,
Floyd | forming a solid connection.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Later today," says Julia Childs, "we'll be demonstrating how to
Floyd | perform emergency liver transplant surgery on your house pets using
Floyd | chicken liver!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pulls a long strand of fiber from the carpet.  Cousin
Floyd | Red jealously tries to snatch it away, and a tug-of-war ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can the straw be attached to the bellows from here?"
		DavidW says, "er, from where the bellows is, I meant"
		phoenix says, "I think its attached to both the bellows and the balloon end in window atm"
borowski says (to floyd), "x straw" 		

Floyd | Another of Uncle Foggy's inventions, the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending) was developed with you and Winnie in mind.  It's a ludicrously
Floyd | long flexible straw that randomly changes the color of liquids that
Floyd | pass through it.  You and Winnie used to enjoy drinking Shirley Temples
Floyd | from across the room, watching as the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending) turned the drink from cherry cola red to lime rickey green to
Floyd | tang orange.
Floyd |
Floyd | One end of the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.  pending) is inserted into the
Floyd | bellows, while the other is inserted into the Super-Bendy
Floyd | Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending) and crammed into the knot in the
Floyd | window.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we somehow turn off the tv?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) zooms off the wall with a
Floyd | resounding SPROI-OI-OING.  The trophy jerks to a sudden stop about
Floyd | three feet off the ground, in front of the desk, and just above the
Floyd | bellows lying in the middle of the room.  Aunt Lamona, standing near
Floyd | the bellows, leaps with bulging eyes from the path of the charging
Floyd | trophy.  A moment later, the head snaps back to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "turn off tv" 		

Floyd | As much as you would love to end Ms.  Childs' depredations, the
Floyd | television seems to be chicken-proof.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Damn. Missed"
borowski says (to floyd), "jump on bellows" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the bellows from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Later today," says Julia Childs, "we'll be demonstrating how to
Floyd | perform emergency liver transplant surgery on your house pets using
Floyd | chicken liver!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can't we just jump onto the bellows?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the desk and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs sneaks a sip of sherry from a bottle
Floyd | beneath the counter.  You hear the word 'cirrhosis' shouted from among
Floyd | the audience, to which Julia responds "Oh, pish tosh.  There's nothing
Floyd | wrong with MY liver that a little CHICKEN liver won't cure!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on bellows" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to get on the bellows.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on sill" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "jump on bellows" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the bellows from the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the windowsill and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pulls a long strand of fiber from the carpet.  Cousin
Floyd | Red jealously tries to snatch it away, and a tug-of-war ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "jump on bellows" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to jump the bellows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible pounding resumes briefly as Mrs.  Faverolles makes another
Floyd | attempt at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pump bellows" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "pump".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x bellows" 		

Floyd | It's an ordinary bellows, lying in the middle of the room in front of
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's desk.  Two bits of tapered wood are joined by an
Floyd | accordion-like sleeve. Pulling the handle out fills it with air;
Floyd | squeezing them together expels the air.  You and Winnie used to use
Floyd | enjoy using this particular bellows to inflate Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloons (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Attached to the tube of the bellows is one of Uncle Foggy's Rainbow
Floyd | Wacky Straws (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs cracks an egg into a bowl, whips it
Floyd | into a light batter, and then drops eviscerated chicken parts into it.
Floyd | "Well," says Julia, "I guess that answers the question of which came
Floyd | first!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "pull handle" 		

Floyd | Winnie gives you a light peck as if to say "Don't be a little chicken
Floyd | shit.  I'm not helping you move that again."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "squeeze bellows" 		

Floyd | As a chicken, you don't have the muscle (or the hands, for that matter)
Floyd | to squeeze the bellows.  Oh, if only you had hands again!
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know," says Julia as she strips the flesh off some poor dead bird,
Floyd | "the thing I like about these Purdue chickens is how nice and easily
Floyd | the skins slide off.  I guess it's true what they say.  It really DOES
Floyd | take a tough man to make a tender chicken."  Julia's audience laughs
Floyd | politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "pull out handle" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "pull handle out" 		

Floyd | There are words after your command I couldn't use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Is the reason that the buffalo head missed hitting the bellows because the bellows isn't high enough; I'm not sure what we're aiming for."
		phoenix says, "yeah, it went over the bellows"
		DavidW asks, "like, do we need a teeter-totter sort of plank?"
		phoenix says, "we have the shears thingy"
		phoenix asks, "where'd we leave it?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on bar" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pecks at the carpet as if looking for worms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take helper" 		

Floyd | You snatch an end of the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) up in your beak.
Floyd | Though quite bulky, they're light enough that you can drag them around
Floyd | single...  er...  beakedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is busy shoving her entire forearm up
Floyd | some poor chicken's posterior.  How humiliating!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect we'll need the shears for the hedges outside."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the bar and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs mercilessly pounds the carcass of some
Floyd | poor disemboweled fowl with a - gulp - meat tenderizer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x helper" 		

Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) extend a gardener's reach while
Floyd | trimming tall hedges.  They clamp on to the shoulders at one end, and
Floyd | end in a pair of articulated rubber hands at the other.  The hands
Floyd | operate a second pair of shears, mimicking the operator's own hands,
Floyd | doubling both his reach and his efficiency.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) are another of Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | inventions.  Being the recluse he was, he liked his hedges TALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | "On next week's program," says Julia Childs, "I'll be showing you how
Floyd | to make chicken-fried chicken!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "clamp bellows" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "clamp".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put helpers on bellows" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red - at least you think it's Red - clambers up onto the sofa and crows
Floyd | at the top of his scrawny little lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x bellows" 		

Floyd | It's an ordinary bellows, lying in the middle of the room in front of
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's desk.  Two bits of tapered wood are joined by an
Floyd | accordion-like sleeve. Pulling the handle out fills it with air;
Floyd | squeezing them together expels the air.  You and Winnie used to use
Floyd | enjoy using this particular bellows to inflate Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloons (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Attached to the tube of the bellows is one of Uncle Foggy's Rainbow
Floyd | Wacky Straws (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for tuning in," says Julia Childs.  "I know you'll just LOVE
Floyd | our all day long chicken recipe-athon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "doesn't seem to be attached"
borowski says (to floyd), "x helper" 		

Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) extend a gardener's reach while
Floyd | trimming tall hedges.  They clamp on to the shoulders at one end, and
Floyd | end in a pair of articulated rubber hands at the other.  The hands
Floyd | operate a second pair of shears, mimicking the operator's own hands,
Floyd | doubling both his reach and his efficiency.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) are another of Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | inventions.  Being the recluse he was, he liked his hedges TALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible pounding resumes briefly as Mrs.  Faverolles makes another
Floyd | attempt at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but if it's sitting on top of the bellows maybe the buffalo can hit it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is busy shoving her entire forearm up
Floyd | some poor chicken's posterior.  How humiliating!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) zooms off the wall with a
Floyd | resounding SPROI-OI-OING.  The trophy jerks to a sudden stop about
Floyd | three feet off the ground, in front of the desk, and just above the
Floyd | bellows lying in the middle of the room.  Mr.  Dorkings, standing near
Floyd | the bellows, leaps with bulging eyes from the path of the charging
Floyd | trophy.  A moment later, the head snaps back to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, an audience member asks Julia if she uses free range
Floyd | chickens.  "Free range!"  she shouts cheerfully.  "Gas range is more
Floyd | like it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear helpers" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The formerly dour Mr.  Dorkings makes for a peculiar sight as he
Floyd | rebounds off your uncle's desk, leaving a trail of black feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the desk and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for tuning in," says Julia Childs.  "I know you'll just LOVE
Floyd | our all day long chicken recipe-athon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear helpers" 		

Floyd | The Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) weren't designed to mount on small
Floyd | fowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take helpers" 		

Floyd | You snatch an end of the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) up in your beak.
Floyd | Though quite bulky, they're light enough that you can drag them around
Floyd | single...  er...  beakedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know," says Julia as she strips the flesh off some poor dead bird,
Floyd | "the thing I like about these Purdue chickens is how nice and easily
Floyd | the skins slide off.  I guess it's true what they say.  It really DOES
Floyd | take a tough man to make a tender chicken."  Julia's audience laughs
Floyd | politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dorkings" 		

Floyd | Dorkings was a dour looking man in black.  Now he's a dour looking
Floyd | black chicken.  And those beady eyes don't make him look any more
Floyd | trustworthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on shelf" 		

Floyd | With one of the light-weight Hedge Helper (pat.  pending) hands
Floyd | clutched in your beak, you attempt to climb the tall bookshelf, without
Floyd | much progress.  Winnie, seeing your plan, beaks down on the other hand
Floyd | and mounts alongside you.  Between you both, you're able, slowly,
Floyd | laboriously, to climb the bookshelves with the Hedge Helpers (pat.
Floyd | pending).  At last you reach the top, even with the Buffalo-On-A-Spring
Floyd | (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | Aunt Lamona and Uncle Orpington - at least you think they're Aunt
Floyd | Lamona and Uncle Orpington - slam into each other at full tilt and
Floyd | knock each other onto the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on trophy" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs mercilessly pounds the carcass of some
Floyd | poor disemboweled fowl with a - gulp - meat tenderizer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put helpers on trophy" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the head itself, but you might be able to
Floyd | mount the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) on the trophy's horns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gutteral French accent beyond the door can only be Mrs.  Faverolles
Floyd | cursing Dorkings for chasing her out of the study during her program.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put helpers on horn" 		

Floyd | With Winnie's help, you mount the the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) on
Floyd | the horns of the the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs invites an audience member up to assist
Floyd | her.  The volunteer hesitates at reaching into the chicken's cavity,
Floyd | prompting Julia to ask "What're you...  chicken?"  Julia laughs
Floyd | hysterically at her own joke, accompanied by a smattering of applause
Floyd | from the audience.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) and flutter
Floyd | to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "On next week's program," says Julia Childs, "I'll be showing you how
Floyd | to make chicken-fried chicken!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Once we're done with our coq au vin," says Julia Childs, "we'll move
Floyd | on to a lovely chicken divan recipe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | The Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) zooms off the wall with a
Floyd | resounding SPROI-OI-OING, the Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending) bouncing
Floyd | crazily behind.  Cousin Red, standing near the bellows, leaps with
Floyd | bulging eyes from the path of the charging trophy just in time to avoid
Floyd | the whipping Hedge Helpers (pat.  pending), which latch onto the
Floyd | bellows and give it a good solid squeeze.  The bellows BOOFS as the air
Floyd | is forced out of it and through the Rainbow Wacky Straw (pat.
Floyd | pending), then into the attached Super-Bendy Balloon-Animal Balloon
Floyd | (pat.  pending), which fills with air, slowly raising the window a
Floyd | scant chicken's height as it swells.  Winnie, seeing your intent, hops
Floyd | onto the windowsill and steps on the mouth of the Super-Bendy
Floyd | Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending) to prevent the air escaping it.
Floyd | A moment later, the head snaps back to the wall, the Hedge Helpers
Floyd | (pat.  pending) whipping insanely behind.  The bellows slowly returns
Floyd | to its original position as air rushes back into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "hooray!"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Out the window?"
		DavidW asks, "save?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl clears the save counter. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "let's take the helpers with us if we can"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on trophy" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on shelf" 		

Floyd | You can't reach that from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the desk and flutter to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Later on the program," says Julia Childs, "I'll show you how to feed a
Floyd | family of four even if your man is bringing home chicken feed!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on shelf" 		

Floyd | You slowly, laboriously climb the bookshelf, one shelf at a time, claw
Floyd | over beak over claw.  Eventually you reach the top.  You look around
Floyd | and find yourself at a level with the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on trophy" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.
Floyd | pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take helpers" 		

Floyd | Winnie sees you headed on a course to pull down the Hedge Helpers (pat.
Floyd | pending) and starts up an agitated flapping, as if to say "Don't even
Floyd | think about it, egg head.  We've got to get out of here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Once we're done with our coq au vin," says Julia Childs, "we'll move
Floyd | on to a lovely chicken divan recipe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nope. Out the window."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You hop down off of the Buffalo-On-A-Spring (pat.  pending) and flutter
Floyd | to the study floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uncle Orpington pulls a long strand of fiber from the carpet.  Cousin
Floyd | Red jealously tries to snatch it away, and a tug-of-war ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get on sill" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs coughs up a mouthful of feathers.  "Oh,
Floyd | dear!"  she exlaims.  "Excuse me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs is hacking the limbs off some
Floyd | unfortunate fowl with a butcher's knife the size of Bayonne, New
Floyd | Jersey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to enter the window pane.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the television, Julia Childs leans out into her audience and asks
Floyd | conspiratorially, "Do you folks know why the chicken crossed the road?"
Floyd | After a moment she answers, "Because it was hauled across in a
Floyd | butcher's cart, of course!"  Her joke is met by silence from the
Floyd | audience, prompting her to respond cheerily with "Well!  THAT joke sure
Floyd | laid an egg!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exit window" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the windowsill.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for tuning in," says Julia Childs.  "I know you'll just LOVE
Floyd | our all day long chicken recipe-athon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "go through window" 		

Floyd | You flounce through the window, Winnie close behind.  You've just
Floyd | reached the outside sill when behind you, a thunderous din begins at
Floyd | the door.  The door cracks open to reveal the terrible figure of Mrs.
Floyd | Faverolles!  She stands beneath the lintel brandishing the mucous-white
Floyd | corpse of a dead fowl in one hand and a great cleaver in the other.
Floyd | All is still as she and your relatives regard each other with silent
Floyd | amazement.  The tableau is broken as Julia Childs show cuts to a
Floyd | commercial and an announcer's voice screams "FUNNY CAR AND MONSTER
Floyd | TRUCK RALLY SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAAAAY!!!"  Mrs.  Faverolles slams the
Floyd | door behind her and wades into the room swinging her bloody cleaver to
Floyd | the sound of manic laughter on the television.  The feathers fly as
Floyd | your relatives carom around the room like chickens with their heads cut
Floyd | off.  You and Winnie watch in horror until the Super-Bendy
Floyd | Balloon-Animal Balloon (pat.  pending) beneath the window finally
Floyd | bursts, sending the window speeding shut and throwing the two of you
Floyd | from your perch on the sill.  You flutter to the ground, no worse for
Floyd | wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Lawn
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's front lawn teeters just on the border of ill-kempt,
Floyd | though no one specific flaw draws attention.  The three vehicles parked
Floyd | on the lawn fail to aid its appearance.  Uncle Foggy's home, Foggywood
Floyd | Manor, lies to the north, while the gate through which you entered
Floyd | rests back to the south.  Though you can't see it over the hedges, you
Floyd | know that beyond the gate and across the road lies the ramshackle cabin
Floyd | that Uncle Foggy called his lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Winnie is here with you, eagerly waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "To the lab?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "peck winnie" 		

Floyd | Tempting, but not helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "to the lab!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You head for the swinging gate, left conveniently ajar, and squeeze
Floyd | through to the other side.  It looks like an easy trip across the road
Floyd | to Uncle Foggie's lab.  But just as you're about to set foot on the
Floyd | road, a streak of copper catches your eye.  It's a fox!  You turn tail
Floyd | and run back through the gate, just in time to bump into Winnie coming
Floyd | out.  The two of you rebound off each other, confusing your sense of
Floyd | direction.  With a growing sense of urgency you rush at the gate again,
Floyd | and manage to squeeze through just as a sharp claw swipes at your tail
Floyd | feathers.  The gate bangs shut behind you, startling the fox away for
Floyd | the moment.  Then it slowly creaks open again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no."
		phoenix says, "better get in the lab"
		phoenix says, "oh wait. we ran back through teh same gate"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Not with that fox hanging around out there!  You're going to have to
Floyd | find another way to cross that road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Front Lawn
Floyd | Uncle Foggy's front lawn teeters just on the border of ill-kempt,
Floyd | though no one specific flaw draws attention.  The three vehicles parked
Floyd | on the lawn fail to aid its appearance.  Uncle Foggy's home, Foggywood
Floyd | Manor, lies to the north, while the gate through which you entered
Floyd | rests back to the south.  Though you can't see it over the hedges, you
Floyd | know that beyond the gate and across the road lies the ramshackle cabin
Floyd | that Uncle Foggy called his lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Winnie is here with you, eagerly waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vehicles" 		

Floyd | Your worn out coupe looks pretty shoddy compared to the gleaming lustre
Floyd | of the Barnevelder's massive sedan, to say nothing of Red's gargantuan,
Floyd | brilliantly painted truck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sedan" 		

Floyd | Your Uncle Orpington's Oldsmobuick is a beetle black sedan of late
Floyd | vintage.  It looks big and mean, fit for running down small animals and
Floyd | old ladies on the highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x coupe" 		

Floyd | Your car is a beaten-up, anonymous-looking two door coupe.  It reminds
Floyd | you of one of Uncle Foggy's favorite jokes:  Why has a chicken coop got
Floyd | only two doors?  Because if it had four it'd be a chicken sedan!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x truck" 		

Floyd | Your cousin Red's monster truck is a masterpiece of modern automotive
Floyd | engineering.  Its brightly colored chassis hovers nearly five feet off
Floyd | the ground, suspended by enormous black tires big enough to feed an
Floyd | entire tribe of African pygmies through three rainy seasons.  A
Floyd | galvanized metal stair extends down from the driver's side door,
Floyd | without which tiny Red could never have tamed the monster.  Apparently
Floyd | Red left the roof at home, as the cab is open to the air.  Red has
Floyd | obnoxiously parked the truck facing forward right in front of the gate,
Floyd | which forced you to drive around him when you entered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there a wire going over the road?"
		phoenix says, "there might be some stuff in the truck"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter truck" 		

Floyd | Followed by Winnie, you hop up the metal steps and flutter over the
Floyd | door into the cab of Red's truck.  It is with incredible relief that
Floyd | you find Red's car keys hanging from the ignition.  You've never driven
Floyd | a truck like this - let alone while wearing a chicken's body - but the
Floyd | ignition, gear stick and gas pedal look like a good place to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Muhahaha."
		DavidW says, "oh my. oh dear. oh golly."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd | You turn the keys with your beak, and the monster truck roars to life!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I mean: "Cluck.""
		DavidW says, "Monster Cluck Rally"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stick" 		

Floyd | Cousin Red's gear shift has an eight-ball mounted on the knob.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shift gear" 		

Floyd | You and Winnie together both jump on the gear shift, your combined
Floyd | weight just barely enough to slide it into gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "jump on gas" 		

Floyd | Fearing that even your combined weight may not be enough, you and
Floyd | Winnie jump together onto the gas pedal.  The truck lurches into
Floyd | motion!  Rear wheels pealing, it bursts forward, crashing through the
Floyd | front gate and across the road, baby!  At the far side, the truck hits
Floyd | a deep pothole that jolts you and Winnie into the air, giving you a
Floyd | perfect view as the truck slams into one sagging wall of Uncle Foggy's
Floyd | ramshackle lab.  The impact flattens you into the windshield, as debris
Floyd | from the crumbling wall crashes down upon you.
Floyd |
Floyd | When the dust finally settles, you and Winnie clamber dizzily out of
Floyd | the truck. Uncle Foggy's lab is a shambles.  Shelves have collapsed,
Floyd | spilling their contents everywhere.  The entire structure looks as
Floyd | though it may fall down at any moment.  But there, posted on a
Floyd | relatively stable section of wall, is a diagram outlining the process
Floyd | of Uncle Foggy's Super Funky Chickenizer (pat.  pending).  Below it, on
Floyd | a sturdy bench, is a small white pyramid - clearly the mate to the
Floyd | device that got you into this mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Awesome."
		DavidW says, "very"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd | It seems to outline the process of Uncle Foggy's Super Funky
Floyd | Chickenizer (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pyramid" 		

Floyd | This must be the reversion device for Uncle Foggy's Super Funky
Floyd | Chickenizer (pat.  pending).  It's a white matte pyramid with a small
Floyd | switch at its apex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "use device" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "use".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press switch" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the device from the lab floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read diagram" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to read the diagram.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on bench" 		

Floyd | Wings flapping, you leap up on to the bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd | It seems to outline the process of Uncle Foggy's Super Funky
Floyd | Chickenizer (pat.  pending).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press switch" 		

Floyd | The switch flips over with a hollow 'click'...  and suddenly, the world
Floyd | seems smaller.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Hit any key to continue.] 		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Much later, you and Winnie sit down to a sumptuous dinner prepared by
Floyd | Mrs.  Faverolles.  You're both able to laugh over the day's events from
Floyd | the comfortable safety of Uncle Foggy's expansive dining room.
Floyd |
Floyd |    "What a day!"  you exclaim to Winnie between mouthfuls.
Floyd |    "I know," she says, sipping a glass of wine.  "I thought we would
Floyd | never find a way to revert to our old selves."
Floyd |    "Too bad about the Barnevelders missing their chance to participate
Floyd | in the scavenger hunt."
Floyd |    "Oh, yes," nods Winnie.
Floyd |    "So.  How are you finding the chicken?"  you ask, changing the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd |    "Mm, it's a big stringy for my tastes."  says Winnie, chewing a
Floyd | mouthful of food.
Floyd |    "Really?  Mine's quite tender."
Floyd |    "Well, you know what they say," says Winnie.
Floyd |    "What's that?"  you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd |    "It's all relative!"
Floyd |
Floyd |    * * *
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations!  You have won Foggywood Hijinx!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Foggywood Hijinx, a TextFeather release.  On-line
Floyd | registration for TextFeather products will be available at
Floyd | [LINK] on or before June 30, 1998.  Thanks for your
Floyd | patience!

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh my."
		phoenix says, "that was funny"
Binder arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		DavidW says, "ha 'TextFeather'"
		Binder says, "OK, your exclamations have lured me in."
		DavidW says, "We just won."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "The game was shorter than I remembered."
		DavidW says, "Or perhaps you guys figured out stuff much faster than I did at the time.


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Plant by Michael J. Roberts
As played on ifMUD on July 1, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of The Plant written by Michael J. Roberts. The Plant was released as part of the 1998 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it placed third. It went on to be a Xyzzy Awards finalist for Best Individual Puzzle (for the puzzle of entering the warehouse). You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load plant" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [If you haven't played this game before, please type HELP.]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're just starting to doze off when a jerking motion brings you back
Floyd | to alertness.  You look over to see your boss, Mr. Teeterwaller,
Floyd | struggling to steer the car onto the shoulder as the engine dies.  You
Floyd | can see that all of the dashboard lights are on as the car jerks to a
Floyd | stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is turning into a fine business trip.  First Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | insists on making the five-hour car trip in the middle of the night so
Floyd | the company won't have to pay for a hotel, then you spend an hour stuck
Floyd | behind a convoy of slow trucks on Teeterwaller's two-lane supposed
Floyd | short-cut, and now his aging bargain-basement car strands you out in
Floyd | the middle of nowhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller turns off the headlights and turns on the hazard lights.
Floyd | "I just had this thing in the shop," he mumbles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction by Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Release 2/Special Edition
Floyd | Copyright ©1998 Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the car
Floyd |    The Toyunchknisk Piglet was imported from Blottnya during the brief
Floyd | period between the fall of the old iron-fisted regime and the ethnic
Floyd | unrest that divided the tiny country into several even tinier countries
Floyd | whose names you can't recall, since the press lost interest several
Floyd | years ago.  The car is almost comically spartan, so it's just like your
Floyd | boss to own one.  The only amenity the dashboard offers is a glove
Floyd | compartment; no radio, no air conditioner, no console armrest, no
Floyd | cup-holders.
Floyd |    You're sitting in the rather uncomfortable passenger's seat.  The
Floyd | driver's door is closed, and your door is closed.
Floyd |    Sitting on the back seat is a jacket, a map, a Project Tyche manual,
Floyd | and a magazine.  The ignition seems to contain a car key.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying your temporary ID card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh, not the sort of plant I was thinking of"
		maga says, "and was sort of regarded as a classic ten years ago but is little-spoken-of now"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		K-Y says, "it's an mjr game"
		inky says, "somehow I thought this was the tads 3 demo equivalent of ditch day drifter, but I guess not, if it's using the tads 2 tep"
inky says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction by Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Release 2/Special Edition
Floyd | Copyright ©1998 Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "teeterwaller, this was a really good idea" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "this".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "haha - way to avoid implementing lots of stuff on the car and make it fit into the plot."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "talk".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		K-Y says, "you run around a deserted place, assisted by only a TADS 2 NPC"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I haven't played any of his others. Is there really a rat in "Rat in Control"? I can't tell from the description."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | He's about five-foot-six, with graying black hair that he keeps cut in
Floyd | a short business-like style, and a neatly trimmed mustache.  He's
Floyd | wearing a dull brown slacks that are part of a suit (although he's not
Floyd | currently wearing the jacket), a beige shirt and a brown striped tie.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I thought you were the rat"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x guide" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "guide".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "punch teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x glove" 		

Floyd | The glove compartment is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "attack teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | That would not look good on your performance review.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga asks, "Rat in Control is mostly an experiment in non-absolute directions, no?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd | It's a dull brown suit jacket, matching Teeterwaller's pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd | The jacket is too small for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tie" 		

Floyd | It's a medium-width tie with brown stripes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search teeterwaller's pockets" 		

Floyd | "Hey!"  Teeterwaller protests, moving away from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd | It's a stack of photocopied pages, bound with a plastic spiral.  The
Floyd | cover page reads "Project Tyche Specification" at the top, and
Floyd | "Omegatron Corporation - Copyright 1972 - Confidential" at the bottom.
Floyd | You glance through it, and find page after page of electronic diagrams
Floyd | and schematics interspersed with dense blocks of technical information
Floyd | and parts lists.  None of it is familiar to you, since you're in the
Floyd | software part of the company.
Floyd |
Floyd | It occurs to you that you should ask Mr. Teeterwaller about the project
Floyd | some time, since you're always interested in hearing stories about the
Floyd | early days at the company.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl )
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x magazine" 		

Floyd |    DUFON Journal
Floyd |    The Official Journal of the Discovery UFO Network
Floyd |
Floyd | The cover has a photo of a streak of light in the dusk sky above a
Floyd | wooded hilltop, with the caption The Milltown Sighting:  A New
Floyd | Re-Examination, Part III.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the magazine.  There's an article by an expert on
Floyd | official cover-ups, insisting that the government open an investigation
Floyd | into a previous investigation of an alleged cover-up.  Another article
Floyd | describes the many revelations that have come out of Blottnya since the
Floyd | break-up of the old government, including photos from Blottnya's old
Floyd | space program that show that the "face" on Mars bears an uncanny
Floyd | resemblance a famous Eastern European television star, raising the
Floyd | possibility that the ancient Martians not only were capable of space
Floyd | travel but time travel as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interesting thing about the journal is that they're obviously quite
Floyd | serious; it's not a supermarket tabloid.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to ggg), "OMG your eyes"
		maga says, "don't you want to ask him about his br - projects"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about project" 		

Floyd | "I worked on that project, oh, twenty-five years ago or so.  We were
Floyd | building an embedded controller system for some industrial equipment;
Floyd | it would be quite routine today, but it had some amazing technology for
Floyd | those days.  There were a couple of parts in particular, some logic
Floyd | chips, that seemed to come out of nowhere...  without them the project
Floyd | would have been nearly impossible.  I got a copy of the old
Floyd | specification document from the corporate archives people a couple of
Floyd | months ago, because I wanted to figure out the history of those logic
Floyd | chips, but for some reason that section of the spec is missing."
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I prefer to smile with my eyes closed. You can't tell that it's fake."
		Binder asks, "what, your eyes are fake?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get map" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd | "Excellent idea," Teeterwaller says.  The two of you unfold the map and
Floyd | inspect it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find state route 142 on the map.  You don't know exactly how far
Floyd | you are from Bakerton, but you'd guess that it's at least fifty miles
Floyd | west, which puts you in this big empty expanse out in the valley.  The
Floyd | nearest city is Conners City, which is perhaps twenty miles east.  The
Floyd | map shows a couple of crossroads that could be a short distance to the
Floyd | east; it doesn't depict any businesses, but it's possible that one of
Floyd | the crossroads has a service station or at least someone with a phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look out window" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd | I don't see any window here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Worst car ever."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Which door do you mean, the driver's door, or the passenger's door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open passenger's door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look out windscreen" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "windscreen".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "so how do we drive this thing if we can't see?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x id" 		

Floyd | It's your temporary employee identification card; it's just a worn
Floyd | piece of cardboard with the Omegatron logo and the word TEMPORARY
Floyd | stamped in red letters.  It's amazing how inefficient the company's
Floyd | bureaucracy is; you've worked at Omegatron for three months now, and
Floyd | you're still stuck with this temporary badge, which doesn't have the
Floyd | little magnetic stripe that opens doors, so you constantly have to call
Floyd | Security to come unlock doors for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazard lights click on and off in a steady rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, you're probably supposed to get out and walk"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off hazard lights" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open glove" 		

Floyd | Opening the glove compartment reveals a garage opener.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so maybe not being able to see is a hint"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anybody played I-0?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get garage. x garage" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller notices you taking the opener.  "That isn't mine," he
Floyd | offers.  "I think it belonged to the previous owner of the car.  I've
Floyd | never been able to return it, of course, since I bought the car at an
Floyd | estate sale."
Floyd |
Floyd | (the garage opener)
Floyd | It's a small plastic box with a large button.  On the back is a small
Floyd | compartment, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn ignition key" 		

Floyd | Turning the car key doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks at you sharply, wondering if you've forgotten
Floyd | whose car this is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open compartment" 		

Floyd | Opening the garage opener compartment reveals a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah, I played I-0. Hilarious game"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under car seat" 		

Floyd | I don't see any car seat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm just having flashbacks, that's all."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under seat" 		

Floyd | Which seat do you mean, the driver's seat, the passenger's seat, or the
Floyd | back seat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
maga says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under passenger's seat" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under the passenger's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "I don't suppose it will let us get up to those sorts of antics here"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under driver's seat" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under the driver's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under back seat" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under the back seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "kiss teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "kiss".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "redoing I-0 with a middle-aged middle-management guy in the lead role would be excellent"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x back seat" 		

Floyd | On the back seat you see a jacket, a Project Tyche manual, and a DUFON
Floyd | journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take jacket" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search jacket" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "with 'the same as always' looks you're not getting any I-0, IYKWIM"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd | The jacket is too small for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undress" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "undress".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I'm surprised he didn't complain about us taking his jacket"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the car
Floyd |    The Toyunchknisk Piglet was imported from Blottnya during the brief
Floyd | period between the fall of the old iron-fisted regime and the ethnic
Floyd | unrest that divided the tiny country into several even tinier countries
Floyd | whose names you can't recall, since the press lost interest several
Floyd | years ago.  The car is almost comically spartan, so it's just like your
Floyd | boss to own one.  The only amenity the dashboard offers is a glove
Floyd | compartment; no radio, no air conditioner, no console armrest, no
Floyd | cup-holders.
Floyd |    You're sitting in the rather uncomfortable passenger's seat.  The
Floyd | driver's door is open, and your door is open.
Floyd |    Sitting on the back seat is a Project Tyche manual and a DUFON
Floyd | journal.  The ignition seems to contain a car key.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm surprised it let us reach across him to open his door."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get manual and journal" 		

Floyd | Project Tyche manual:  Taken.
Floyd | DUFON journal:  Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "we looked in the glove compartment?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. Got a garage door opener with a battery."
		phoenix says, "yeah. That was where the garage opener with battery was"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right."
		Binder says, "NPCs have no personal space to speak of"
		phoenix says, "looks like that's all the stuff in the car"
		Jacqueline says, "I just imagined that it came off the visor or something."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Into the wild."
		Binder says, "woo hoo lotted dry"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "trunk".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "He didn't like us going through his pocketses."
		Binder says, "er, looted"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open boot" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "boot".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
maga says (to Floyd), "ask teeterweller about gold teeth" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "teeterweller".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "maybe they're not his pockets, he's just watching them for a friend."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Out?"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
		Binder says, "out"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road, near car
Floyd |    The road stretches off into the dim moonlight to the east and west.
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller's car sits in the shoulder, parked just slightly off
Floyd | the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Or maybe we're supposed to ask about work."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under car" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get under car" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd | The small economy car is parked in the shoulder just off the road.  The
Floyd | driver's door is open, and the passenger's door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "trunk".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open boot" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "boot".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open hood" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "hood".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kick car" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to attack the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tires" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "tires".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "you people with your fancy cars with 'trunks' and 'hoods'."
		genericgeekgirl says, "It's just a floating metal box."
		genericgeekgirl says, "No wonder it doesn't work."
		Binder says, "drawn in crayon"
		phoenix says, "so the map said the nearest city was east, right"
		Binder says (to phoenix), "Apparently."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flash" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "flash".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lightning" 		

Floyd | I don't see any lightning here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "assuming we can read a map"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn map upside down" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "upside".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask boss about map" 		

Floyd | "Excellent idea," Teeterwaller says.  The two of you unfold the map and
Floyd | inspect it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find state route 142 on the map.  You don't know exactly how far
Floyd | you are from Bakerton, but you'd guess that it's at least fifty miles
Floyd | west, which puts you in this big empty expanse out in the valley.  The
Floyd | nearest city is Conners City, which is perhaps twenty miles east.  The
Floyd | map shows a couple of crossroads that could be a short distance to the
Floyd | east; it doesn't depict any businesses, but it's possible that one of
Floyd | the crossroads has a service station or at least someone with a phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "crossroads that way, too, so east?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |    A gravel driveway leads away from the road to the north.  The road
Floyd | continues east and west.  To the west you can just make out Mr.
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car; it's too dark to see much to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Wait, where does the driveway lead to?"
		Binder says, "ooh a DRIVEWAY"
		phoenix says, "dunno, but maybe we can steal a car :p"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x driveway" 		

Floyd | The driveway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh noes."
		Jacqueline says, "A driveway."
		Binder exclaims, "it leads to north!"
		Jacqueline says, "With lightning in the sky."
		Jacqueline says, "This is spooky."
		phoenix says, "better be careful. We might be run over by a couple of chickens in a truck."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "North?"
		Binder asks, "north?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    The driveway ends at a closed roll-up metal door in a large,
Floyd | windowless building to the north.  The door looks like it belongs on a
Floyd | one-car garage.  Bolted to the side of the building is a heavy steel
Floyd | chain, attached to which is a dog harness.  The driveway leads south,
Floyd | back to the road.
Floyd |    A huge dog chained to the side of the building eyes you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder exclaims, "north!"
		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Puppy!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd | The dog is bigger than you are.  You don't recognize the breed; he has
Floyd | tall, pointy ears, a long muzzle, a long bushy tail, and a body like a
Floyd | bear.  His hair is light brown, with a few darker markings.  He has a
Floyd | harness around his chest, which is attached to a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I saw a television program where they explained that guard dogs are
Floyd | usually trained using German commands," Teeterwaller says.  "I think
Floyd | you just have to say `aus,' which is German for `out,' to call off an
Floyd | attack."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | You press the button.  A moment later, you hear a thunk, and the door
Floyd | starts opening.  The door slowly rolls up its tracks, and finally stops
Floyd | when fully open.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "that is a post-puppy"
		phoenix says, "huh. I wasn't expecting that to actually work"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Universal garage opener, apparently."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter garage" 		

Floyd | (the garage opener button)
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the garage opener button.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "haha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The dog jumps into your path, snarling and growling, refusing to let
Floyd | you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd | The dog is acting too menacing to pet him right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say aus" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "dog, aus" 		

Floyd | The dog rears up on his hind legs and barks angrily at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller practically jumps into the air at the barking and runs
Floyd | back a ways further from the dog.  "I guess this must not be a German
Floyd | dog," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog gradually calms down again, and resumes his guarding posture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "doh, sit" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "doh".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "dog, out" 		

Floyd | The dog just snarls at you menacingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "dog, sit" 		

Floyd | What do you want the huge dog to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dog, who's a good doggie?" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "who's".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dog, halt" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "halt".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dog, down" 		

Floyd | The dog just snarls at you menacingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dog, sit down" 		

Floyd | What do you want the huge dog to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dog, haus" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "haus".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x chain" 		

Floyd | It's about ten feet long and made of heavy steel links.  One end is
Floyd | bolted to the wall of the building; at the other end is a clip, which
Floyd | is attached to the dog harness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "unclip chain" 		

Floyd | The dog tenses up as you approach and snarls menacingly.  You decide to
Floyd | keep at a safe distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x harness" 		

Floyd | The harness goes around a dog's chest.  Even though it's meant for a
Floyd | dog, this one seems like it's big enough for a bear.  At the top of the
Floyd | harness is a ring that's used to attach the harness to a chain or
Floyd | leash; it's currently attached to the chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd | The harness goes around a dog's chest.  Even though it's meant for a
Floyd | dog, this one seems like it's big enough for a bear.  At the top of the
Floyd | harness is a ring that's used to attach the harness to a chain or
Floyd | leash; it's currently attached to the chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "dog, eat teeterwaller" 		

Floyd | The dog just snarls at you menacingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "feed boss to dog" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "feed".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix p
		Binder says, "ha"
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, and a DUFON journal.  The garage opener
Floyd | compartment seems to contain a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show jacket to dog" 		

Floyd | The huge dog isn't impressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw jacket at dog" 		

Floyd | You miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    The driveway ends at an open roll-up metal door in a large,
Floyd | windowless building to the north.  The door looks like it belongs on a
Floyd | one-car garage.  Bolted to the side of the building is a heavy steel
Floyd | chain, attached to which is a dog harness.  The driveway leads south,
Floyd | back to the road.
Floyd |    A huge dog chained to the side of the building eyes you warily.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "brandish rolled up journal" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "brandish".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps there is a raw steak around here somewhere."
		phoenix says, "yeah, explore some more I guess"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "East?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |    The road continues east and west, rising slightly as it crosses a
Floyd | deep ditch.  Metal guard rails run alongside the road on both sides to
Floyd | prevent vehicles from running into the ditch.  You can't see anything
Floyd | through the darkness to the west, but to the east you can see some
Floyd | dimly flashing lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detour
Floyd |    A set of wooden barricades, painted with orange stripes and topped
Floyd | with flashing orange lights, stand blocking the road to the east to
Floyd | vehicles, and "Detour" signs point to the intersecting road leading
Floyd | south.  Beyond the signs, trucks and construction machinery sit idle on
Floyd | the road, presumably awaiting the return of workers in the morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get lights" 		

Floyd | You can't have the barricade.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Can we look in the ditch? (Back west)"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ditch" 		

Floyd | It's a deep ditch, running north and south under the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search ditch" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, all right."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x rail" 		

Floyd | The guard rails are heavily dented from years of collisions.  At the
Floyd | right end of the rail on the north side of the road, you notice a
Floyd | narrow foot path leading northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |    The path runs north and south alongside a deep ditch, which is to
Floyd | the west.  The road lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x ditch" 		

Floyd | The ditch runs north and south alongside the path.  The banks are steep
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd | I don't see any banks here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter ditch" 		

Floyd | The bank is too steep to climb down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The path veers toward the ditch, then slopes down along a terrace cut
Floyd | into the ditch's bank until it reaches the bottom of the ditch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path in ditch
Floyd |    The path occupies a narrow ledge just above the stagnant water of
Floyd | the ditch. The path to the south climbs a narrow terrace cut into the
Floyd | ditch's bank.  You can't go any further north, but the tenuous ledge
Floyd | hugging the bank to the southwest looks passable; without something to
Floyd | light the way, though, it would be too dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we need a flashlight."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x terrace" 		

Floyd | It's just wide enough to accommodate the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take battery" 		

Floyd | Behind the battery, you find a diagram showing the proper way to
Floyd | install the battery, and a bank of tiny switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd | The ditch runs north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I figured we'd find an empty flashlight."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x switches" 		

Floyd | Eight tiny slide switches are lined up next to each other.  On the side
Floyd | of each switch, eight small notches show the possible positions; each
Floyd | switch can be set to a number from 0 to 7.  Currently, the switches are
Floyd | in the following positions:  55567562.  Just above the switches,
Floyd | someone has written "55567562".
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "So, we can hack into any and every garage in the area?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd | The diagram shows the correct way to install the battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "given enough time"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "install battery wrong" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "wrong".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this suggests it's the code to that specific garage, actually"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the road and east some more?"
		Binder says, "sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The path ascends a terrace cut into the ditch's bank back to the top of
Floyd | the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe the estate sale was for that house."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detour
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Detour
Floyd |    A set of wooden barricades, painted with orange stripes and topped
Floyd | with flashing orange lights, stand blocking the road to the east to
Floyd | vehicles, and "Detour" signs point to the intersecting road leading
Floyd | south.  Beyond the signs, trucks and construction machinery sit idle on
Floyd | the road, presumably awaiting the return of workers in the morning.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "it would be just like Mr Teeterwaller to not mention that"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x barricades" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x machinery" 		

Floyd | The barricades block vehicle travel to the east, and direct traffic
Floyd | along the road to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | You can't see much detail from here, but all of the equipment looks
Floyd | idle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "vehicles, but maybe we can walk east"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Or we might find a service station down a cross road."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road runs north and south.  To the north, you can just make out
Floyd | the dim lights of the detour barricades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    A light fog hangs over the road in the still night air.  The road
Floyd | continues into the darkness to the north.  To the south, distant lights
Floyd | glow weakly through the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fog" 		

Floyd | It's a thin fog, not dense enough to obscure nearby objects very much,
Floyd | but it gives the night air a damp chill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x fog" 		

Floyd | It's a thin fog, not dense enough to obscure nearby objects very much,
Floyd | but it gives the night air a damp chill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shiver" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "shiver".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |    The road ends at the gated entrance to a huge industrial complex
Floyd | sprawling over the foggy landscape to the south.  A tall chain-link
Floyd | fence surrounds the complex; the fence is interrupted only by a sliding
Floyd | section of fence that serves as a gate (currently closed) across the
Floyd | road.  Narrow paths run along the outside of the fence east and west of
Floyd | the road.  The road continues into the darkness to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's curious," Teeterwaller mumbles.  "Why would they set up a
Floyd | detour that just comes to a dead end?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x lights" 		

Floyd | The complex must be a chemical factory, or an oil refinery, or perhaps
Floyd | a power plant.  Towering smokestacks and fat vertical tanks are wrapped
Floyd | in a thick tangle of pipes, which run up the towers, between
Floyd | smokestacks, alongside each other, grouped together in wide sets of
Floyd | parallel cylinders for hundreds of yards and then suddenly parting
Floyd | ways, bending abruptly up, down, around one other, joining new groups
Floyd | for a while then bending away again.  Atop the towers are flashing
Floyd | lights to warn off aircraft, dozens of lights slowly flashing to their
Floyd | own rhythm, twinkling sometimes with their neighbors and often on their
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ooh. A plant"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd | The gate is securely closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I was thinking of the green sort of plant"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x fense" 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "fense".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | "Click."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x fence" 		

Floyd | The fence is huge, easily twenty feet high, and topped with loops of
Floyd | razor wire.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x path" 		

Floyd | It's not much of a path; just a narrow band along the fence where no
Floyd | vegetation is growing.  One path leads east, and another leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd | The gate is merely a separate section of the fence that slides across
Floyd | the road. It's currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking of the sort of plant that's a spy."
		phoenix says, "that would be clever if both of those were involved in this adventure too"
		Binder says, "I was thinking of the sort of plant that's a thief; a Robber Plant."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Me, too. Since it's listed as "espionage" on idfb."
		phoenix says, "I bet we have to deal with the outside areas first before we can get in, but no harm looking around"
		Jacqueline asks (of Binder), "Are you sure you weren't thinking of Robert Plant?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |    The terrain is clear for a few feet outside the perimeter of the
Floyd | fence, creating this path.  The road is just to the west, and the
Floyd | enormous plant complex is beyond the fence to the south.  The terrain
Floyd | slopes up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |    The terrain is considerably elevated above the road, which lies some
Floyd | distance to the west.  Scrubby bushes grow almost up to the fence here,
Floyd | making it too difficult to travel further to the east.  The elevation
Floyd | gives you a clear view of the road through the vegetation.  The
Floyd | sprawling plant complex lies to the south, beyond the fence, and the
Floyd | path leads west along the fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the direction of the plant, you hear three short, low-pitched
Floyd | electronic beeps, distant and echoing but still loud, then a deep male
Floyd | voice, broadcast through a public address system in the plant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Section blue, section green, clear sector S, stand by stations.
Floyd | Section black, target approaching, commence operation."
Floyd |
Floyd | From the road to the north, faint lights come into view, moving down
Floyd | the road toward the gate.  The lights come closer and you see that
Floyd | several large vehicles are approaching.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate in the fence starts slowly sliding open.  A group of men
Floyd | wearing dark jumpsuits and black helmets and carrying machine guns trot
Floyd | out through the gate; some take up positions along the shoulder of the
Floyd | road, others run out into the underbrush alongside the road.  The men
Floyd | keep pouring out of the gate until at least a couple hundred have
Floyd | emerged.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first few of the approaching vehicles rumble to a stop near the
Floyd | gate.  You can now see that the vehicles are large semi trucks, painted
Floyd | a uniform white, without any markings you can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I am now."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe one of these nice gentlemen will call a tow truck for us."
		phoenix says, "I don't suppose those guys will lend us a phone or something."
		Jacqueline says (to ggg), "hahaha"
		phoenix asks, "why do we keep thinking the same thing?"
		Binder says, "run at them screaming so that they know we're okay to talk to"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> brandish weapon"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's just steal one of their vehicles. I'm sure they won't miss one of them."
		phoenix says, "should we wait and see what happens"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search bushes" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last of the trucks rolls to a stop up the road; you count eight
Floyd | trucks.  Some of the armed men start moving in groups towards the
Floyd | trucks, while others remain crouched along the sides of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller crouches behind the bushes, watching the road
Floyd | intently.  "Get down!  Get down!"  he whispers at you urgently.  You
Floyd | move to conceal yourself a little better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hide in bush" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hide in bushes" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I think we're auto-hiding."
		phoenix says, "yeah"
		phoenix says, "just wait I suppose."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | One by one, the truck drivers emerge from their cabs, holding their
Floyd | arms up while the armed men lead them away from the trucks, towards the
Floyd | plant gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fourth truck in line suddenly lurches forward, pulls out of the
Floyd | line, and starts picking up speed, sending everyone on the road
Floyd | scrambling to get out of its way.  Gunfire immediately erupts from the
Floyd | men flanking the road, and the truck is engulfed in a shower of sparks
Floyd | and flying metal.  The cab of the truck suddenly lurches sideways; half
Floyd | a moment later a deafening boom sounds.  The truck rolls off the road
Floyd | and stops as the engine compartment bursts into flames; two figures
Floyd | jump out of the cab and flee in opposite directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | More gunfire from up the road.  Soldiers in full battle gear have come
Floyd | storming out of the backs of two of the trucks and are scrambling
Floyd | around the trucks looking for cover, and trying to fire back through
Floyd | the hailstorm of bullets coming from the sides of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "... what part of the world are we in"
		Binder says, "the cool part"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Binder says, "it's where they shot the A-Team"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gunfire starts to trail off.  Soon the soldiers seem to be the only
Floyd | ones firing; they quickly notice this and stop firing, looking warily
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | A deep rumbling sound draws your attention to the plant gate, where you
Floyd | see a tank come rolling out onto the road.  The tank rumbles to a stop
Floyd | just past the first truck.  The tank's turret swings slowly around
Floyd | until the protruding cylinder of its cannon is pointed at one of the
Floyd | trucks the soldiers are using for cover.  Almost in unison, the
Floyd | soldiers around the truck bolt from their positions and scatter across
Floyd | the road; only a moment later, flames shoot out of the tank's cannon
Floyd | and the truck explodes in a huge fireball.
Floyd |
Floyd | The attackers waste no time rounding up the scattered soldiers, and the
Floyd | remaining soldiers quickly surrender and are marching toward the plant
Floyd | gate with their hands in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I thought we were in, like, Nebraska, but I'm thinking otherwise now."
		genericgeekgirl says, "We should have brought the dog."
TheXenographer arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "I got the impression the dog didn't like us very much."
		genericgeekgirl says, "But maybe he'd like them even less."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last of the soldiers march into the plant, a large contingent of
Floyd | their attackers escorting them at gunpoint.  A few dozen of the armed
Floyd | men continue patrolling around the edges of the road, but most are
Floyd | heading back towards the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electronic beeps echo from the direction of the plant, followed by a
Floyd | voice on the PA system.  "Section blue, section green, all clear.
Floyd | Section white, initiate containment procedures."
Floyd |
Floyd | From up the road, several vehicles that look like road construction
Floyd | equipment--dump trucks,bulldozers,and the like--roll toward the
Floyd | wreckage.  At the same time, a few dozen people wearing blue hard hats
Floyd | and tool belts, making them look like construction workers, walk out of
Floyd | the complex's gate and start heading purposefully toward the trucks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "wow, they sure seem to have their act together"
		phoenix says, "it's like this happens here on a regular basis"
		TheXenographer asks, "What are we playing?"
		phoenix says, "The Plant"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trucks that are still intact start moving into the plant, one by
Floyd | one, as the bulldozers clear a path through the wreckage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I bet they're trucks full of flashlights, all the flashlights in the world, and we need one."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Which is why we can't just RUN AWAY."
		Jacqueline snickers.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | An article must be followed by a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The construction workers continue clearing the wreckage out of the
Floyd | road.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you see that?"  Teeterwaller says, talking very quietly.  "What
Floyd | could that have been about?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "panic" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "panic".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd | Poof!  In a cloud of orange smoke, you're magically transported to...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |    The terrain is considerably elevated above the road, which lies some
Floyd | distance to the west.  Scrubby bushes grow almost up to the fence here,
Floyd | making it too difficult to travel further to the east.  The elevation
Floyd | gives you a clear view of the road through the vegetation.  The
Floyd | sprawling plant complex lies to the south, beyond the fence, and the
Floyd | path leads west along the fence.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Okay, it wasn't that magical.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The construction workers continue to clear the wreckage from the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look," Teeterwaller says, "I know this is going to sound a little
Floyd | strange, but I think we should try and find out what's going on here.
Floyd | I think we need to get inside there," he says, indicating the
Floyd | industrial complex beyond the fence. "I think this could be really
Floyd | important."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "lol" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "lol".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
		Jacqueline says, "Seems like we'd be able to see things, albeit briefly, with all this lightning."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "No. Stupid boss. Where is your sense of self-preservation?"
		phoenix says, "Bet he knows more than he's letting on"
		Binder says, "like a boss"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Teeterwaller stops you.  "Let's stay here for a moment," he whispers.
Floyd | "We need to figure out what's going on before we walk into the middle
Floyd | of this."
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The construction workers clear the last of the wreckage from the road.
Floyd | The construction equipment and workers withdraw into the complex,
Floyd | leaving only a few of the armed men still out on the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could really use your help getting in there," Teeterwaller says.  "I
Floyd | know it could be dangerous, so if you don't want to join me, if you
Floyd | just want to return to the car and wait for help, I'll understand.  But
Floyd | I'm not sure I can do it alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Are we really sure the car is dead?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> knock boss out with rock, steal keys"
		Jacqueline asks, "Didn't he have conspiracy theory magazines in his car?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about plant" 		

Floyd | "All I can tell is that it looks like a chemical plant."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller nervously watches the road through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the rumbling of approaching trucks, this time from the
Floyd | complex.  Out of the gate comes a large, white truck, exactly like the
Floyd | ones that arrived before the fighting.  The truck accelerates up the
Floyd | road to the north.  Another truck follows, then another, until the
Floyd | trucks number eight.  These obviously aren't the original eight,
Floyd | though, since several of those were badly damaged in the fighting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used to fancy myself something of an amateur sleuth," Teeterwaller
Floyd | tells you, looking a little sheepish and little smug at the same time.
Floyd | "This will give me a chance to get back in practice."
Floyd |
Floyd | The trucks travel away to the north until they're out of sight.  The
Floyd | remaining men on the road withdraw into the complex, and the gate
Floyd | slides shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Also, why did he just happen to have the right garage door opener?"
		phoenix says, "that's what I was wondeirng earlier."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Maaaaagic."
		phoenix says, "of course he has nooooo info about this plant whatsoever."
		Jacqueline says, "I told you that's the house where the estate sale was.... (though I'm not sure you guys are buying this)"
		phoenix says, "but wants to sneak into a place guarded by a small army"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You start back towards the road, staying alert for anyone who might
Floyd | still be patrolling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we didn't check the west side"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |    The path ends abruptly to the west with a wall of tall, thorny
Floyd | bushes growing out of a deep ditch.  The road is just to the east, and
Floyd | the plant complex is on the other side of the fence to the south.
Floyd |    A metal framework under the fence inside the ditch is visible
Floyd | through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I hope we get to steal the tank later."
		phoenix says, "there's the ditch again"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x framework" 		

Floyd | The framework is inside the ditch, under the fence, so you can't easily
Floyd | see the whole thing through the bushes.  Two vertical rails, one on
Floyd | each side of the ditch, are connected at the top by a crossbar.  A
Floyd | winch is in the center of the crossbar, and a pair of cables lead down
Floyd | from the winch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search bushes" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | The bushes are too thick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so we need to find a light to get in there via the path we found earlier"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Probably, yeah."
		phoenix says, "Probably have to explore the rest of the outside area"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intersection
Floyd |    The main road leads east and west here.  A smaller intersecting road
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't this where the detour was?"  Teeterwaller mumbles to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "why yes, it was"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh."
		phoenix says, "Not suspicious at all"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The brush alongside the road is crushed against the ground, and deep
Floyd | tracks from heavy machinery are pressed into the soil.  The road
Floyd | continues east and west; you can see only darkness in either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tracks" 		

Floyd | The tracks are from several different types of trucks or tractors;
Floyd | they're wide and deep, clearly from heavy equipment.  They don't lead
Floyd | anywhere, but just meander on and off the road for a stretch, as though
Floyd | the equipment was turning around at this spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a flashlight partially hidden by some of the flattened
Floyd | brush.  You reach down and pick up the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Woo"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" 		

Floyd | You switch on the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" 		

Floyd | You switch off the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road continues east and west.  It's too dark to see much in
Floyd | either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    A small, dilapidated building is just north of the road, which
Floyd | continues east and west.  In the darkness, you can just barely make out
Floyd | a sign by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd | Conners City       25 mi
Floyd | Knighting  37 mi
Floyd | Milltown   51 mi
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Schoolhouse
Floyd |    This one-room schoolhouse has clearly been out of use for many
Floyd | years.  A chalkboard is on one wall, and a single desk remains.  Exits
Floyd | lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chalkboard" 		

Floyd | The blackboard is chipped and warped with age.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | It's the type that combines a desk and a chair into one unit.  The top
Floyd | of the desk can be opened to get at a storage area.  The top is
Floyd | currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd | Opening the desk reveals a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get book. read book" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd |    Blottnisq Ninshta
Floyd |    Blottnian Today
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be an elementary Blottnian textbook, for learning Blottnian
Floyd | as a foreign language.  Despite its age ("copyright 1967, The Horton,
Floyd | Merfin Company, New York"), it's still intact.  It has chapters
Floyd | numbered 1 through 5 that you can read.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read 1" 		

Floyd | Inshna Hojdzunshchk!
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to your introductory Blottnian course!  In this book, we will
Floyd | learn not only how to speak and write the Blottnian language, but much
Floyd | about the rich history and colorful culture of the nation of Blottnya.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The chapter goes on at length about how to use the textbook and
Floyd | accompanying audio tapes; a quick scan of the chapter reveals little of
Floyd | note.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read 2" 		

Floyd | This chapter covers some basic vocabulary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Common conversational verbs:
Floyd |    azdrupiq -- to sit
Floyd |    yijtgiq -- to stand
Floyd |    pozhbriq -- to open
Floyd |    oxviq -- to close
Floyd |    lloyriq -- to speak
Floyd |    chdraliq -- to be silent
Floyd |    wurtriq -- to attack
Floyd |    shchrudiq -- to befriend
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe the dog is Blottnian."
		phoenix says, "ya"
		Jacqueline asks, "The dog speaks Blottnian, whaddyawanna bet?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read 3" 		

Floyd | This chapter discusses the culture of Blottnya.  You scan a few of the
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | A picture of a dog, which looks very much like the guard dog you
Floyd | encountered earlier, is accompanied by a caption:
Floyd |
Floyd | Years ago, herders used the Blottnian Moose Dog to help control their
Floyd | herds.  Centuries of careful breeding have made the Moose Dog extremely
Floyd | intelligent and hard-working.  Today, the same herding instinct that
Floyd | once served moose herders now serves Blottnian government security
Floyd | police, who use the Moose Dog to help control the cheerful citizens.
Floyd | Blottnya even trains Moose Dogs for service abroad; guard dogs are the
Floyd | country's second largest export.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller reads the book over your shoulder.  "I've never heard of
Floyd | anyone in this country studying Blottnian before," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Timing."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Moose Dog."
phoenix asks, "teeterwaller about blottnya" 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterewaller about blottnya" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "teeterewaller".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about blottnya" 		

Floyd | "I went there on a business trip once," he says.  "That was years ago,
Floyd | back when they had a government.  It was a little scary--they had
Floyd | undercover police following us around everywhere, and you could hear
Floyd | them listening in on the phone.  I wouldn't want to go back."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read 4" 		

Floyd | This chapter is about the convoluted grammar of Blottnian, which is
Floyd | considerably more complicated than any language you've studied.  You
Floyd | find a verb conjugation table for regular "-iq" verbs; they seem to use
Floyd | "to open" as the example:
Floyd |
Floyd | First-person singular, prideful:  pozhbroq
Floyd | First-person singular, shameful:  pozhbronsh
Floyd | First-person singular, uncertain:  pozhbrioo
Floyd | First-person singular, emphatic:  pozhbrim
Floyd |
Floyd | Second-person singular, complimentary:  pozhbras
Floyd | Second-person singular, accusatory:  pozhbrazim
Floyd | Second-person singular, commanding:  pozhbru
Floyd |
Floyd | It goes on and on like that for forty-five different cases.  And that's
Floyd | just the present tense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Neat"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read 5" 		

Floyd | This is a chapter on culture, focusing on how children in Blottnya are
Floyd | raised.  For example, it points out that parents in Blottnya are very
Floyd | fond of using reverse psychology, always telling children just the
Floyd | opposite of what they want them to do.  Apparently this practice
Floyd | applies to road signs as well, making driving in Blottnya extremely
Floyd | confusing for foreigners.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Does that work on dogs, too?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | School yard
Floyd |    This school yard must always have been a modest playground at best,
Floyd | but is now little more than a dirt patch overgrown with weeds.  The
Floyd | schoolhouse building is to the south.
Floyd |    You see a hand pump here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I still have a Robert Plant song stuck in my head."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pump. x pump" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small hand-operated pump, probably for inflating basketballs or
Floyd | something similar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just keeping everyone updated."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Schoolhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Teeterwaller stops you.  "Look at the sign!"  he says, flustered.  "We
Floyd | can't walk twenty-five miles.  We'll miss our meeting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "just making sure there's nothing that way"
		phoenix says, "So, this guy is worried about misisng the meeting, and sneaking into the plant apparently won't make us miss the meeting :)"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intersection
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Priorities."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    A huge dog chained to the side of the building eyes you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dog, azdrupru" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "azdrupru".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "dog, azdrupu" 		

Floyd | The dog stands up on his hind legs for a few moments, then resumes his
Floyd | guarding posture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "dog, yijtgu" 		

Floyd | The dog sits down for a moment, then resumes his guarding posture.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dog, wurtru" 		

Floyd | The dog suddenly becomes very friendly.  He wags his tale and whines at
Floyd | you happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whatever you said, it worked!"  Teeterwaller exclaims.  He cautiously
Floyd | approaches the dog and pets him, getting lots of licking and
Floyd | tail-wagging in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "(Attack)"
		inky says, "I hope there is a big scene with a moose at the end of this game"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "remove clip" 		

Floyd | The chain is securely bolted to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unclip harness" 		

Floyd | You unfasten the chain from the harness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Can we make the dog attack Teeterwaller?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Run free, little doggie."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get dog" 		

Floyd | You can't have the huge dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get chain" 		

Floyd | The chain is securely bolted to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get harness" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | The dog stands still for you to remove the harness, and happily romps
Floyd | around once it's off.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x harness" 		

Floyd | The harness goes around a dog's chest.  Even though it's meant for a
Floyd | dog, this one seems like it's big enough for a bear.  At the top of the
Floyd | harness is a ring that's used to attach the harness to a chain or
Floyd | leash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "dog, shchrudu" 		

Floyd | The dog looks at you curiously, but seems to decide he'd rather stay
Floyd | friends.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I can only imagine."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw. Nice puppy."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Building
Floyd |    This cavernous space is broken up only by a few vertical steel beams
Floyd | supporting the roof high above.  A diffuse yellow glow from pale lights
Floyd | suspended from above filters down through the thick dust hanging in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |    Rows of drab gray metal desks extend off in all directions,
Floyd | separated by just enough space to form aisles.  On each desk is a
Floyd | ragged pile, several feet high, of assorted papers, and a small machine
Floyd | of some kind.  Some of the piles of paper are narrow, precariously
Floyd | balanced columns, others are mounds; a few have fallen over, scattering
Floyd | papers across the floor.
Floyd |    A large door (currently open) to the south leads out of the
Floyd | building.  The area near the door, where you're standing, is clear of
Floyd | desks, and instead is mostly open, except for a huge workbench.
Floyd | Several huge burlap sacks full of envelopes are piled alongside the
Floyd | workbench.
Floyd |    Sitting on the workbench is a small plastic device and a looseleaf
Floyd | page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd | The device appears to be a portable hand-held scanner of some kind.
Floyd | The boxy plastic body is mounted on top of a pistol grip with a
Floyd | trigger; at the front of the body is a little red window, and on top is
Floyd | an electronic display.  Clearly, you are meant to hold the scanner by
Floyd | the grip, point it at an object to be scanned, and pull the trigger.
Floyd | The display is currently dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x page" 		

Floyd | Which page do you mean, the Project Tyche manual, or the looseleaf
Floyd | page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x looseleaf" 		

Floyd | Which looseleaf do you mean, the looseleaf page, or the looseleaf page
Floyd | bar code?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x looseleaf page" 		

Floyd | It's an 8½-by-11 page with holes punched in the margin; it must have
Floyd | fallen out of a three-ring binder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bar code" 		

Floyd | Which bar code do you mean, the black box bar code, or the looseleaf
Floyd | page bar code?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | portable hand-held scanner:  Taken.
Floyd | looseleaf page:  Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lol"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay, accidental spoilers."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x looseleaf page bar code" 		

Floyd | The bar code consists of a series of vertical bars of varying
Floyd | thickness, with the number 20300273 written just below the bars in
Floyd | computer-style block numerals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "scan him" 		

Floyd | (with the portable hand-held scanner)
Floyd | You can't reach that from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read looseleaf page" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rebate Processing Manual -- Program Details
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ITEM:  Gazette SonarTrack Razor 3-Pack
Floyd |
Floyd | REBATE AMOUNT:  $2.15
Floyd |
Floyd | UPC:  20300273
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IMPORTANT:  Verify all UPC bar-code symbols with scanner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a bar code, of the same type that you see on packages in
Floyd | the supermarket, with the number 20300273 written in computer-style
Floyd | block numerals just below the vertical bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw, that sort of scanner."
		phoenix says, "potential code for the door opener"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sacks" 		

Floyd | About ten large burlap sacks are piled haphazardly beside the
Floyd | workbench.  They're all filled to overflowing with envelopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x envelopes" 		

Floyd | There are far too many envelopes for a thorough examination, but you
Floyd | pick a few at random, and find that they're all addressed to different
Floyd | products' rebate offers:  Healthy Concern Low-Fat Crème Brûlée Frozen
Floyd | Dessert $1.51 Rebate Offer, Gazette SonarTrac Razor 3-Pack $2.15
Floyd | Mail-In Rebate Offer, Sergeant Sweet's Peanut Butter Sweet with
Floyd | Chocolaty Chips and Macadamia Nuts 44 Ounce Breakfast Cereal $3.77
Floyd | Rebate Offer, ToxiCola 24-Pack $1.01 Mail-In Rebate Offer, Mrs.
Floyd | Palfrey's Olde-Tyme Naturally and Artificially Flavoured Snacking Cones
Floyd | $2.35 Rebate Offer, Blowiger's Very Fine Teas $0.90 Rebate Offer,
Floyd | Shane's No-Spill Men's 100% Cotton Briefs $2.80 Mail-In Rebate Offer,
Floyd | and many more.  Even though each envelope is for a different product's
Floyd | rebate offer, they all have the same address:  PO Box 2004, Conners
Floyd | City.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I see."
		genericgeekgirl | Naturally and Artificially Flavoured Snacking Cones
phoenix says (to Floyd), "scan looseleaf bar code" 		

Floyd | (with the portable hand-held scanner)
Floyd | You point the scanner at the bar code and pull the trigger.
Floyd | Pencil-thin lines of red light vibrate across the bar code for a few
Floyd | moments, then the scanner emits a short bip, and the display lights up
Floyd | to show:  2.15.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search envelopes" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it's the ol' "apply for a million rebates and use the money to fund your world-domination activities" trick"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "I think it's more that this is the rebate processing center?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Or he stole someone's mail."
		phoenix says, "must be the proessing centre if it has the code reader"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get looseleaf" 		

Floyd | Which looseleaf do you mean, the looseleaf page, or the looseleaf page
Floyd | bar code?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get looseleaf page" 		

Floyd | You already have the looseleaf page!
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desks" 		

Floyd | The desks are arranged in closely-spaced rows stretching off in all
Floyd | directions. Each of the desks has a huge heap of papers on one side,
Floyd | and a small machine on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "teeterwaller, shut up" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "shut".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd | The machines look a little like typewriters, but they have strange
Floyd | keyboards, and the paper-feeding mechanisms don't look like they're for
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Those are card punch three-three-five's," Teeterwaller says, sounding
Floyd | surprised.  It takes you a moment to figure out what he means, then you
Floyd | realize he's talking about a model number, something like Card Punch
Floyd | 335~.  "I haven't seen one of these in years," he says.  You're afraid
Floyd | he's going to go off on one of his tangents about the good old days of
Floyd | computing when real programmers had to key in the operating system in
Floyd | binary with their toes, but he just looks fondly at the machines.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stacks" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "stacks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stacks" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "stacks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x piles" 		

Floyd | The piles look random; they're composed of papers of all sizes and
Floyd | colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search piles" 		

Floyd | They're too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Building
Floyd |    This cavernous space is broken up only by a few vertical steel beams
Floyd | supporting the roof high above.  A diffuse yellow glow from pale lights
Floyd | suspended from above filters down through the thick dust hanging in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |    Rows of drab gray metal desks extend off in all directions,
Floyd | separated by just enough space to form aisles.  On each desk is a
Floyd | ragged pile, several feet high, of assorted papers, and a small machine
Floyd | of some kind.  Some of the piles of paper are narrow, precariously
Floyd | balanced columns, others are mounds; a few have fallen over, scattering
Floyd | papers across the floor.
Floyd |    A large door (currently open) to the south leads out of the
Floyd | building.  The area near the door, where you're standing, is clear of
Floyd | desks, and instead is mostly open, except for a huge workbench.
Floyd | Several huge burlap sacks full of envelopes are piled alongside the
Floyd | workbench.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd | The piles look random; they're composed of papers of all sizes and
Floyd | colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x workbench" 		

Floyd | The workbench is very wide, and dominates the entire open area near the
Floyd | door.  On closer inspection, you see that it's not merely a workbench,
Floyd | but is actually a machine of some kind.  In the center of surface of
Floyd | the workbench is a rectangular depression, about the size of a
Floyd | coffee-table book and about four inches deep, lined at the bottom with
Floyd | little gears and wheels; it's currently empty.  Sticking out of the
Floyd | front of the workbench, roughly under the top depression, is a metal
Floyd | basket, of roughly the same dimensions as the depression, placed in
Floyd | front of a chute coming out of the workbench; the basket contains a
Floyd | deck of punched cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | On top of the workbench, near the depression, is a knob that looks like
Floyd | the channel dial on a really old television; the knob can be set to
Floyd | values from 0 to 7, and is currently set to 0.  Next to the knob is a
Floyd | black push-button.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cards" 		

Floyd | The deck is ten inches thick and must contain thousands of cards--far
Floyd | too many to examine individually.  Each card has numerous neat little
Floyd | square holes randomly dispersed across the card, and a series of
Floyd | numbers printed across the top, corresponding to the punched holes.
Floyd | The numbers are arranged into groups: the first group has eight digits;
Floyd | the second group has one or two digits, then a decimal point, then two
Floyd | more digits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing through the deck, you notice that the cards are sorted by the
Floyd | first group of numbers, which would make it easy to find a particular
Floyd | number of that group in the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cards" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x depression" 		

Floyd | There's nothing in the depression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "it just said there were thousands of cards. Did we really take them all?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x knob" 		

Floyd | The knob looks like the mechanical channel dials on old televisions.
Floyd | It can be set to positions numbered from 0 to 7; it's currently set to
Floyd | 0.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yup"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a battery, a flashlight, a
Floyd | Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a portable hand-held
Floyd | scanner, a looseleaf page, and a deck of punched cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put basket in depression" 		

Floyd | You can't put the basket anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take basket" 		

Floyd | You can't have the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x deck" 		

Floyd | The deck is ten inches thick and must contain thousands of cards--far
Floyd | too many to examine individually.  Each card has numerous neat little
Floyd | square holes randomly dispersed across the card, and a series of
Floyd | numbers printed across the top, corresponding to the punched holes.
Floyd | The numbers are arranged into groups: the first group has eight digits;
Floyd | the second group has one or two digits, then a decimal point, then two
Floyd | more digits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing through the deck, you notice that the cards are sorted by the
Floyd | first group of numbers, which would make it easy to find a particular
Floyd | number of that group in the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put cards in depression" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up 20300273 in deck" 		

Floyd | The cards are sorted, so you easily flip through the deck to where
Floyd | 20300273 should be.  You find a card that looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd |    20300273        2.15
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the black push-button)
Floyd | The machine inside the workbench grinds into action.  Waves of motion
Floyd | start rippling through the cards sitting in the depression, and they
Floyd | all vibrate rapidly.  The machinery makes more and more noise until the
Floyd | whole workbench is vibrating wildly.  Suddenly, the cards start
Floyd | disappearing into the machinery, and after a few moments the entire
Floyd | deck has been sucked inside the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workbench impossibly gets even louder, and starts making bangs and
Floyd | clunks at irregular intervals--clunk...  whir...
Floyd | bang-bang-bang-clunk...  whir...  clunk-bang...  clunk...  bang-bang...
Floyd | whir...
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the cards start issuing from the chute at incredible speed
Floyd | and lining up neatly in the basket.  It only takes a few seconds before
Floyd | the entire deck has been reassembled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise from the machinery starts to subside, falling in both pitch
Floyd | and volume as the gears and flywheels coast to a halt within the
Floyd | workbench.  The machine eventually becomes quiet and still.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "What exactly just happened?"
		phoenix asks, "it's a sorting machine?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cards" 		

Floyd | The deck is ten inches thick and must contain thousands of cards--far
Floyd | too many to examine individually.  Each card has numerous neat little
Floyd | square holes randomly dispersed across the card, and a series of
Floyd | numbers printed across the top, corresponding to the punched holes.
Floyd | The numbers are arranged into groups: the first group has eight digits;
Floyd | the second group has one or two digits, then a decimal point, then two
Floyd | more digits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing through the deck, you notice that the cards are sorted by the
Floyd | first group of numbers, which would make it easy to find a particular
Floyd | number of that group in the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 1" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "The question is, what is it good for"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put cards in depression" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the black push-button)
Floyd | The machine inside the workbench grinds into action.  Waves of motion
Floyd | start rippling through the cards sitting in the depression, and they
Floyd | all vibrate rapidly.  The machinery makes more and more noise until the
Floyd | whole workbench is vibrating wildly.  Suddenly, the cards start
Floyd | disappearing into the machinery, and after a few moments the entire
Floyd | deck has been sucked inside the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workbench impossibly gets even louder, and starts making bangs and
Floyd | clunks at irregular intervals--clunk...  whir...
Floyd | bang-bang-bang-clunk...  whir...  clunk-bang...  clunk...  bang-bang...
Floyd | whir...
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the cards start issuing from the chute at incredible speed
Floyd | and lining up neatly in the basket.  It only takes a few seconds before
Floyd | the entire deck has been reassembled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise from the machinery starts to subside, falling in both pitch
Floyd | and volume as the gears and flywheels coast to a halt within the
Floyd | workbench.  The machine eventually becomes quiet and still.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cards" 		

Floyd | The deck is ten inches thick and must contain thousands of cards--far
Floyd | too many to examine individually.  Each card has numerous neat little
Floyd | square holes randomly dispersed across the card, and a series of
Floyd | numbers printed across the top, corresponding to the punched holes.
Floyd | The numbers are arranged into groups: the first group has eight digits;
Floyd | the second group has one or two digits, then a decimal point, then two
Floyd | more digits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing through the deck, you notice that the cards are sorted by the
Floyd | second group of numbers, which would make it easy to find a particular
Floyd | number of that group in the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
		genericgeekgirl says, "0-7, 7 digits."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Uh, I mean, 8 digits :)"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I can count."
		phoenix asks, "0 sorted by that first group, 1 sorted by the second group (price), what's 2 do?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "2 sorts by the 3rd digit and so on."
		phoenix says, "it says second *group* not second digit"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 2" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put cards in depression" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the black push-button)
Floyd | The machine inside the workbench grinds into action.  Waves of motion
Floyd | start rippling through the cards sitting in the depression, and they
Floyd | all vibrate rapidly.  The machinery makes more and more noise until the
Floyd | whole workbench is vibrating wildly.  Suddenly, the cards start
Floyd | disappearing into the machinery, and after a few moments the entire
Floyd | deck has been sucked inside the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workbench impossibly gets even louder, and starts making bangs and
Floyd | clunks at irregular intervals--clunk...  whir...
Floyd | bang-bang-bang-clunk...  whir...  clunk-bang...  clunk...  bang-bang...
Floyd | whir...
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the cards start issuing from the chute at incredible speed
Floyd | and lining up neatly in the basket.  It only takes a few seconds before
Floyd | the entire deck has been reassembled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise from the machinery starts to subside, falling in both pitch
Floyd | and volume as the gears and flywheels coast to a halt within the
Floyd | workbench.  The machine eventually becomes quiet and still.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cards" 		

Floyd | The deck is ten inches thick and must contain thousands of cards--far
Floyd | too many to examine individually.  Each card has numerous neat little
Floyd | square holes randomly dispersed across the card, and a series of
Floyd | numbers printed across the top, corresponding to the punched holes.
Floyd | The numbers are arranged into groups: the first group has eight digits;
Floyd | the second group has one or two digits, then a decimal point, then two
Floyd | more digits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing through the deck, you can detect no apparent ordering; they're
Floyd | just randomly arranged in the deck, which would make it next to
Floyd | impossible to find a particular number in the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm, ok."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I thought 0-7 meant 1-8."
		djfletch asks, "oh, how about looking up the number from the opener?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put cards in depression. turn knob to 0. press button" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are words after your command that I couldn't use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x switches" 		

Floyd | Eight tiny slide switches are lined up next to each other.  On the side
Floyd | of each switch, eight small notches show the possible positions; each
Floyd | switch can be set to a number from 0 to 7.  Currently, the switches are
Floyd | in the following positions:  55567562.  Just above the switches,
Floyd | someone has written "55567562".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 0" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 0.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the black push-button)
Floyd | The machine inside the workbench grinds into action.  Waves of motion
Floyd | start rippling through the cards sitting in the depression, and they
Floyd | all vibrate rapidly.  The machinery makes more and more noise until the
Floyd | whole workbench is vibrating wildly.  Suddenly, the cards start
Floyd | disappearing into the machinery, and after a few moments the entire
Floyd | deck has been sucked inside the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workbench impossibly gets even louder, and starts making bangs and
Floyd | clunks at irregular intervals--clunk...  whir...
Floyd | bang-bang-bang-clunk...  whir...  clunk-bang...  clunk...  bang-bang...
Floyd | whir...
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the cards start issuing from the chute at incredible speed
Floyd | and lining up neatly in the basket.  It only takes a few seconds before
Floyd | the entire deck has been reassembled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise from the machinery starts to subside, falling in both pitch
Floyd | and volume as the gears and flywheels coast to a halt within the
Floyd | workbench.  The machine eventually becomes quiet and still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up 55567562 in deck" 		

Floyd | The cards are sorted, so you easily flip through the deck to where
Floyd | 55567562 should be.  You find a card that looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd |    55567562        2.57
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, it's a computer."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, was away."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up 2.57 in envelopes" 		

Floyd | You can't look up anything in the envelopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "And will be away again for a sec, as my feet are cold and I require socks."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up 12345678 in deck" 		

Floyd | Since the cards are sorted, you easily flip through the deck to where
Floyd | 12345678 should be, but you don't find a card with that value.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it sorts the cards so we can look things up in them"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up 12345670 in deck" 		

Floyd | Since the cards are sorted, you easily flip through the deck to where
Floyd | 12345670 should be, but you don't find a card with that value.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		nm says, "yeah, you and Canada are having a nice cool day"
		djfletch says, "so it might mean something that 55567562 exists, but I don't know what good it is to know that it corresponds to 2.57"
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x envelopes" 		

Floyd | There are far too many envelopes for a thorough examination, but you
Floyd | pick a few at random, and find that they're all addressed to different
Floyd | products' rebate offers:  Healthy Concern Low-Fat Crème Brûlée Frozen
Floyd | Dessert $1.51 Rebate Offer, Gazette SonarTrac Razor 3-Pack $2.15
Floyd | Mail-In Rebate Offer, Sergeant Sweet's Peanut Butter Sweet with
Floyd | Chocolaty Chips and Macadamia Nuts 44 Ounce Breakfast Cereal $3.77
Floyd | Rebate Offer, ToxiCola 24-Pack $1.01 Mail-In Rebate Offer, Mrs.
Floyd | Palfrey's Olde-Tyme Naturally and Artificially Flavoured Snacking Cones
Floyd | $2.35 Rebate Offer, Blowiger's Very Fine Teas $0.90 Rebate Offer,
Floyd | Shane's No-Spill Men's 100% Cotton Briefs $2.80 Mail-In Rebate Offer,
Floyd | and many more.  Even though each envelope is for a different product's
Floyd | rebate offer, they all have the same address:  PO Box 2004, Conners
Floyd | City.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "no 2.57 there"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We have a flashlight. We should go explore some more."
		djfletch says, "Yes, try the ditch I suppose."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Also the cards started sorted by the first number, so maybe we want the second before we go?"
		djfletch asks, "Hmm, should we be looking up all those prices from the envelopes?"
		phoenix says, "tried that"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put cards in depression" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 1" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh, no we didn't"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the black push-button)
Floyd | The machine inside the workbench grinds into action.  Waves of motion
Floyd | start rippling through the cards sitting in the depression, and they
Floyd | all vibrate rapidly.  The machinery makes more and more noise until the
Floyd | whole workbench is vibrating wildly.  Suddenly, the cards start
Floyd | disappearing into the machinery, and after a few moments the entire
Floyd | deck has been sucked inside the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workbench impossibly gets even louder, and starts making bangs and
Floyd | clunks at irregular intervals--clunk...  whir...
Floyd | bang-bang-bang-clunk...  whir...  clunk-bang...  clunk...  bang-bang...
Floyd | whir...
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the cards start issuing from the chute at incredible speed
Floyd | and lining up neatly in the basket.  It only takes a few seconds before
Floyd | the entire deck has been reassembled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise from the machinery starts to subside, falling in both pitch
Floyd | and volume as the gears and flywheels coast to a halt within the
Floyd | workbench.  The machine eventually becomes quiet and still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up 3.77 in deck" 		

Floyd | The cards are sorted, so you easily flip through the deck to where 3.77
Floyd | should be.  You find a card that looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd |    41531454        3.77
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Onward?"
		phoenix says, "I suppose we might find an item that clues us into the envelope list that tells us to look this up in the deck and put the code in. Yeah, let's move on"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    A huge dog is here, happily puttering around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd | The dog wags his tail at you happily, and returns to his puttering
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | It's too dangerous to attempt to travel the off-road terrain on foot in
Floyd | this darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "did we check west of start?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Path
Floyd |    The path runs north and south alongside a deep ditch, which is to
Floyd | the west.  The road lies to the south.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, no. We haven't."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The path veers toward the ditch, then slopes down along a terrace cut
Floyd | into the ditch's bank until it reaches the bottom of the ditch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path in ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Wrong way"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The path ascends a terrace cut into the ditch's bank back to the top of
Floyd | the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road, near car
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road continues east and west.  To the east you can just make out
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car.  It's too dark to see much to the west, although
Floyd | you remember from having driven this stretch that there's nothing for a
Floyd | long ways.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Teeterwaller stops you.  "We just came from this direction," he says.
Floyd | "There's nothing this way for at least twenty miles."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok."
		phoenix says, "Oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "verbose on" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Meh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road continues east and west.  To the east you can just make out
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car.  It's too dark to see much to the west, although
Floyd | you remember from having driven this stretch that there's nothing for a
Floyd | long ways.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road, near car
Floyd |    The road stretches off into the dim moonlight to the east and west.
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller's car sits in the shoulder, parked just slightly off
Floyd | the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |    A gravel driveway leads away from the road to the north.  The road
Floyd | continues east and west.  To the west you can just make out Mr.
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car; it's too dark to see much to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | It's too dangerous to attempt to travel the off-road terrain on foot in
Floyd | this darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |    The road continues east and west, rising slightly as it crosses a
Floyd | deep ditch.  Metal guard rails run alongside the road on both sides to
Floyd | prevent vehicles from running into the ditch; a narrow foot path leads
Floyd | northeast from the end of the north rail.  In the darkness, you can't
Floyd | see far down the road in either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |    The path runs north and south alongside a deep ditch, which is to
Floyd | the west.  The road lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The path veers toward the ditch, then slopes down along a terrace cut
Floyd | into the ditch's bank until it reaches the bottom of the ditch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path in ditch
Floyd |    The path occupies a narrow ledge just above the stagnant water of
Floyd | the ditch. The path to the south climbs a narrow terrace cut into the
Floyd | ditch's bank.  You can't go any further north, but the tenuous ledge
Floyd | hugging the bank to the southwest looks passable; without something to
Floyd | light the way, though, it would be too dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" 		

Floyd | You switch on the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "SW?"
		phoenix says, "sw"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | It's difficult, but since you have enough light to see what you're
Floyd | doing, you manage to make your way further along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait for me!"  your boss cries from behind.  You shine the light back
Floyd | for him, and he nervously negotiates the narrow ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd |    The ditch passes through a tunnel under the road.  The path is wide
Floyd | and straight here, continuing alongside the ditch to the north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path near ditch
Floyd |    The path continues north and south along the ditch.  To the north,
Floyd | you can just barely make out the road crossing over the ditch.  To the
Floyd | south, you see some faint lights in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ditch, north of fence
Floyd |    The ditch is deep here--the banks are perhaps twenty feet high.  A
Floyd | chain-link fence runs above the top of the ditch to the south, below
Floyd | which is a gate made of closely-spaced steel bars; the gate covers the
Floyd | full width of the ditch, and blocks travel to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd | The gate is made of vertical steel bars, spaced about six inches apart.
Floyd | Rails at either side guide the gate so that it can slide up and down,
Floyd | and a pair of cables attached to the top of the gate are connected to a
Floyd | winch high above.  The gate is immersed in the water and covers the
Floyd | full width of the ditch; it completely blocks travel to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cables" 		

Floyd | The cables connect the gate to a winch above the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ditch" 		

Floyd | The ditch runs north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | "Click."
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x garage" 		

Floyd | (the garage opener button)
Floyd | You presumably push the button to transmit a radio signal to open a
Floyd | garage door somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x switches" 		

Floyd | Eight tiny slide switches are lined up next to each other.  On the side
Floyd | of each switch, eight small notches show the possible positions; each
Floyd | switch can be set to a number from 0 to 7.  Currently, the switches are
Floyd | in the following positions:  55567562.  Just above the switches,
Floyd | someone has written "55567562".
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search gate" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The bank is too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You don't have any desire to wade into the stagnant water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x winch" 		

Floyd | It's high above; you can't see any detail from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rails" 		

Floyd | The rails guide the gate so that it can move up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd | You brace yourself and pull the bars as hard as you can, but the gate
Floyd | is much too heavy to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "set switches to 20300273" 		

Floyd | You carefully manipulate the tiny switches into the new positions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | "Click."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "What was that number?"
		phoenix says, "the barcode from the loose paper"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah"
		phoenix says, "i'm guessing this IS the way to open the gate but we have to figure out how the numbers conect"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a battery, a flashlight
Floyd | (providing light), a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a
Floyd | portable hand-held scanner, and a looseleaf page.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "There may be a barcode to read somewhere. We have the scanner."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "throw harness at winch" 		

Floyd | It's too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "We could try all the ones we can find I suppose. You'd think there would be a clue though."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb cables" 		

Floyd | It's too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Let's go look at the other side of the gate."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x rails" 		

Floyd | The rails guide the gate so that it can move up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "how?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We saw it earlier from the compound."
		phoenix says, "ah yeah, it was described as a metal framework that we could'nt reach"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Well, there might be clues over there in any case."
		phoenix says, "why not."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The gate is blocking the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path near ditch
Floyd |    The path continues north and south along the ditch.  To the north,
Floyd | you can just barely make out the road crossing over the ditch.  To the
Floyd | south, you see some faint lights in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd |    The ditch passes through a tunnel under the road.  The path is wide
Floyd | and straight here, continuing alongside the ditch to the north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path in ditch
Floyd |    The path occupies a narrow ledge just above the stagnant water of
Floyd | the ditch. The path to the south climbs a narrow terrace cut into the
Floyd | ditch's bank.  You can't go any further north, but the tenuous ledge
Floyd | hugging the bank to the southwest looks passable; you may be able to
Floyd | find your way with something to light the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We still don't have a clear sense of what we're doing though, do we?"
		phoenix says, "well, we're supposed to get in the plant, which we are guessing involves going through the gate in the ditch"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The path ascends a terrace cut into the ditch's bank back to the top of
Floyd | the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |    The path runs north and south alongside a deep ditch, which is to
Floyd | the west.  The road lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |    The road continues east and west, rising slightly as it crosses a
Floyd | deep ditch.  Metal guard rails run alongside the road on both sides to
Floyd | prevent vehicles from running into the ditch; a narrow foot path leads
Floyd | northeast from the end of the north rail.  In the darkness, you can't
Floyd | see far down the road in either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intersection
Floyd |    The main road leads east and west here.  A smaller intersecting road
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road runs north and south.  In both directions, you can see
Floyd | nothing but darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    A light fog hangs over the road in the still night air.  The road
Floyd | continues into the darkness to the north.  To the south, distant lights
Floyd | glow weakly through the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |    The road ends at the gated entrance to a huge industrial complex
Floyd | sprawling over the foggy landscape to the south.  A tall chain-link
Floyd | fence surrounds the complex; the fence is interrupted only by a sliding
Floyd | section of fence that serves as a gate (currently closed) across the
Floyd | road.  Narrow paths run along the outside of the fence east and west of
Floyd | the road.  The road continues into the darkness to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd | The gate is merely a separate section of the fence that slides across
Floyd | the road. It's currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "oh, is this MJR's The Plant? I figured you guys were doing Cover Comp games or something"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |    The terrain is clear for a few feet outside the perimeter of the
Floyd | fence, creating this path.  The road is just to the west, and the
Floyd | enormous plant complex is beyond the fence to the south.  The terrain
Floyd | slopes up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah"
		Ellison says, "I never got anywhere in this"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |    The terrain is considerably elevated above the road, which lies some
Floyd | distance to the west.  Scrubby bushes grow almost up to the fence here,
Floyd | making it too difficult to travel further to the east.  The elevation
Floyd | gives you a clear view of the road through the vegetation.  The
Floyd | sprawling plant complex lies to the south, beyond the fence, and the
Floyd | path leads west along the fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |    The terrain is clear for a few feet outside the perimeter of the
Floyd | fence, creating this path.  The road is just to the west, and the
Floyd | enormous plant complex is beyond the fence to the south.  The terrain
Floyd | slopes up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |    The road ends at the gated entrance to a huge industrial complex
Floyd | sprawling over the foggy landscape to the south.  A tall chain-link
Floyd | fence surrounds the complex; the fence is interrupted only by a sliding
Floyd | section of fence that serves as a gate (currently closed) across the
Floyd | road.  Narrow paths run along the outside of the fence east and west of
Floyd | the road.  The road continues into the darkness to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path outside fence
Floyd |    The path ends abruptly to the west with a wall of tall, thorny
Floyd | bushes growing out of a deep ditch.  The road is just to the east, and
Floyd | the plant complex is on the other side of the fence to the south.
Floyd |    A metal framework under the fence inside the ditch is visible
Floyd | through the bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x framework" 		

Floyd | The framework is inside the ditch, under the fence, so you can't easily
Floyd | see the whole thing through the bushes.  Two vertical rails, one on
Floyd | each side of the ditch, are connected at the top by a crossbar.  A
Floyd | winch is in the center of the crossbar, and a pair of cables lead down
Floyd | from the winch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x winch" 		

Floyd | It looks like a heavy-duty winch capable of lifting an extremely large
Floyd | load.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the winch is a small black box.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd | You shine the flashlight on the black box, which gives you enough light
Floyd | to make out some detail.  Several wires run from the box to the winch,
Floyd | and a short antenna sticks up out of the top of the box.  On the side
Floyd | of the box is a white adhesive label with what looks like a bar code
Floyd | printed on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "scan bar code" 		

Floyd | (with the portable hand-held scanner)
Floyd | Which bar code do you mean, the looseleaf page bar code, or the black
Floyd | box bar code?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oho"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "scan black box bar code" 		

Floyd | (with the portable hand-held scanner)
Floyd | You point the scanner at the bar code and pull the trigger.
Floyd | Pencil-thin lines of red light vibrate across the bar code for a few
Floyd | moments, then the scanner emits a short bip, and the display lights up
Floyd | to show:  4.71.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up 4.71" 		

Floyd | What do you want to look up it in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up 4.71 in cards" 		

Floyd | I don't see any cards here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a battery, a flashlight
Floyd | (providing light), a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a
Floyd | portable hand-held scanner, and a looseleaf page.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Damnit."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I left them in the basket."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Complex
Floyd |    The road ends at the gated entrance to a huge industrial complex
Floyd | sprawling over the foggy landscape to the south.  A tall chain-link
Floyd | fence surrounds the complex; the fence is interrupted only by a sliding
Floyd | section of fence that serves as a gate (currently closed) across the
Floyd | road.  Narrow paths run along the outside of the fence east and west of
Floyd | the road.  The road continues into the darkness to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    A light fog hangs over the road in the still night air.  The road
Floyd | continues into the darkness to the north.  To the south, distant lights
Floyd | glow weakly through the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road runs north and south.  In both directions, you can see
Floyd | nothing but darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intersection
Floyd |    The main road leads east and west here.  A smaller intersecting road
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |    The road continues east and west, rising slightly as it crosses a
Floyd | deep ditch.  Metal guard rails run alongside the road on both sides to
Floyd | prevent vehicles from running into the ditch; a narrow foot path leads
Floyd | northeast from the end of the north rail.  In the darkness, you can't
Floyd | see far down the road in either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | It's too dangerous to jump into the ditch from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |    A gravel driveway leads away from the road to the north.  The road
Floyd | continues east and west.  To the west you can just make out Mr.
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car; it's too dark to see much to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    The driveway ends at an open roll-up metal door in a large,
Floyd | windowless building to the north.  The door looks like it belongs on a
Floyd | one-car garage.  Bolted to the side of the building is a heavy steel
Floyd | chain.  The driveway leads south, back to the road.
Floyd |    A huge dog is here, happily puttering around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Building
Floyd |    This cavernous space is broken up only by a few vertical steel beams
Floyd | supporting the roof high above.  A diffuse yellow glow from pale lights
Floyd | suspended from above filters down through the thick dust hanging in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |    Rows of drab gray metal desks extend off in all directions,
Floyd | separated by just enough space to form aisles.  On each desk is a
Floyd | ragged pile, several feet high, of assorted papers, and a small machine
Floyd | of some kind.  Some of the piles of paper are narrow, precariously
Floyd | balanced columns, others are mounds; a few have fallen over, scattering
Floyd | papers across the floor.
Floyd |    A large door (currently open) to the south leads out of the
Floyd | building.  The area near the door, where you're standing, is clear of
Floyd | desks, and instead is mostly open, except for a huge workbench.
Floyd | Several huge burlap sacks full of envelopes are piled alongside the
Floyd | workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cards" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up 4.71" 		

Floyd | (in the deck of punched cards)
Floyd | The cards are sorted, so you easily flip through the deck to where 4.71
Floyd | should be.  You find a card that looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd |    42325515        4.71
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set switches to 42325515" 		

Floyd | You carefully manipulate the tiny switches into the new positions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Shall we?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd |    The driveway ends at an open roll-up metal door in a large,
Floyd | windowless building to the north.  The door looks like it belongs on a
Floyd | one-car garage.  Bolted to the side of the building is a heavy steel
Floyd | chain.  The driveway leads south, back to the road.
Floyd |    A huge dog is here, happily puttering around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | It's too dangerous to attempt to travel the off-road terrain on foot in
Floyd | this darkness, even with the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at driveway
Floyd |    A gravel driveway leads away from the road to the north.  The road
Floyd | continues east and west.  To the west you can just make out Mr.
Floyd | Teeterwaller's car; it's too dark to see much to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road at ditch
Floyd |    The road continues east and west, rising slightly as it crosses a
Floyd | deep ditch.  Metal guard rails run alongside the road on both sides to
Floyd | prevent vehicles from running into the ditch; a narrow foot path leads
Floyd | northeast from the end of the north rail.  In the darkness, you can't
Floyd | see far down the road in either direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path
Floyd |    The path runs north and south alongside a deep ditch, which is to
Floyd | the west.  The road lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The path veers toward the ditch, then slopes down along a terrace cut
Floyd | into the ditch's bank until it reaches the bottom of the ditch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path in ditch
Floyd |    The path occupies a narrow ledge just above the stagnant water of
Floyd | the ditch. The path to the south climbs a narrow terrace cut into the
Floyd | ditch's bank.  You can't go any further north, but the tenuous ledge
Floyd | hugging the bank to the southwest looks passable; you may be able to
Floyd | find your way with something to light the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | It's difficult, but since you have enough light to see what you're
Floyd | doing, you manage to make your way further along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait for me!"  your boss cries from behind.  You shine the light back
Floyd | for him, and he nervously negotiates the narrow ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd |    The ditch passes through a tunnel under the road.  The path is wide
Floyd | and straight here, continuing alongside the ditch to the north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path near ditch
Floyd |    The path continues north and south along the ditch.  To the north,
Floyd | you can just barely make out the road crossing over the ditch.  To the
Floyd | south, you see some faint lights in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ditch, north of fence
Floyd |    The ditch is deep here--the banks are perhaps twenty feet high.  A
Floyd | chain-link fence runs above the top of the ditch to the south, below
Floyd | which is a gate made of closely-spaced steel bars; the gate covers the
Floyd | full width of the ditch, and blocks travel to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pree button" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "pree".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The gate is blocking the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | "Click."
Floyd |
Floyd | A corner of the sky glows briefly with a lightning flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "try the top side?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Path near ditch
Floyd |    The path continues north and south along the ditch.  To the north,
Floyd | you can just barely make out the road crossing over the ditch.  To the
Floyd | south, you see some faint lights in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a flash of lightning glows in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put battery in opener" 		

Floyd | You install the battery, making sure to align it in the correct
Floyd | direction according to the diagram.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes for a moment on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ditch, north of fence
Floyd |    The ditch is deep here--the banks are perhaps twenty feet high.  A
Floyd | chain-link fence runs above the top of the ditch to the south, below
Floyd | which is a gate made of closely-spaced steel bars; the gate covers the
Floyd | full width of the ditch, and blocks travel to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning flash momentarily lights up the sky in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | From above, you hear the winch make a loud humming noise.  The cables
Floyd | become tense, then the gate starts slowly rising.  It lifts up out of
Floyd | the water, then continues sliding up the rails for a few feet.  When it
Floyd | reaches the top of the rails, it stops, and the winch becomes silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Oh we took the battery out? LOL"
		genericgeekgirl says, "You can't get to the switches with the battery in."
		phoenix says, "makes sense"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd | Your score is 20 of a possible 100, in 297 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as an
Floyd | up-and-coming go-getter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use the FULL SCORE command to display a detailed list of the points
Floyd | you've earned.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "well I wouldn't have assumed the switches were installed underneat teh battery"
		phoenix says, "So. Someone put that sticker on the black box in order to give us the code to get in. Hmmmmm."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You have to bend down slightly to move past the gate.  Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | cautiously joins you, looking up to make sure the gate isn't going to
Floyd | come crashing down on him as he passes underneath.  As you cross under
Floyd | the fence, the ditch changes to a concrete-lined canal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Canal near gate
Floyd |    Vertical concrete walls line this deep canal.  A chain-link fence
Floyd | crosses over the top of the canal above; under the fence, a steel gate
Floyd | hangs several feet above the water, allowing passage through a low
Floyd | opening under the gate.  To the south, the canal stops at a concrete
Floyd | wall perforated by an array of pipes.
Floyd |    A ladder is set into the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wonderful job!"  Teeterwaller says excitedly.  "We're inside the
Floyd | complex!  Now we just need to find the trucks."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd | The pipes vary in size; most are about a foot in diameter, but many are
Floyd | only a few inches and a few are two feet wide.  The pipes all open into
Floyd | the canal, and most are dripping slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something deep inside a large rusty pipe catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x rusty" 		

Floyd | The pipe is over two feet in diameter and is very rusty, whereas most
Floyd | of the other pipes look clean and new.  You can see something inside
Floyd | the pipe, but you can't tell what it is from here; it's too far inside
Floyd | the pipe for you to reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put harness in pipe" 		

Floyd | You don't want to put anything into the pipe; it would just get all
Floyd | covered with slime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit pipe" 		

Floyd | Which pipe do you mean, the array of pipes, or the rusty pipe?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit rusty" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to attack the rusty pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about trucks" 		

Floyd | "You probably know as much as I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter pipe" 		

Floyd | Which pipe do you mean, the array of pipes, or the rusty pipe?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "rusty" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to enter the rusty pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kick rusty" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to attack the rusty pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe some machinery flushes it out"
		phoenix asks, "move on?"
		djfletch says, "yup"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You cautiously climb up the rungs.  It's quite a ways up and you feel a
Floyd | little anxious about the height, but you reach the top and peer over
Floyd | the edge to see if there are any guards about.  You can't see anyone,
Floyd | so you pull yourself over the edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | You motion to Teeterwaller to join you.  He nervously climbs the
Floyd | ladder, looking down several times.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You cross the grating, and climb the gentle slope of the stairway
Floyd | through one revolution around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |    Sitting above you, on top of the grating of the stairs one level up,
Floyd | you see a yellow hard-hat and a white hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take hats" 		

Floyd | yellow hard-hat:  That's on the other side of the grating.
Floyd | white hard-hat:  That's on the other side of the grating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs end at this landing, and go no further up.  This landing
Floyd | is nearly at the top of the tower, around four stories above the
Floyd | ground, and on the east side of the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall to the west.
Floyd | A large wheel is in the center of the door.
Floyd |    Through the grating below, you see a yellow hard-hat and a white
Floyd | hard-hat on the stairs one level down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd | It's a big metal wheel, about a foot in diameter, in the middle of the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | The wheel is hard to move, but you manage to turn it a couple of
Floyd | revolutions clockwise, where it stops.  A hissing sound escapes from
Floyd | the door for a few moments, then fades away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | As soon as you start to move the door, a thick, acrid vapor oozes out
Floyd | of the opening, and your eyes and lungs start burning.  You quickly
Floyd | shut the door again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hats" 		

Floyd | yellow hard-hat:  That's on the other side of the grating.
Floyd | white hard-hat:  That's on the other side of the grating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok, the status of the hats is a bit confusing"
		djfletch says, "Yes, it sounds like we just walked past them on the stairs."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Is there a gas mask somewhere?"
		phoenix says, "unless it is some sort of double helix staircase"
		djfletch says, "wacky"
		phoenix says, "since we went from level 2 to 4"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |    Sitting above you, on top of the grating of the stairs one level up,
Floyd | you see a yellow hard-hat and a white hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x grating" 		

Floyd | Which grating do you mean, the top grating, or the bottom grating?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x top grating" 		

Floyd | The grating is the bottom of the stairs one level above.  Through the
Floyd | grating, you can see a yellow hard-hat and a white hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open grating" 		

Floyd | (the top grating)
Floyd | It's too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "that's rather strange"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I guess it must be two staircases."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Very odd, though."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x grating" 		

Floyd | It's a sturdy metal grating covering a shaft around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but it doesn't really say so here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open grating" 		

Floyd | It's firmly fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "let's see if we can find a mask ro something then"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x south" 		

Floyd | I don't see any south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd | I don't see any south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x passage" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "passage".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh fine."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "South?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x enclosure" 		

Floyd | The enclosure is about seven feet tall and open on one side to provide
Floyd | access to the equipment within.  A gray fire hose is coiled up neatly
Floyd | on a giant reel. In addition, the enclosure contains a newer gas mask
Floyd | and an older gas mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get masks" 		

Floyd | newer gas mask:  Mr. Teeterwaller picks up the older gas mask.  "Good
Floyd | idea," he says.  "This could come in handy."
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | older gas mask:  Mr. Teeterwaller is carrying the older gas mask and
Floyd | won't let you have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the end of the fire hose, and unreel the hose a couple
Floyd | of feet.  The reel remains under tension as you pull it, but it allows
Floyd | you to unreel the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hose" 		

Floyd | (the coiled fire hose)
Floyd | The hose is neatly coiled on a giant reel (except for the last few
Floyd | feet, which you're holding); next to the coil is a valve with a brass
Floyd | control wheel.  The hose ends in a nozzle, attached to which is a
Floyd | lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You turn the wheel counterclockwise until it stops.  You can hear water
Floyd | rush through the valve for a few moments as the hose pressurizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we can use this to flush whatever it was out of the rusty pipe"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You carefully pull the fire hose along with you.  The reel unwinds,
Floyd | letting out the hose for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches along the ground through the opening to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we'd need to find the inlet, I guess"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You won't be able to drag the hose up the stairs; it would get stuck
Floyd | wrapping around the tower wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Teeterwaller looks down into the canal.  "I don't think the hose will
Floyd | make it over the edge without some help," he says.  "I'll stay up here
Floyd | and guide it over the edge for you."  He situates himself at the top of
Floyd | the ladder as you start to climb down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Canal near gate
Floyd |    Vertical concrete walls line this deep canal.  A chain-link fence
Floyd | crosses over the top of the canal above; under the fence, a steel gate
Floyd | hangs several feet above the water, allowing passage through a low
Floyd | opening under the gate.  To the south, the canal stops at a concrete
Floyd | wall perforated by an array of pipes.
Floyd |    A ladder is set into the west wall.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches up the wall of the canal to the top of the
Floyd | ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put hose in rusty" 		

Floyd | You shove the fire hose nozzle into the pipe.  You still have to hold
Floyd | the hose to keep it from retracting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever, and water immediately starts gushing through the
Floyd | nozzle and into the pipe.  The pipe quickly fills up, and the water
Floyd | starts shooting back out.  You release the lever and jump out of the
Floyd | way as the water pours out of the pipe.  A deflated silver balloon
Floyd | falls out of the pipe, carried by the force of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pump" 		

Floyd | It's a small hand-operated pump, probably for inflating basketballs or
Floyd | something similar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No inlet finding needed, cool"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd | It's an ordinary balloon, made of shiny silver plastic.  It's currently
Floyd | fully deflated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Also we have masks now, so back upstairs?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Or explore first?"
		phoenix says, "let's have a quick look around, I don't think there should be too many locations"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You cautiously climb up the rungs.  It's quite a ways up and you feel a
Floyd | little anxious about the height, but you reach the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire hose retracts as you go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches along the ground through the opening to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can't get the hose around the bend--there are too many pipes at odd
Floyd | angles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop hose" 		

Floyd | As soon as you let go of the hose, it slides away to the southeast as
Floyd | the reel winds the hose back onto the coil.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passage
Floyd |    The pipes are just barely far enough apart here for you to squeeze
Floyd | through to the northwest, but this is otherwise a dead end.
Floyd |    A space between some pipes to the east affords a peephole view of a
Floyd | large courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look!"  Mr. Teeterwaller says, pointing through the opening in the
Floyd | pipes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the opening, you can see several trucks parked in the
Floyd | courtyard--the same trucks that you saw hijacked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two people, wearing baggy white whole-body suits with hoods and gas
Floyd | masks, emerge from the back of one of the trucks, walking backwards,
Floyd | carrying something.  They continue out down a ramp at the back of the
Floyd | truck; two more people dressed the same way come into view, also
Floyd | helping to carry the object, which you can now see is a large shiny
Floyd | silver crate.  Two more people come out of the truck, then another two
Floyd | carrying the trailing end of the crate.  The eight slowly make their
Floyd | way down the ramp with the obviously heavy cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder what they could be removing from the trucks that requires
Floyd | such elaborate protective clothing.  You look at Teeterwaller.  He's
Floyd | watching intently, but, strangely, does not seem surprised by what he's
Floyd | seeing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another space-suited worker emerges from the truck, slowly waving a
Floyd | wand attached by a cord to a box that makes intermittent ticking
Floyd | sounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill as you realize that the cargo must be radioactive.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group and their load disappear behind the truck, and the clicking
Floyd | of the Geiger counter recedes into inaudibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller continues watching for a few moments.  "Interesting," he
Floyd | finally says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yes. Interesting."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Run. Away."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Narrow passage
Floyd |    The pipes are just barely far enough apart here for you to squeeze
Floyd | through to the northwest, but this is otherwise a dead end.
Floyd |    A space between some pipes to the east affords a peephole view of a
Floyd | large courtyard.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about nukes" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "nukes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You have to crawl underneath a large pipe about three feet above the
Floyd | ground, but once you're past the pipe, you're able to stand again.  Mr.
Floyd | Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end
Floyd |    This opening in the pipes is large enough to stand in, but not much
Floyd | more.  To the northwest is a low crawl-way, but there are no other
Floyd | openings large enough to travel through.  The dense wall of pipes to
Floyd | the south is, however, broken in one spot by a six-inch gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gap" 		

Floyd | The gap is about six inches high and a little wider.  Beyond the gap,
Floyd | there appears to be a large open area with a glass floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in gap" 		

Floyd | The gap is about six inches high and a little wider.  Beyond the gap,
Floyd | there appears to be a large open area with a glass floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so, that was some sort of convoy transporting nuclear material and the plant guys set up the detour to hijack it"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "It just keeps going."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd | The cage isn't the kind that's meant to keep someone from getting out;
Floyd | it's simply a metal floor about three feet by eight feet with a loose
Floyd | framework of metal poles forming the edges of a box; a cable attached
Floyd | at the top of the framework holds the whole thing a few inches off the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd | The cage isn't the kind that's meant to keep someone from getting out;
Floyd | it's simply a metal floor about three feet by eight feet with a loose
Floyd | framework of metal poles forming the edges of a box; a cable attached
Floyd | at the top of the framework holds the whole thing a few inches off the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Cool"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about fifty feet east of the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | The glass looks like a giant window set into the ground, roughly square
Floyd | and a hundred feet on a side.  It looks as though a huge chamber is
Floyd | below the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "It might be difficult to get back from this area, so gas mask first?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Also, SW later."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | You cross the grating, and climb the gentle slope of the stairway
Floyd | through one revolution around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |    Sitting above you, on top of the grating of the stairs one level up,
Floyd | you see a yellow hard-hat and a white hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs end at this landing, and go no further up.  This landing
Floyd | is nearly at the top of the tower, around four stories above the
Floyd | ground, and on the east side of the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall to the west.
Floyd | A large wheel is in the center of the door.
Floyd |    Through the grating below, you see a yellow hard-hat and a white
Floyd | hard-hat on the stairs one level down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear mask" 		

Floyd | (the newer gas mask)
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the newer gas mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller puts his gas mask on as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisps of viscous green vapor waft slowly out from the door.
Floyd | Fortunately, the gas mask seems to be protecting you from the gas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | East end of catwalk
Floyd |    A catwalk starts at the rounded door to the east (which is open),
Floyd | and extends west toward the center of the cylinder of the tower,
Floyd | suspended by cables over a churning, bubbling sea of viscous
Floyd | yellow-green liquid ten feet below.  A green, misty vapor swirls up
Floyd | from the surface of the liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rounded metal door swings shut with a dull thud.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I hope we're not trapped."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of catwalk
Floyd |    This is roughly the center of the catwalk, which extends east and
Floyd | west.  A pair of cables, suspended from above, are attached to the
Floyd | catwalk here to provide support.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West end of catwalk
Floyd |    The catwalk reaches the west wall of the tower here, and extends
Floyd | into the center of the tower to the east.  A door is set into the west
Floyd | wall; it's currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | The door won't budge; it seems to be locked from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd | The closed door is about four feet tall and rounded at the corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We've saved, but I guess it was awhile back."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
		phoenix says, "I doubt the door would lock itself"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push door" 		

Floyd | Pushing the rounded metal door doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull door" 		

Floyd | Pulling the rounded metal door doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "doesn't look like we can do much with this other door, though"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of catwalk
Floyd |    This is roughly the center of the catwalk, which extends east and
Floyd | west.  A pair of cables, suspended from above, are attached to the
Floyd | catwalk here to provide support.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cables" 		

Floyd | The cables extend to the domed roof of the tower above, and are
Floyd | attached to the catwalk here to support its weight.  At the top of the
Floyd | cables, you can just make out what looks like an access hatch in the
Floyd | roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb cables" 		

Floyd | "I think I'll wait here," Mr. Teeterwaller says nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and grasp the cable, giving it a tug to make
Floyd | sure it's as firmly attached as it appears to be.  Taking care not to
Floyd | look down at the bubbling cauldron of who-knows-what below, you start
Floyd | ascending the cable.  It's as hard as you expect, but you manage to
Floyd | climb the twenty feet to the roof of the dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the roof, on a cable
Floyd |    The cable is attached to a hook bolted to the roof of the dome.
Floyd | Within reach is a round access hatch, currently closed, in the roof of
Floyd | the dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd | It won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd | It's a round door about two feet in diameter, with a wheel in the
Floyd | center.  It's currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You can't seem to turn it with just one hand, and there's no way you
Floyd | can let go of the cable with both hands without something to keep you
Floyd | from falling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear harness" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the dog harness.  Tightening the harness
Floyd | securely around your chest, you can't help but feel a little silly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "attach harness to hook" 		

Floyd | You slip the harness's ring onto the cable hook.  The hook and harness
Floyd | seem easily able to support your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You cautiously let go of the cable, letting your weight shift to the
Floyd | harness.  The harness easily holds you in place, letting you take hold
Floyd | of the wheel.  The wheel is hard to move, but you manage to turn it a
Floyd | couple of revolutions clockwise, where it stops.  A hissing sound
Floyd | escapes from the door for a few moments, then fades away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "nice"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You start to leave, but the harness instantly jerks you to a stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "remove harness" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the dog harness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You start to leave, but the harness instantly jerks you to a stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Gah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "unclip harness" 		

Floyd | You slip the ring off the hook
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You grab onto the edge of the access hatch and pull yourself through
Floyd | the opening and out onto the roof of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of tower
Floyd |    This is the apex of the tower dome, which slopes down in all
Floyd | directions.  The air is cool and a steady wind flows past the dome.  An
Floyd | access hatch is at the top; it's precariously propped up and open, and
Floyd | wisps of green vapor drift out.  Handholds set into the roof form a
Floyd | ladder down the west side of the dome.
Floyd |    The industrial wasteland of the plant complex stretches to the
Floyd | north, other towers delineated by colored lights twinkling in the
Floyd | distance, a vast spiderweb of pipes and conduits below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear frightened muttering from the hatch.  Mr. Teeterwaller's head
Floyd | appears in the opening.  You reach down and help him up onto the roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good job getting that hatch open," Teeterwaller tells you.  "That
Floyd | never would have occurred to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		phoenix asks, "Oh now he's climbing it??"
		Jacqueline says, "It never would have occurred to me to take that harness in the first place."
		Jacqueline says, "But, y'know, IF >TAKE ALL and all that."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The precariously-balanced hatch slams shut as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb down the handholds, following the curved dome as it becomes
Floyd | steeper and finally vertical.  The handholds continue down the side of
Floyd | the tower to a landing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs reach their summit at this landing, which, unlike all of
Floyd | the other landings, is on the west side of the tower.  Handholds set
Floyd | into the tower wall at regular intervals form a ladder up the side of
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall.  In the
Floyd | center of the door is a wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok, that would be the west door we couldn't open"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You follow the stairs halfway around the tower to the next landing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, three stories up
Floyd |    This landing is about three stories above the ground, on the east
Floyd | side of the tower.  The stairs continue wrapping around the tower,
Floyd | allowing you to travel up or down.
Floyd |    You see a yellow hard-hat and a white hard-hat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so it is a double stair"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hats" 		

Floyd | yellow hard-hat:  Mr. Teeterwaller picks up the white hard-hat.  "Good
Floyd | idea," he says.  "This could come in handy."
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | white hard-hat:  Mr. Teeterwaller is carrying the white hard-hat and
Floyd | won't let you have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, one story up
Floyd |    This landing is about one story above the ground, on the east side
Floyd | of the tower.  The stairs continue up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As the stairway winds around to the west side of the tower, it passes
Floyd | through an opening in the grating surrounding the tower and descends
Floyd | into the shaft below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground, in shaft
Floyd |    Concrete walls line this cylindrical shaft surrounding the tower.
Floyd | The stairs end their descent here, about a story beneath the surface,
Floyd | but the shaft continues far below.  A metal grating completely covers
Floyd | the shaft at the bottom of the stairs, providing a floor.
Floyd |    A narrow opening in the wall of the shaft leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "So in order to go 1 level down to the basement, you have to climb the tower, go through the toxic tower, then climb down the other tower"
		phoenix says, "Bet the workers in this plant have fun"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passage
Floyd |    This low, narrow tunnel was probably never intended as a walkway;
Floyd | it's more like a ventilation shaft than a corridor.  The tunnel becomes
Floyd | an aluminum duct to the west, and several small vents connect through
Floyd | the north and south walls. The passage opens into a larger area to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vents" 		

Floyd | The vents are circular and vary in size from a few inches to a foot in
Floyd | diameter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Air duct
Floyd |    This aluminum air duct is just large enough to crawl through here,
Floyd | but splits into several smaller ducts to the west, none of which are
Floyd | large enough to permit further passage.  The duct widens to the east.
Floyd | A vent cover, two feet on a side, is over an opening in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x ducts" 		

Floyd | There are six smaller ducts, all too small to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cover" 		

Floyd | You swing the vent cover down and out, leaving the opening uncovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear some voices from the room below, but you can't make out what
Floyd | they're saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "danger time"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "listen to voices" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "listen".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear hat" 		

Floyd | (the yellow hard-hat)
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the yellow hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller puts his hard-hat on as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several workers wearing isolation suits and gas masks, together
Floyd | carrying a large silver crate the size of a refrigerator, walk into
Floyd | view in the room below.  They put the crate on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd | The crate is made of a very shiny silver metal.  It's about the size of
Floyd | a refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the workers visible below walks slowly around the silver crate,
Floyd | scanning the crate with a hand-held device.  He makes two circuits of
Floyd | the crate, then clips the device to his belt and takes off his mask.
Floyd | After a few moments, the other workers all remove their masks as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the opening in the floor, you see the workers file out of the
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "shall we?"
		djfletch says, "yes, go for it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | The floor is a hundred feet below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh ok"
		phoenix says, "... oh"
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		phoenix says, "you know, the game could have told us that earlier"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "I guess we go back up"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look u" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a flashlight (providing light),
Floyd | a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a portable hand-held
Floyd | scanner, a looseleaf page, a deck of punched cards, a newer gas mask
Floyd | (being worn), a silver balloon, and a yellow hard-hat (being worn).
Floyd | The garage opener compartment seems to contain a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Can we float down on a silver balloon?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Nothing to use the harness with, right?"
		phoenix says, "didn't look like it"
		phoenix exclaims, "The balloon thing really ought not to work but feel free to try!"
		djfletch says, "Maybe we could detach the hose and use that."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon" 		

Floyd | (with your lips)
Floyd | You'd have a hard time fitting the balloon under your gas mask.  If you
Floyd | want to inflate the balloon with the pump, though, just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon with pump" 		

Floyd | You put the hand pump into the balloon's opening and pump up the
Floyd | balloon, expanding the silver plastic into an oblong ball.  Once the
Floyd | balloon is inflated, you tie a knot in the opening to keep the air from
Floyd | escaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd | It's an ordinary balloon, made of shiny silver plastic.  It's currently
Floyd | fully inflated, and the opening is knotted to keep the air from
Floyd | escaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "attach harness to balloon" 		

Floyd | You see no way to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | Wheeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | The floor is a hundred feet below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I guess we access it through the glass roo"
		djfletch says, "Probably."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "deflate balloon" 		

Floyd | You carefully untie the knot and let the air escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "and this is just another viewing area to watch the plot unfold"
		djfletch says, "Maybe the balloon is an oxygen supply for somewhere."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passage
Floyd |    This low, narrow tunnel was probably never intended as a walkway;
Floyd | it's more like a ventilation shaft than a corridor.  The tunnel becomes
Floyd | an aluminum duct to the west, and several small vents connect through
Floyd | the north and south walls. The passage opens into a larger area to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground, in shaft
Floyd |    Concrete walls line this cylindrical shaft surrounding the tower.
Floyd | The stairs end their descent here, about a story beneath the surface,
Floyd | but the shaft continues far below.  A metal grating completely covers
Floyd | the shaft at the bottom of the stairs, providing a floor.
Floyd |    A narrow opening in the wall of the shaft leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Following the stairs around the tower, you cross through an opening in
Floyd | the grating and emerge into the night air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, one story up
Floyd |    This landing is about one story above the ground, on the east side
Floyd | of the tower.  The stairs continue up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, three stories up
Floyd |    This landing is about three stories above the ground, on the east
Floyd | side of the tower.  The stairs continue wrapping around the tower,
Floyd | allowing you to travel up or down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The stairs only make half a turn around the tower before you encounter
Floyd | another landing, this time on the west side of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs reach their summit at this landing, which, unlike all of
Floyd | the other landings, is on the west side of the tower.  Handholds set
Floyd | into the tower wall at regular intervals form a ladder up the side of
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall.  In the
Floyd | center of the door is a wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | The wheel is hard to move, but you manage to turn it a couple of
Floyd | revolutions clockwise, where it stops.  A hissing sound escapes from
Floyd | the door for a few moments, then fades away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisps of viscous green vapor waft slowly out from the door.
Floyd | Fortunately, the gas mask seems to be protecting you from the gas.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West end of catwalk
Floyd |    The catwalk reaches the west wall of the tower here, and extends
Floyd | into the center of the tower to the east.  A door is set into the west
Floyd | wall; it's currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rounded metal door swings shut with a dull thud.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of catwalk
Floyd |    This is roughly the center of the catwalk, which extends east and
Floyd | west.  A pair of cables, suspended from above, are attached to the
Floyd | catwalk here to provide support.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | East end of catwalk
Floyd |    A catwalk starts at the rounded door to the east (which is closed),
Floyd | and extends west toward the center of the cylinder of the tower,
Floyd | suspended by cables over a churning, bubbling sea of viscous
Floyd | yellow-green liquid ten feet below.  A green, misty vapor swirls up
Floyd | from the surface of the liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | (Opening the rounded metal door)
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs end at this landing, and go no further up.  This landing
Floyd | is nearly at the top of the tower, around four stories above the
Floyd | ground, and on the east side of the tower.
Floyd |    An open rounded metal door is set into the tower wall to the west; a
Floyd | viscous green vapor wafts out of the door.  A large wheel is in the
Floyd | center of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you start down the stairs, you notice that the door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West edge of glass
Floyd |    This is a narrow walkway along the west edge of an array of glass
Floyd | panels covering the ground to the east.  A wall of pipes parallels the
Floyd | edge of the glass a few feet back from the edge, blocking travel except
Floyd | to the northeast.  Midway along the wall of pipes is an elevator door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "This was the bit we hadn't explored before"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd | The elevator has a sliding metal door, which is closed, and a round
Floyd | button just to the right of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the elevator button)
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd | The pipes are broken here only by a passage to the northeast and by the
Floyd | elevator to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | The door is controlled automatically by the elevator; you can't open it
Floyd | manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "if it's a hundred feet it might take a while to arrive"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Or maybe it's just not coming"
		djfletch says, "Possibly we use the window cleaning cage."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about fifty feet east of the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Also, can we walk on the glass?"
		phoenix says, "We could try that"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You'd fall through the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok"
		phoenix asks, "oh come on, glass pannels this wide can't support our weight?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about fifty feet east of the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x levers" 		

Floyd | left lever:  The lever is standing straight up; it looks like you could
Floyd | push it or pull it.
Floyd | right lever:  The lever is standing straight up; it looks like you
Floyd | could push it or pull it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the note talked about water..."
		phoenix says, "wonder if we can get the fire hose on here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the end of the fire hose, and unreel the hose a couple
Floyd | of feet.  The reel remains under tension as you pull it, but it allows
Floyd | you to unreel the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You carefully pull the fire hose along with you.  The reel unwinds,
Floyd | letting out the hose for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the

		djfletch says, "Maybe we just need to move the cage to the place the note said."

Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches along the ground to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | You carefully pull the fire hose along with you.  The reel unwinds,
Floyd | letting out the hose for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is at the north edge of the glass, and about thirty-five
Floyd | feet from the west edge of the glass.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire hose suddenly snags on a pipe and refuses to go any further.
Floyd | You scramble to keep your hold on the hose, but the cage's motor is too
Floyd | strong and forces you to let go.  The nozzle luckily doesn't break the
Floyd | glass, but skitters away as the coil retracts the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage travels about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about
Floyd | sixty feet east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever,
Floyd | and a spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide
Floyd | swings, the cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is at the north edge of the glass, and about sixty feet
Floyd | from the west edge of the glass.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x gap" 		

Floyd | It's a small gap, about six inches high, in the pipes to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search gap" 		

Floyd | It's a small gap, about six inches high, in the pipes to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "oh, do we have to feed the hose through this gap?"
		phoenix says, "we dropped it though"
		djfletch says, "I mean, as a shorter route for it."
		djfletch says, "So feed it from the other side."
		phoenix says, "hmm, maybe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |

		djfletch says, "But see where else the cage can go first."

Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "that makes sense"
		phoenix says, "Let's see if we can reach the hatch"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge. You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about sixty feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about fifty feet north of the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "All these randomized every_turn bits that our boss does, like looking through his pockets and being lost in thought and telling us stories of the office or things he's seen on TV felt okay outside, but seem quite silly inside the plant."
		phoenix says, "Yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about thirty-five feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about twenty-five feet east and
Floyd | fifty feet north of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about seventy-five feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about seventy-five feet from the
Floyd | north edge, and about thirty-five feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about twenty-five feet east and
Floyd | seventy-five feet north of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok, the grid showed 5x5, but from what I've moved this looks a bit like a 4x4"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | The glass looks like a giant window set into the ground, roughly square
Floyd | and a hundred feet on a side.  It looks as though a huge chamber is
Floyd | below the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "if it's 100 feet square we need to be about 50/50"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about thirty-five feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about twenty-five feet east and
Floyd | fifty feet north of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about sixty feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A small gap in the pipes is visible about fifty feet north of the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this is about as close to the centre as I can get it atm"
		phoenix says, "50 by 60"
		djfletch says, "Maybe it's close enough."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The cage is fifty feet from the edge of the glass.  You can't walk on
Floyd | the glass, since it would not support your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we don't see the hatch"
		phoenix says, "I guess it might be enough to flood the hatch"
		djfletch says, "hmm"
		phoenix says, "And cause trouble below that way"
		phoenix says, "let's try your idea with the hose"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it back over solid ground.
Floyd | You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the upright position;
Floyd | after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles into its new
Floyd | location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the end of the fire hose, and unreel the hose a couple
Floyd | of feet.  The reel remains under tension as you pull it, but it allows
Floyd | you to unreel the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You have to crawl underneath a large pipe about three feet above the
Floyd | ground, but once you're past the pipe, you're able to stand again.  You
Floyd | pull the hose along with you, carefully holding onto it as you crawl
Floyd | under the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end
Floyd |    This opening in the pipes is large enough to stand in, but not much
Floyd | more.  To the northwest is a low crawl-way, but there are no other
Floyd | openings large enough to travel through.  The dense wall of pipes to
Floyd | the south is, however, broken in one spot by a six-inch gap.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches through the crawl-way to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put hose in gap" 		

Floyd | You shove the nozzle into the gap.  It's a tight squeeze, but it fits
Floyd | through.  The lever on the side of the nozzle catches slightly on the
Floyd | pipes, holding the nozzle in place as you let go of the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Nice"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose stretches out of the enclosure and through the crawl-way
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    About fifty feet to the east, you can see the nozzle of the fire
Floyd | hose sticking out through the pipes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The nozzle of the fire hose is sticking through a gap in the pipes
Floyd | about fifty feet east of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the nozzle, and pull it through the hole in the pipes.
Floyd | The hose is under tension, but you have no trouble holding on to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge. You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push hose lever" 		

Floyd | Pushing the fire hose lever doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hose" 		

Floyd | At the end of the hose is a nozzle and a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "squeeze hose lever" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "squeeze".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull hose lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever, and water immediately starts gushing through the
Floyd | nozzle at such pressure that you can't control where the hose is
Floyd | pointing.  The water sprays all over, and makes a mess of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the lever, and the water stops spraying as a spring pulls
Floyd | the lever back to its normal position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd | I don't see any hatch here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about sixty feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches off through a gap in the pipes to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "point hose west" 		

Floyd | There are words after your command I couldn't use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we can lower the pressure a bit"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | I don't see any wheel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hose" 		

Floyd | At the end of the hose is a nozzle and a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn nozzle" 		

Floyd | Turning the fire hose nozzle doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x nozzle" 		

Floyd | The nozzle directs the flow of water from the hose.  A lever is
Floyd | attached to the nozzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "or not"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "attach hose to harness" 		

Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "was there any control at the other end of the hose?"
		phoenix says, "A wheel, but I got the impression it was on/off"
		djfletch says, "hmm"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "aim hose" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "aim".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "point hose" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "One thing is, we haven't actually seen the hatch"
		djfletch says, "yeah, seems odd that we can't see it from here."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about sixty feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches off through a gap in the pipes to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "also a bit odd that we can't get to 50' 50'"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "attach hose to pole" 		

Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wrap hose around pole" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "wrap".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "coil hose around pole" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Hmph"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull hose lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever, and water immediately starts gushing through the
Floyd | nozzle at such pressure that you can't control where the hose is
Floyd | pointing.  The water sprays all over, and makes a mess of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the lever, and the water stops spraying as a spring pulls
Floyd | the lever back to its normal position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, in one description it says the glass is "hundreds of feet""
		phoenix says, "we have to be on the right track here"
		djfletch says, "But I thought it said 100 somewhere too."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about seventy-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire hose suddenly snags on a pipe and refuses to go any further.
Floyd | You scramble to keep your hold on the hose, but the cage's motor is too
Floyd | strong and forces you to let go.  The nozzle luckily doesn't break the
Floyd | glass, but skitters away as the coil retracts the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage travels about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging
Floyd | over the glass, about fifty feet south of the north edge, and ten feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah. It's oddly enough a 4x4"
		phoenix says, "Which is strange because the note showed a 5x5 grid"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and thirty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge. You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | I don't see any hose here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it back over solid ground.
Floyd | You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the upright position;
Floyd | after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles into its new
Floyd | location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West edge of glass
Floyd |    This is a narrow walkway along the west edge of an array of glass
Floyd | panels covering the ground to the east.  A wall of pipes parallels the
Floyd | edge of the glass a few feet back from the edge, blocking travel except
Floyd | to the northeast.  Midway along the wall of pipes is an elevator door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Possibly that means we need to point the hose in a diagonal direction?"
		phoenix says, "it didn't let us point the hose though"
		phoenix says, "we can move to (0,25,50,75) / (10,35,60,85)"
		djfletch says, "True. I'm still thinking the thing about not being able to control where the water goes is relevant somehow."
		phoenix says, "yeah, it sounds like a hint"
		djfletch says, "But maybe we just change the pressure somehow and then it just works."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x station" 		

Floyd | The enclosure is about seven feet tall and open on one side to provide
Floyd | access to the equipment within.  A gray fire hose is coiled up neatly
Floyd | on a giant reel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x reel" 		

Floyd | The hose is neatly coiled on a giant reel; next to the coil is a valve
Floyd | with a brass control wheel.  The hose ends in a nozzle, attached to
Floyd | which is a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "valve" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x valve" 		

Floyd | The valve is big, obviously meant to control a substantial flow of
Floyd | water.  At the top is a brass control wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "control wheel" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x control wheel" 		

Floyd | The valve is big, obviously meant to control a substantial flow of
Floyd | water.  At the top is a brass control wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn it" 		

Floyd | You turn the wheel clockwise until it stops.  The hose gradually
Floyd | depressurizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel halfway" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "halfway".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn wheel partly" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "partly".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No luck with that"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You turn the wheel counterclockwise until it stops.  You can hear water
Floyd | rush through the valve for a few moments as the hose pressurizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You turn the wheel clockwise until it stops.  The hose gradually
Floyd | depressurizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a flashlight (providing light),
Floyd | a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a portable hand-held
Floyd | scanner, a looseleaf page, a deck of punched cards, a newer gas mask
Floyd | (being worn), a silver balloon, and a yellow hard-hat (being worn).
Floyd | The garage opener compartment seems to contain a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "stand on hose" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the coiled fire hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "another possibility is that it's not 50/60 as we think"
		phoenix says, "feeling the need for a bit of a hint here :p"
		Jacqueline says, "Ask Mr. Teeterwaller. He's been a very helpful supervisor thus far."
		phoenix says, "Lol"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put balloon on hose" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the coiled fire hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put balloon on nozzle" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the fire hose nozzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put hose in balloon" 		

Floyd | You can't put the coiled fire hose anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon with hose" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to inflate anything with the coiled fire hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the end of the fire hose, and unreel the hose a couple
Floyd | of feet.  The reel remains under tension as you pull it, but it allows
Floyd | you to unreel the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You have to crawl underneath a large pipe about three feet above the
Floyd | ground, but once you're past the pipe, you're able to stand again.  You
Floyd | pull the hose along with you, carefully holding onto it as you crawl
Floyd | under the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end
Floyd |    This opening in the pipes is large enough to stand in, but not much
Floyd | more.  To the northwest is a low crawl-way, but there are no other
Floyd | openings large enough to travel through.  The dense wall of pipes to
Floyd | the south is, however, broken in one spot by a six-inch gap.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches through the crawl-way to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "stand on hose" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the end of the fire hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd | The lever is attached to the nozzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x nozzle" 		

Floyd | The nozzle directs the flow of water from the hose.  A lever is
Floyd | attached to the nozzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | Nothing happens.  You let go of the lever, and a spring pulls it back
Floyd | to its normal position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ah it's turned off"
		phoenix says, "afk a bit, good luck with this"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | The hose retracts as you travel back toward the reel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You have to crawl underneath a large pipe about three feet above the
Floyd | ground, but once you're past the pipe, you're able to stand again.  You
Floyd | pull the hose along with you, carefully holding onto it as you crawl
Floyd | under the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end
Floyd |    This opening in the pipes is large enough to stand in, but not much
Floyd | more.  To the northwest is a low crawl-way, but there are no other
Floyd | openings large enough to travel through.  The dense wall of pipes to
Floyd | the south is, however, broken in one spot by a six-inch gap.
Floyd |    The fire hose stretches through the crawl-way to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put hose in gap" 		

Floyd | You shove the nozzle into the gap.  It's a tight squeeze, but it fits
Floyd | through.  The lever on the side of the nozzle catches slightly on the
Floyd | pipes, holding the nozzle in place as you let go of the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose stretches out of the enclosure and through the crawl-way
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    About fifty feet to the east, you can see the nozzle of the fire
Floyd | hose sticking out through the pipes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push cage" 		

Floyd | The cage is very heavy; you can manage to make it swing a little, but
Floyd | that's about all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The nozzle of the fire hose is sticking through a gap in the pipes
Floyd | about fifty feet east of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd | Memo
Floyd |
Floyd | To:  Window washing crew
Floyd | From:  Cleaning crew manager
Floyd | Subject:  Water in atrium
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaning crew has been complaining for several weeks about water
Floyd | collecting on the atrium floor, making cleanup more difficult, etc.  We
Floyd | have determined that the source of the water is the window washing
Floyd | crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please take note of the access hatch (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW) and DO NOT
Floyd | open this while the glass is still wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for your cooperation.
Floyd |
Floyd | J.  Stimms
Floyd | Cleaning crew manager
Floyd |
Floyd | Below this is a hand-drawn diagram showing a five-by-five grid of
Floyd | squares, with the square in the center emphatically circled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about seventy-five feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet east of
Floyd | the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl attempts to catch up.
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it
Floyd | to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually
Floyd | settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "We think we have to flood the atrium hatch somehow."
		djfletch says, "But we don't know exactly where it is."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the north.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about eighty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull right" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen.  You release the lever, and a spring returns
Floyd | it to the upright position.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The pipes are too close to the edge of the glass here--there's no place
Floyd | to stand except on the glass, which you'd fall through.  You need to go
Floyd | about twenty-five feet west to get back to solid ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the west.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it back over solid ground.
Floyd | You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the upright position;
Floyd | after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles into its new
Floyd | location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    About fifty feet to the east, you can see the nozzle of the fire
Floyd | hose sticking out through the pipes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "bbiab, gotta get some eats."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose stretches out of the enclosure and through the crawl-way
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | You turn the wheel counterclockwise until it stops.  You can hear water
Floyd | rush through the valve for a few moments as the hose pressurizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    About fifty feet to the east, you can see the nozzle of the fire
Floyd | hose sticking out through the pipes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The nozzle of the fire hose is sticking through a gap in the pipes
Floyd | about fifty feet east of the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hose" 		

Floyd | You take hold of the nozzle, and pull it through the hole in the pipes.
Floyd | The hose is under tension, but you have no trouble holding on to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge. You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to hold on to the fire hose, which drags along the ground as
Floyd | the cage moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | The glass looks like a giant window set into the ground, roughly square
Floyd | and a hundred feet on a side.  It looks as though a huge chamber is
Floyd | below the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass pane directly outside the cage is different from all of the
Floyd | others; it has a handle and hinges, and can clearly be opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open glass" 		

Floyd | You carefully lean out, grasp the handle, and give it a good pull.  The
Floyd | cage sways slightly as you pull.  The glass sticks for a moment, but
Floyd | then pops free, and you tilt up the panel until it's sitting straight
Floyd | up, where it locks into position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "aha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You can't walk on the glass, since it wouldn't support your weight, and
Floyd | you can't enter the hatch, since the floor is a hundred feet below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes the ground a
Floyd | short distance to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put hose in glass" 		

Floyd | You feed the fire hose down through the opening, gradually pulling hose
Floyd | off the reel in the distance.  The weight of the hose hanging down into
Floyd | the opening eventually starts doing most of the work of pulling more
Floyd | down.  Finally, after a tremendous length of hose has disappeared into
Floyd | the chamber below, the hose seems to reach the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully let go of the hose, letting it drape over the edge of the
Floyd | opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Down?"
		djfletch says, "ok"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | If you want to climb down the hose, just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes across the sky directly above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb down hose" 		

Floyd | You have a sudden chill looking at the hose disappearing into the
Floyd | darkness below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller gulps.  "B-b-b-be careful," he stutters.  "I'll wait here
Floyd | until you reach the bottom, to make sure we don't put too much weight
Floyd | on the hose."
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, you maneuver yourself over to the edge nearest the opening, and
Floyd | lean out of the cage, holding on to the pole with both hands.  It's
Floyd | only a foot or two to the hose, but somehow it feels like you're about
Floyd | to try jumping over a canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You realize you've been holding your breath, and force yourself to
Floyd | exhale.  You jerk one hand out and grab at the hose, slipping at first
Floyd | but finally getting a good grip on it.  You carefully swing one leg out
Floyd | onto the framework supporting the windows, then the other, taking care
Floyd | not to put any weight on the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | With nothing left to do, you let go of the cage with your other hand
Floyd | and grab at the hose.  The framework is obviously sturdy enough to
Floyd | support you if it can support all of this glass, you keep telling
Floyd | yourself, but you can feel it flexing under you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Having successfully negotiated the chasm between the cage and the hose,
Floyd | you feel much less panicked, and start descending the hose.  It's a
Floyd | nice rough material and easy to grip as you climb down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The descent takes less time than you would have thought, given the
Floyd | amount of hose you had to feed down through the hatch.  You reach the
Floyd | floor, and rest a moment to let the adrenaline wear off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few minutes, Mr. Teeterwaller comes sliding down the hose at
Floyd | high speed, and crashes into the floor.  He collects himself off the
Floyd | floor and spends a few moments brushing off dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What a novel idea," Teeterwaller tells you.  "I wondered what you were
Floyd | thinking, dragging that hose everywhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb up hose" 		

Floyd | Climbing hundreds of feet up a fire hose might seem like a daunting
Floyd | task to some people.  It's a good thing you've been working out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll follow you after you get to the top," Teeterwaller says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You laboriously climb the hose.  It seems a lot further going up than
Floyd | it did coming down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the top and are relieved to find the cage parked next to the
Floyd | opening in the glass.  You grab a pole and drag yourself onto the
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is hanging over the glass, about fifty feet from the north
Floyd | edge, and about sixty feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The glass pane roughly in the center of the glass has been tilted
Floyd | up, creating an opening in the glass.  A fire hose stretches between a
Floyd | gap in the pipes to the north and the open panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few minutes, Mr. Teeterwaller comes climbing up the hose,
Floyd | panting and exhausted.  You help him into the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, good."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x towers" 		

Floyd | The lights twinkle through the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You'll have to open the elevator first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open elevator" 		

Floyd | The door is controlled automatically by the elevator; you can't open it
Floyd | manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x elevator" 		

Floyd | The elevator has a sliding metal door, which is closed, and a round
Floyd | button just to the right of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the elevator button)
Floyd | The elevator door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd |    This elevator has a sliding door to the east, next to which is a
Floyd | control panel, with buttons labeled UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, DOOR
Floyd | OPEN, and DOOR CLOSE, plus a red knob labeled PUSH TO RUN/PULL TO STOP.
Floyd | The knob is currently pulled out.  The door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push knob" 		

Floyd | You push the knob all the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push upper" 		

Floyd | The button lights up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator door slides closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator start moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator come to a stop, and the door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Elevator
Floyd |    This elevator has a sliding door to the east, next to which is a
Floyd | control panel, with buttons labeled UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, DOOR
Floyd | OPEN, and DOOR CLOSE, plus a red knob labeled PUSH TO RUN/PULL TO STOP.
Floyd | The knob is currently pushed in.  The door is open.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West edge of glass
Floyd |    This is a narrow walkway along the west edge of an array of glass
Floyd | panels covering the ground to the east.  A wall of pipes parallels the
Floyd | edge of the glass a few feet back from the edge, blocking travel except
Floyd | to the northeast.  Midway along the wall of pipes is an elevator door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd |    This elevator has a sliding door to the east, next to which is a
Floyd | control panel, with buttons labeled UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, DOOR
Floyd | OPEN, and DOOR CLOSE, plus a red knob labeled PUSH TO RUN/PULL TO STOP.
Floyd | The knob is currently pushed in.  The door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator door slides closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push lower" 		

Floyd | The button lights up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator start moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull knob" 		

Floyd | You pull the knob all the way out.  You feel the elevator lurch to a
Floyd | stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I wonder if there's a reason we can stop it halfway."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push knob" 		

Floyd | You push the knob all the way in.  You feel the elevator begin moving
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator come to a stop, and the door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Dunno"
		djfletch says, "Anyway, might as well explore."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction area
Floyd |    This wide hallway is filled with dust and debris from a construction
Floyd | project.  A foreman is looking at a blueprint, and several construction
Floyd | workers are demolishing parts of the hallway.  The hallway opens to the
Floyd | south, and continues north past the contruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The foreman waves you by.  You carefully navigate through the
Floyd | construction debris, following the hallway as it turns a corner and
Floyd | continues west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    This is the west end of a wide east-west hallway.  A sliding metal
Floyd | door, labeled "Lab 7," leads north, and a white door, labeled
Floyd | "Observation Room," leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Ooh. Lab?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'll have to open the sliding metal door first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Which door do you mean, the sliding metal door, or the white door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open sliding metal door" 		

Floyd | You can't manage to move it at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Boo."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open white door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation room
Floyd |    The lighting in this room is muted, presumably to reduce glare on
Floyd | the window that covers the north wall.  On the other side of the window
Floyd | is a huge chamber, a hundred feet high and twice as wide; pieces of
Floyd | electronic equipment are scattered throughout the area, and a workbench
Floyd | is in the center of the room.  Near the workbench is a silver crate the
Floyd | size of a refrigerator lying on its back.  A woman, whom you take to be
Floyd | a scientist because of her white lab coat, and a technician, wearing a
Floyd | blue jump-suit, are working with the equipment.  A white door leads
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the glass, you see the scientist walk to the silver crate.  She
Floyd | does something you can't see to the side of the crate, and the top
Floyd | slowly swings open.  The woman reaches inside and removes a black disk,
Floyd | about the size of a half-dollar coin.  She holds it up and looks at it,
Floyd | then closes the crate's lid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, you guys rocked a lot while I was away. Go you."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd | The crate is made of a very shiny silver metal.  It's about the size of
Floyd | a refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the glass, you see the scientist walk to the workbench near the
Floyd | center of the room and carefully place the black disk on a stand on the
Floyd | workbench.  The technician pulls a cart carrying an electronic device
Floyd | over to the workbench, and attaches a pair of electrodes from the
Floyd | device to the stand, on opposite sides of the disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "back too"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman's voice issues from a hidden speaker; you realize it's the
Floyd | scientist in the lab, talking to the technician.  "Okay, we'll start at
Floyd | low voltages and work our way up.  Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician carries a hand-held meter to the lab bench, points it at
Floyd | the stand, and nods to the scientist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here we go, then.  One percent."  She makes some adjustments to the
Floyd | electronic device.  You can't be sure, but it looks like the disk glows
Floyd | faintly for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Negative point zero zero three gee," the technician says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "oh SERIOUSLY the solution was "x glass"?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yup"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The scientist's voice is audible through a hidden speaker:  "Two
Floyd | percent."  She adjusts the electronic device, and you again see a
Floyd | faint, momentary glow from the disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Negative point zero one gee," the technician says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Five percent," the scientist says.  She adjusts the electronic device,
Floyd | and you see a clear blue glow from the disk; the glow fades after a few
Floyd | moments.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Negative point zero eight gee," the technician says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a warbling sound through the hidden speakers.  The scientist
Floyd | reaches into the pocket of her lab coat and takes out a cellular phone.
Floyd | "Yes?"  She listens to the phone.  "Affirmative.  We've just started,
Floyd | but the anti-gravity effect is confirmed."  She listens some more.  "I
Floyd | understand.  We're on our way."
Floyd |
Floyd | She turns to the technician.  "They're ready to start the omicron beam
Floyd | again and they need us to monitor the scattering.  Leave everything set
Floyd | up here and we'll resume this when we're done with the beam test."
Floyd |
Floyd | The two walk briskly to the door and leave the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Conveeenient"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    This is the west end of a wide east-west hallway.  A sliding metal
Floyd | door, labeled "Lab 7," leads north, and a white door, labeled
Floyd | "Observation Room," leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sliding door" 		

Floyd | The door is closed and is labeled "LAB 7--RESTRICTED."  A small slot,
Floyd | about the right size to accept a credit card, is next to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we need an ID card."
		Jacqueline says, "We have one, but not the kind we need, I suspect."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put id in slot" 		

Floyd | You slip your ID card into the slot; it's a good fit, but nothing seems
Floyd | to happen, so you pull it back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, it does fit so I suppose we might end up stickign something on it"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Cards are generally about the same size and thickness, yes."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "s, se?"
		djfletch says, "ok"
		phoenix asks, "think it's just e/w here?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You follow the hallway as it turns a corner and continues south, then
Floyd | carefully make your way through a huge pile of construction debris
Floyd | littering the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction area
Floyd |    This wide hallway is filled with dust and debris from a construction
Floyd | project.  A foreman is looking at a blueprint, and several construction
Floyd | workers are demolishing parts of the hallway.  The hallway opens to the
Floyd | south, and continues north past the contruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear hat" 		

Floyd | (First taking the white hard-hat)
Floyd | You're not wearing the white hard-hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a flashlight (providing light),
Floyd | a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a portable hand-held
Floyd | scanner, a looseleaf page, a deck of punched cards, a newer gas mask
Floyd | (being worn), a silver balloon, and a yellow hard-hat (being worn).
Floyd | The garage opener compartment seems to contain a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x blueprint" 		

Floyd | The foreman won't let you get a very good look at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Try NE from the atrium?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "sorry, SE"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "funny how no one seems to care about the fire hose hanging down from the ceiling"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Happens all the time. Turns out to be the only entrance ;)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | (Opening the west door)
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage room
Floyd |    This room is almost filled with stacks of wooden crates from floor
Floyd | to ceiling.  A door leads east; above the door is a small air vent
Floyd | which is blowing a steady stream of fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "As the only room without a sign on it."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd | The crates are neatly stacked from floor to ceiling.  The crates all
Floyd | look alike; you see no markings that distinguish one from another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "search crates" 		

Floyd | The crates are all closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb crates" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to climb the crates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vent" 		

Floyd | It's a small vent, only a few inches high; it's blowing fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open vent" 		

Floyd | The vent is firmly closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open crate" 		

Floyd | The crates are packed in so tightly that you couldn't easily move one
Floyd | without disturbing all of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look behind crates" 		

Floyd | There's nothing behind the crates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb crate" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to climb the crates.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "check other room?"
		djfletch says, "yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | (Opening the south door)
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maintenance room
Floyd |    This is a small, musty-smelling room whose only exit is the door to
Floyd | the north.  A cabinet occupies one wall.  Opposite the cabinet is a
Floyd | large air vent, below which is a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd | The cabinet occupies the entire wall; it's closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ooh a LARGE air vent"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd | The cabinet occupies the entire wall; it's open, but is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vent" 		

Floyd | The vent is mounted near the top of the wall; it's about three feet
Floyd | square.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd | The lever is mounted below the vent, and moves left and right.  The
Floyd | left end is labeled "Outside," and the right end is labeled "Recycled."
Floyd | The lever is currently at the left limit of its travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open vent" 		

Floyd | It's firmly fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever all the way right.  The vent starts drawing in air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever all the way left.  The vent stops drawing in air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "vent hint"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb cabinet" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to climb the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		djfletch says, "I bet we can send the balloon through the vent."
		djfletch says, "I'm not sure why though."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look behind cabinet" 		

Floyd | There's nothing behind the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller tells you about the latest episode of his favorite TV
Floyd | show, "Shadow Man."  You never liked the show very much--too much silly
Floyd | conspiracy theory stuff--but you listen politely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Check the other room?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You'll have to open the east door first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open east" 		

Floyd | You start to open the door, but then you hear a voice from the other
Floyd | side.  Since you wouldn't want to have to explain why you're here, you
Floyd | decide to keep a low profile for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "listen at east door" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "listen".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "listen".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Try listen TO, not AT."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it doesn't know the word listen"
		DavidW says, "oh right."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "touch door" 		

Floyd | (the east door)
Floyd | Touching the east door doesn't seem to have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am not sure why it's doing that, sorry."
		djfletch says, "OK, I'm going to see if the balloon goes in the vent."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maintenance room
Floyd |    This is a small, musty-smelling room whose only exit is the door to
Floyd | the north.  A cabinet occupies one wall.  Opposite the cabinet is a
Floyd | large air vent, below which is a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon with pump" 		

Floyd | You put the hand pump into the balloon's opening and pump up the
Floyd | balloon, expanding the silver plastic into an oblong ball.  Once the
Floyd | balloon is inflated, you tie a knot in the opening to keep the air from
Floyd | escaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put balloon in vent" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd | The lever is mounted below the vent, and moves left and right.  The
Floyd | left end is labeled "Outside," and the right end is labeled "Recycled."
Floyd | The lever is currently at the left limit of its travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd | You pull the lever all the way right.  The vent starts drawing in air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i was thinking the deflated balloon might fit into the vent"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put balloon in vent" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "deflate balloon" 		

Floyd | You carefully untie the knot and let the air escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Toxic gas?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put balloon in vent" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw balloon in vent" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw balloon" 		

Floyd | It would be simpler to just drop it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon with pump" 		

Floyd | You put the hand pump into the balloon's opening and pump up the
Floyd | balloon, expanding the silver plastic into an oblong ball.  Once the
Floyd | balloon is inflated, you tie a knot in the opening to keep the air from
Floyd | escaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "release balloon" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to release the silver balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop balloon" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Like, if we filled it with the toxic gas and then deflated it into the vent."
		Jacqueline says, "evil"
		phoenix says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "evil"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get balloon" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "Could be."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Up to the tower?"
		djfletch says, "Worth a go."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Did we try going northeast from the upper level?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You'll have to open the elevator first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the elevator button)
Floyd | The elevator door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "That's back where we were - I think it's just an alternative route back."
		phoenix says, "Shortcut"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to where?"
		djfletch says, "Above the glass."
		phoenix says, "top level, to avoid dealing with the hose and cage"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd |    This elevator has a sliding door to the east, next to which is a
Floyd | control panel, with buttons labeled UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, DOOR
Floyd | OPEN, and DOOR CLOSE, plus a red knob labeled PUSH TO RUN/PULL TO STOP.
Floyd | The knob is currently pushed in.  The door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push knob" 		

Floyd | It's already pushed all the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press upper" 		

Floyd | The button lights up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator door slides closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator start moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the elevator come to a stop, and the door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | West edge of glass
Floyd |    This is a narrow walkway along the west edge of an array of glass
Floyd | panels covering the ground to the east.  A wall of pipes parallels the
Floyd | edge of the glass a few feet back from the edge, blocking travel except
Floyd | to the northeast.  Midway along the wall of pipes is an elevator door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    Roughly in the center of the glass, one of the panes has been tilted
Floyd | up, creating an opening in the glass.
Floyd |    A fire hose is sticking through the pipes about fifty feet to the
Floyd | east; the hose stretches across the glass and disappears down through
Floyd | the access hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose stretches out of the enclosure and through the crawl-way
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You cross the grating, and climb the gentle slope of the stairway
Floyd | through one revolution around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs end at this landing, and go no further up.  This landing
Floyd | is nearly at the top of the tower, around four stories above the
Floyd | ground, and on the east side of the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall to the west.
Floyd | A large wheel is in the center of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have your temporary ID card, a map, a garage opener, a jacket, a
Floyd | Project Tyche manual, a DUFON journal, a flashlight (providing light),
Floyd | a Blottnian textbook, a hand pump, a dog harness, a portable hand-held
Floyd | scanner, a looseleaf page, a deck of punched cards, a newer gas mask
Floyd | (being worn), a yellow hard-hat (being worn), and a silver balloon.
Floyd | The garage opener compartment seems to contain a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisps of viscous green vapor waft slowly out from the door.
Floyd | Fortunately, the gas mask seems to be protecting you from the gas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | East end of catwalk
Floyd |    A catwalk starts at the rounded door to the east (which is open),
Floyd | and extends west toward the center of the cylinder of the tower,
Floyd | suspended by cables over a churning, bubbling sea of viscous
Floyd | yellow-green liquid ten feet below.  A green, misty vapor swirls up
Floyd | from the surface of the liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rounded metal door swings shut with a dull thud.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fill balloon with pump" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "fill".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pump balloon" 		

Floyd | It's already as inflated as it can be.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "deflate balloon" 		

Floyd | You carefully untie the knot and let the air escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pump balloon" 		

Floyd | (with your lips)
Floyd | You'd have a hard time fitting the balloon under your gas mask.  If you
Floyd | want to inflate the balloon with the pump, though, just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "inflate balloon with pump" 		

Floyd | You put the hand pump into the balloon's opening and pump up the
Floyd | balloon, filling the balloon with the toxic green gas.  Once the
Floyd | balloon is inflated, you tie a knot in the opening to keep the fumes
Floyd | from escaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "nice"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | (Opening the rounded metal door)
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs end at this landing, and go no further up.  This landing
Floyd | is nearly at the top of the tower, around four stories above the
Floyd | ground, and on the east side of the tower.
Floyd |    An open rounded metal door is set into the tower wall to the west; a
Floyd | viscous green vapor wafts out of the door.  A large wheel is in the
Floyd | center of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you start down the stairs, you notice that the door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, two stories up
Floyd |    A short landing, about two stories above the ground on the east side
Floyd | of the tower, interrupts the steady spiral of the stairs, which
Floyd | continue up and down.  The canal is visible in the distance below, and
Floyd | the tower looms overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank of canal
Floyd |    A deep, concrete-lined canal is to the east; metal rungs are set
Floyd | into the wall, forming a ladder down into the canal.  A tall fence
Floyd | topped with razor wire is to the north.
Floyd |    Pipes and conduits are everywhere, packed so tightly together that
Floyd | they form walls.  Narrow openings in the pipes allow travel to the
Floyd | southeast and southwest.  To the west, a cylindrical tower rises up out
Floyd | of the pipes and looms several stories overhead; a spiral stairway
Floyd | encircling the tower leads up.  The ground is replaced by a metal
Floyd | grating for the ten feet around the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Evil, but nice."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safety station
Floyd |    The forest of pipes opens up a little here into a large clear area.
Floyd | In the center of the clearing stands a tall metal enclosure topped with
Floyd | a brightly-lit red sign:
Floyd |
Floyd |      SAFETY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | An opening in the pipes leads northeast, and another passage leads
Floyd | south.  You may also be able to squeeze through a narrow crawl-way to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose stretches out of the enclosure and through the crawl-way
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North edge of glass
Floyd |    The ground to the south is covered with a huge array of glass
Floyd | panels, stretching hundreds of feet to the south and as far to the
Floyd | east.  The pipes that are everywhere in this compound bend around the
Floyd | sea of glass leaving the area above open to the sky; white cylindrical
Floyd | towers rising up above the pipes are scattered around the perimeter of
Floyd | the glass.  A passage through the pipes opens to the north, and the
Floyd | pipes leave enough space for a walkway southwest along the edge of the
Floyd | glass.
Floyd |    A metal cage, suspended a few inches off the ground by a cable
Floyd | hanging from a beam overhead, is just this side of the glass.
Floyd |    Roughly in the center of the glass, one of the panes has been tilted
Floyd | up, creating an opening in the glass.
Floyd |    A fire hose is sticking through the pipes about fifty feet to the
Floyd | east; the hose stretches across the glass and disappears down through
Floyd | the access hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cage" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cage
Floyd |    The cage is a simple framework of poles connected to a metal floor.
Floyd | Attached to one of the poles, about midway up, is a pair of levers.  A
Floyd | few inches above the levers, a yellow note is taped to the pole.
Floyd |    The cage is above solid ground, at the north edge of the glass, and
Floyd | about ten feet from the west edge.
Floyd |    The glass pane roughly in the center of the glass has been tilted
Floyd | up, creating an opening in the glass.  A fire hose stretches between a
Floyd | gap in the pipes to the north and the open panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt rips through the sky nearby to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push left" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about thirty-five feet
Floyd | east of the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a
Floyd | spring returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the
Floyd | cage gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt flashes through the sky a short distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the east.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it about sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge of the glass.  You release the lever, and a spring
Floyd | returns it to the upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage
Floyd | gradually settles into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | The glass looks like a giant window set into the ground, roughly square
Floyd | and a hundred feet on a side.  It looks as though a huge chamber is
Floyd | below the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glass panel about fifty feet south of here is tilted up, creating an
Floyd | opening. A fire hose, stretching from a gap in the pipes to the north,
Floyd | hangs down through the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb down hose" 		

Floyd | The cage must be closer to the opening for you to climb down the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, wrong way."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about twenty-five feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of
Floyd | the west edge. You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | With a lurch, the cage starts moving to the south.  The cage travels
Floyd | about twenty-five feet, then stops, leaving it hanging over the glass,
Floyd | about fifty feet south of the north edge, and sixty feet east of the
Floyd | west edge.  You release the lever, and a spring returns it to the
Floyd | upright position; after a few wide swings, the cage gradually settles
Floyd | into its new location.
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass pane just outside the cage has been tilted up, creating an
Floyd | opening the glass.  A fire hose stretches between a gap in the pipes
Floyd | and the open panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb down hose" 		

Floyd | You carefully maneuver yourself over to the hose, and start lowering
Floyd | yourself down its length.  You reach the floor after a brief descent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few minutes, Mr. Teeterwaller comes sliding down the hose at
Floyd | high speed, and crashes into the floor.  He collects himself off the
Floyd | floor and spends a few moments brushing off dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maintenance room
Floyd |    This is a small, musty-smelling room whose only exit is the door to
Floyd | the north.  A cabinet occupies one wall.  Opposite the cabinet is a
Floyd | large air vent, below which is a lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd | The lever is mounted below the vent, and moves left and right.  The
Floyd | left end is labeled "Outside," and the right end is labeled "Recycled."
Floyd | The lever is currently at the right limit of its travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller watches you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "deflate balloon" 		

Floyd | You carefully untie the knot, allowing the green gas to escape.  Your
Floyd | gas mask protects you as the toxic vapors swirl around you.  The green
Floyd | gas is quickly drawn into the vent; a few moments later, from the hall,
Floyd | you hear loud coughing and yelling.  Down the hall, one of the doors
Floyd | bursts open, and two men and a woman run out into the hall, holding
Floyd | their hands over their mouths.  They run off down the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Records room
Floyd |    This long, narrow chamber might better be called a corridor than a
Floyd | room.  The north and south walls are lined with file drawers from floor
Floyd | to ceiling; there must be thousands of drawers.  A door lies to the
Floyd | west; a small vent is over the door.
Floyd |    You see a briefcase and a red ID card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller has a look of awe on his face.  "This is amazing," he
Floyd | says.  "I never thought they'd just file everything away like this."
Floyd | He picks up the briefcase.  "This is perfect."
Floyd |
Floyd | He starts opening drawers and going through files.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "Excellent."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Nobody got hurt. It's fine."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd | Your score is 60 of a possible 100, in 694 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as the
Floyd | next junior executive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "our boss who isn't suspicious at all"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take id" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over.  "Very interesting," he mutters, putting the files
Floyd | in his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x briefcase" 		

Floyd | The briefcase is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over.  "Amazing," he mutters, putting the files in his
Floyd | briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Grr."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open briefcase" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller won't let you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over.  "This is astonishing," he says.  "I've been looking
Floyd | for this type of information for years, but all I've ever been able to
Floyd | find is the vaguest of hints, just bits and pieces.  This is everything
Floyd | I've been looking for, all in one place."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about files" 		

Floyd | "I've been trying to find this sort of information for years, but all
Floyd | I've been able to find before are bits and pieces."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over.  "This is it!  Look!"  he says excitedly, showing
Floyd | you the file.  It's marked "Omegatron Corp. (Project `Tyche')" and is
Floyd | dated in 1970.  He flips through the file for you; it contains
Floyd | electronic diagrams and technical data, none of which makes sense to
Floyd | you but clearly is important to Teeterwaller.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know if I ever told you about Project Tyche," he says.  "I
Floyd | worked on it around twenty-five years ago.  We were building an
Floyd | embedded controller system for some industrial equipment.  Part of the
Floyd | project involved these logic chips that seemed almost magical at the
Floyd | time.  They were far ahead of anything we'd seen.  I started wondering
Floyd | about them recently, so I asked our corporate archives people for a
Floyd | copy of the specification document for the project.  I got the spec,
Floyd | but the parts about the logic chips were missing.  Well, this is the
Floyd | missing section.  Plus, it has information about how these people," he
Floyd | looks around the room at the file drawers, "whoever it is who's keeping
Floyd | these records, planted this information with our project."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask teeterwaller about car" 		

Floyd | "It's always been very reliable," he says defensively.  "I know people
Floyd | make all sorts of jokes about what a terrible car it is, but I've had
Floyd | very good luck with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over, stuffing them into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Uh huh."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf21" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Records room
Floyd |    This long, narrow chamber might better be called a corridor than a
Floyd | room.  The north and south walls are lined with file drawers from floor
Floyd | to ceiling; there must be thousands of drawers.  A door lies to the
Floyd | west; a small vent is over the door.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over, stuffing them into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open drawers" 		

Floyd | You pick a drawer at random and open it.  The drawer is loaded with
Floyd | files; you choose one with a typewritten label reading "Microprocessor
Floyd | Transfer Study" and look through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rapid pace of transfers over the past five years has clearly
Floyd | strained several absorption factors and is not producing the benefits
Floyd | that accrued in prior stages.  The original recipients bear partial
Floyd | responsibility through their dubious practices, but fundamentally we
Floyd | have simply transferred technology too rapidly.  The schedule
Floyd | adjustments we have initiated should stabilize the market within two
Floyd | years and restore full profitability.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller snatches the file.  "This one looks important," he says as
Floyd | he stuffs the file into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over, stuffing them into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You pick a drawer at random and open it.  The drawer is loaded with
Floyd | files; you choose one with a typewritten label reading "Embargo
Floyd | Schedule - Medical" and look through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Agreements with Mercer & Co., Pfalk Laboratories, Seth and Gurney,
Floyd | Milnes renewed through FY 2015.  All below listed substances are
Floyd | embargoed to all parties through contract expiration, pending timely
Floyd | receipt of annual suppression fees as negotiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | NN 373 AS1 (wide spectrum influenza antiviral)
Floyd | A901/902 PF (macular regenerative)
Floyd | X-6080114 (bacteriophage - BUT NOTE use as car wax approved for 1999,
Floyd | see Schedule - Automotive, Cleaning & Cosmetic)
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and a long list of similar entries follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller snatches the file.  "This one looks extremely
Floyd | interesting," he says as he stuffs the file into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over, stuffing them into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You pick a drawer at random and open it.  The drawer is loaded with
Floyd | files; you choose one with a typewritten label reading "MB-7" and look
Floyd | through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This file contains numerous technical diagrams of a jet airliner,
Floyd | including everything from the passenger compartment floor plan to the
Floyd | parts list for the fan blades in the engine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller snatches the file.  "This one looks curious," he says as
Floyd | he stuffs the file into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through a drawer, pulling a couple of files and
Floyd | looking them over, stuffing them into his briefcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Anyway. ID card!"
		phoenix exclaims, "this briefcase is larger on the inside than it is on the outside!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe"
		phoenix asks, "oh, we got a card?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | "We must come back here," Teeterwaller says, stuffing a few last files
Floyd | into his briefcase as he follows you out of the room.  "There's much
Floyd | more I want to see here."
Floyd |
Floyd | Old corridor
Floyd |    The proportions of this passage, the workmanship of the marble
Floyd | floor, the wire-caged light fixtures all give this corridor an antique
Floyd | appearance.  A large room lies to the northwest, and silvery doors lie
Floyd | to the east, west, and south; the door to the south is labeled
Floyd | "MAINTENANCE," and the door to the east is marked "RECORDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atrium
Floyd |    The polished marble walls of this vast chamber slant slightly inward
Floyd | as they rise hundreds of feet to the glass panes of the ceiling.
Floyd | Lights from the towers above the surface twinkle like Christmas tree
Floyd | decorations through the glass.  An elevator is to the west, and
Floyd | passages lead north and southeast.
Floyd |    A fire hose hangs down from the ceiling, the end of the hose just
Floyd | reaching the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You'll have to open the elevator first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction area
Floyd |    This wide hallway is filled with dust and debris from a construction
Floyd | project.  A foreman is looking at a blueprint, and several construction
Floyd | workers are demolishing parts of the hallway.  The hallway opens to the
Floyd | south, and continues north past the contruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The foreman waves you by.  You carefully navigate through the
Floyd | construction debris, following the hallway as it turns a corner and
Floyd | continues west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    This is the west end of a wide east-west hallway.  A sliding metal
Floyd | door, labeled "Lab 7," leads north, and a white door, labeled
Floyd | "Observation Room," leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put red id in slot" 		

Floyd | You slip the red ID card into the slot; it's a good fit.  A soft beep
Floyd | emanates from the slot, and the metal door slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd |    This is a cavernous room, a hundred feet tall and twice as wide.
Floyd | Pieces of electronic equipment are scattered throughout the chamber.
Floyd | In the center of the room is a workbench, on which is a plastic stand;
Floyd | a pair of electrodes are connected to the stand, and the electrodes are
Floyd | connected with wires to an electronic device on a cart next to the
Floyd | workbench.  Near the workbench is a silver crate, the size of a
Floyd | refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |    An air vent is visible in the center of the ceiling.  A glass window
Floyd | in the south wall looks out into an observation room.
Floyd |    A sliding metal door leads south.
Floyd |    Sitting on the plastic stand is a black disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal door slides closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Not suspicious at all that we're wandering around in a hard hat and a gas mask."
		phoenix says, "the 3 guys we gassed didnt bother to notice the hose either"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x disk" 		

Floyd | It's about the size of a half-dollar coin, and is made of a dull black
Floyd | material.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take disk" 		

Floyd | A siren sounds from a loudspeaker somewhere above you, and a voice
Floyd | echoes through the room:  "Intruder alert, laboratory seven.  Section
Floyd | black, commence procedure one one delta."
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the window in the south wall, you see several guards dressed in
Floyd | black jump-suits and black helmets rush into the observation room.
Floyd | They see you and start motioning to one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller takes two steps backwards.  "Uh, oh..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guards run in and out of the observation room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd |    This is a cavernous room, a hundred feet tall and twice as wide.
Floyd | Pieces of electronic equipment are scattered throughout the chamber.
Floyd | In the center of the room is a workbench, on which is a plastic stand;
Floyd | a pair of electrodes are connected to the stand, and the electrodes are
Floyd | connected with wires to an electronic device on a cart next to the
Floyd | workbench.  Near the workbench is a silver crate, the size of a
Floyd | refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |    An air vent is visible in the center of the ceiling.  A glass window
Floyd | in the south wall looks out into an observation room.
Floyd |    A sliding metal door leads south.
Floyd |    Sitting on the plastic stand is a black disk.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whoops."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd | The crate is made of a very shiny silver metal.  It's about the size of
Floyd | a refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open crate" 		

Floyd | There's no obvious way to open the crate.  You can find no latches,
Floyd | buttons, catches, or other mechanisms, and there's not even a visible
Floyd | seam anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd | Which device do you mean, the portable hand-held scanner, or the
Floyd | electronic device?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x electronic" 		

Floyd | Which electronic do you mean, the equipment, or the electronic device?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x electronic device" 		

Floyd | The device is about the same size and shape as a video recorder, but
Floyd | the case is unpainted metal and the only obvious controls are a dial
Floyd | and a red button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dial" 		

Floyd | The dial can be turned to settings numbered from 1 to 100.  It's
Floyd | currently set to 5.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press red button" 		

Floyd | A spark jumps across the electrodes.  The disk glows faintly for a
Floyd | moment, then returns to normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 100" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 100.
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds from a loudspeaker somewhere above you, and a voice
Floyd | echoes through the room:  "Intruder alert, laboratory seven.  Section
Floyd | black, commence procedure one one delta."
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the window in the south wall, you see several guards dressed in
Floyd | black jump-suits and black helmets rush into the observation room.
Floyd | They see you and start motioning to one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller takes two steps backwards.  "Uh, oh..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards make threatening gestures at you through the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd |    This is a cavernous room, a hundred feet tall and twice as wide.
Floyd | Pieces of electronic equipment are scattered throughout the chamber.
Floyd | In the center of the room is a workbench, on which is a plastic stand;
Floyd | a pair of electrodes are connected to the stand, and the electrodes are
Floyd | connected with wires to an electronic device on a cart next to the
Floyd | workbench.  Near the workbench is a silver crate, the size of a
Floyd | refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |    An air vent is visible in the center of the ceiling.  A glass window
Floyd | in the south wall looks out into an observation room.
Floyd |    A sliding metal door leads south.
Floyd |    Sitting on the plastic stand is a black disk.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "attach electrodes to disk" 		

Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put electrodes on disk" 		

Floyd | You can't put the electrodes anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x electrodes" 		

Floyd | The electrodes are connected to the device on the cart, and the ends
Floyd | are attached to opposite sides of the stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put disk on stand" 		

Floyd | The black disk is already on the plastic stand!
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks around purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd | The crate is made of a very shiny silver metal.  It's about the size of
Floyd | a refrigerator sitting on its back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | There's no obvious way to open the crate.  You can find no latches,
Floyd | buttons, catches, or other mechanisms, and there's not even a visible
Floyd | seam anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller starts telling you some office gossip, but stops, a
Floyd | little disappointed, when he realizes you don't know the people
Floyd | involved in the embarrassing parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push crate" 		

Floyd | It's extremely heavy; it would take several more people to move it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on crate" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to knock the silver crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller looks through his pockets for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Might just be a timed puzzle"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 100" 		

Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 100.
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds from a loudspeaker somewhere above you, and a voice
Floyd | echoes through the room:  "Intruder alert, laboratory seven.  Section
Floyd | black, commence procedure one one delta."
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the window in the south wall, you see several guards dressed in
Floyd | black jump-suits and black helmets rush into the observation room.
Floyd | They see you and start motioning to one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller takes two steps backwards.  "Uh, oh..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards in the observation room bang on the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | (the red button)
Floyd | Darkness suddenly falls over the room as all of the lights go out; a
Floyd | second later, the electrodes blaze with a blinding flash of white light
Floyd | and make a loud pop like a balloon bursting.  The spark fades, and the
Floyd | disk glows with an intense but ghostly blue light.
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly feel like you're tumbling sideways, and it feels like
Floyd | something is pulling your feet and your head in opposite directions.
Floyd | You reach out for something to hold, but find nothing in reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you think you're going to hit the ground, you realize that the
Floyd | floor is twenty feet away and getting further.  You're falling, but
Floyd | somehow you're falling toward the ceiling.  The room is spinning
Floyd | rapidly, and you see that Mr. Teeterwaller is falling alongside you,
Floyd | his eyes closed and his arms flailing wildly; beside him the
Floyd | brightly-glowing disk is serenly floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep falling upwards for several seconds, moving directly toward a
Floyd | large air vent on the ceiling.  You draw closer and closer to the vent,
Floyd | and you brace yourself for impact.  In a moment the vent is only a few
Floyd | feet away, but now you can see that you're not moving very quickly
Floyd | after all, and you easily maneuver yourself into the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller crashes into the ceiling just outside the vent, but you
Floyd | manage to grab his arm and help him through the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself in a large air duct.  The disk floats up through the
Floyd | opening; its glow gradually fades, and as it does, you, Teeterwaller,
Floyd | and the disk settle to the floor of the duct.  Gravity returns to
Floyd | normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Air duct
Floyd |    This aluminum air duct is just large enough to crawl through here,
Floyd | but splits into several smaller ducts to the west, none of which are
Floyd | large enough to permit further passage.  The duct widens to the east.
Floyd | In the floor is a square opening, two feet on a side, whose cover has
Floyd | been swung out and down; a cavernous chamber below is visible through
Floyd | the opening.
Floyd |    You see a black disk here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the opening, you see the door to the lab slide open, and dozens
Floyd | of guards rush into the lab, looking up at you from the floor far
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "What."
		phoenix says, "Antigravity device"
		phoenix says, "we saw them testing it earlier from this air vent"
		phoenix says, "I actually expected this to happen"
Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get disk" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the opening, you see the guards in the lab watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take disk" 		

Floyd | You already have the black disk!
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards in the lab rush around busily, several keeping a close watch
Floyd | on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok, I bet these guards actually have no idea how to get here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passage
Floyd |    This low, narrow tunnel was probably never intended as a walkway;
Floyd | it's more like a ventilation shaft than a corridor.  The tunnel becomes
Floyd | an aluminum duct to the west, and several small vents connect through
Floyd | the north and south walls. The passage opens into a larger area to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground, in shaft
Floyd |    Concrete walls line this cylindrical shaft surrounding the tower.
Floyd | The stairs end their descent here, about a story beneath the surface,
Floyd | but the shaft continues far below.  A metal grating completely covers
Floyd | the shaft at the bottom of the stairs, providing a floor.
Floyd |    A narrow opening in the wall of the shaft leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Following the stairs around the tower, you cross through an opening in
Floyd | the grating and emerge into the night air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, one story up
Floyd |    This landing is about one story above the ground, on the east side
Floyd | of the tower.  The stairs continue up and down.
Floyd |    Several guards are watching you through the grating of the landing
Floyd | one level up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards watch you through the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart asks, "What's on for today?"
		Jacqueline says, "The Plant"
		phoenix says, "oh dear, they're on the other staircase"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x guards" 		

Floyd | The guards are watching you through the grating of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards watch you through the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, three stories up
Floyd |    This landing is about three stories above the ground, on the east
Floyd | side of the tower.  The stairs continue wrapping around the tower,
Floyd | allowing you to travel up or down.
Floyd |    Several guards are watching you through the grating of the landings
Floyd | above and below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards watch you through the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "Can we kill them with poison gas again?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The stairs only make half a turn around the tower before you encounter
Floyd | another landing, this time on the west side of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing, four stories up
Floyd |    The stairs reach their summit at this landing, which, unlike all of
Floyd | the other landings, is on the west side of the tower.  Handholds set
Floyd | into the tower wall at regular intervals form a ladder up the side of
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |    A closed rounded metal door is set into the tower wall.  In the
Floyd | center of the door is a wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | As you start up the ladder, the door bursts open and guards start
Floyd | pouring out onto the landing.  You climb the ladder as quickly as you
Floyd | can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Teeterwaller comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of tower
Floyd |    This is the apex of the tower dome, which slopes down in all
Floyd | directions.  The air is cool and a steady wind flows past the dome.  An
Floyd | access hatch is at the top; it's closed.  Handholds set into the roof
Floyd | form a ladder down the west side of the dome.
Floyd |    The industrial wasteland of the plant complex stretches to the
Floyd | north, other towers delineated by colored lights twinkling in the
Floyd | distance, a vast spiderweb of pipes and conduits below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guards take up positions at the top of the stairs below the dome, but
Floyd | for some reason do not follow you up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisps of viscous green vapor waft slowly out from the door.
Floyd | Fortunately, the gas mask seems to be protecting you from the gas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone starts climbing the ladder from below.  For a moment you think
Floyd | it's one of the guards, but as the figure draws closer, you see that
Floyd | it's a tall, gray-haired man in a business suit.  He reaches the top of
Floyd | the ladder and walks toward you and Teeterwaller, his hands open,
Floyd | presumably to show he's not carrying a weapon.  His jacket flaps in the
Floyd | breeze; he reaches down to button it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When I was a boy," the man says in a deep, gravelly voice, "my family
Floyd | lived in a small town in Arizona.  One day I rode my bike out into the
Floyd | desert, as I often did, in search of dinosaur fossils or Indian relics.
Floyd | After several hours I was still empty-handed and had mostly forgotten
Floyd | what I had set out to find anyway, so with the sun nearing the horizon
Floyd | I started heading home, when a glint in the eastern sky caught my eye."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd | He's a tall, athletic-looking man with gray hair.  His dark business
Floyd | suit is fluttering in the strong wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man continues.  "I watched as the glint turned into a
Floyd | streak, and the streak turned into a fireball, all in the course of a
Floyd | few heartbeats.  The sight transfixed me and I barely recognized that I
Floyd | was directly in the path of whatever was falling from the sky, but some
Floyd | instinct made me dive under a nearby boulder, only an instant before
Floyd | the ground shattered from the impact.  I hid under my rock as debris
Floyd | rained down."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The man continues speaking to you.  "My fear soon turned to curiosity
Floyd | and before long I made my way to the crash site.  I expected a
Floyd | meteorite, which I pictured as some kind of red glowing sphere with
Floyd | miniature moon craters.  What I found was obviously not a meteorite,
Floyd | not even anything natural.  But it wasn't anything man-made either.  It
Floyd | was the size of a small airplane, but had no wings; its shape was
Floyd | complex and irregular; and it was made of a dull gray material that
Floyd | looked like wet clay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "The wreckage was in a few large pieces, but some small bits were
Floyd | scattered around, and I pocketed a few as souvenirs.  I was about to
Floyd | start looking at the larger pieces, when a group of airplanes came over
Floyd | the horizon and made for the crash site.  Something made me return to
Floyd | my bicycle and pedal away as fast as I could.  I took refuge behind
Floyd | some rocks up a hill half a mile away and watched as the planes
Floyd | disgorged men and machines by parachute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "I stayed for some time watching the men load the pieces of the fallen
Floyd | object onto trucks.  Nightfall forced me to abandon my hideout and go
Floyd | home, and when I returned the next day I could find nothing left of the
Floyd | crash; the crater had been filled and even the fragments of rock
Floyd | scattered hundreds of yards away had been swept into the sand."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "I spent years looking at the fragments I had kept from the crash
Floyd | without recognizing their true nature.  A series of chance discoveries,
Floyd | however, led me to realize that the object that crashed was not some
Floyd | experimental military craft, as I had long imagined, and that indeed it
Floyd | was not even of this Earth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "golly"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "My souvenirs were in fact products of a highly advanced technology,
Floyd | far beyond what was thought possible when I found them and beyond even
Floyd | what is commonly believed possible today, and having discovered a few
Floyd | of their secrets I quickly learned more.  I realized at once the
Floyd | commercial potential of my discoveries and set about finding practical
Floyd | applications.  You see around you here a small facet of the enterprise
Floyd | that we have built, dedicated to the steady improvement of our society
Floyd | and the world through the carefully controlled introduction of this
Floyd | technology."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "I did not know until many years after the crash the fate of the rest
Floyd | of the object.  As our company grew, we began to have the resources
Floyd | necessary to cultivate relationships inside the government, and we
Floyd | eventually learned where the pieces recovered from the crash were being
Floyd | studied.  We have monitored the progress of the government's studies
Floyd | carefully, and it has been a source of constant frustration for us that
Floyd | these studies have not only been almost completely unproductive, but
Floyd | what little they have gleaned has been hidden behind a veil of military
Floyd | secrecy and national security."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have for many years known that the government is incapable of
Floyd | putting this technology to proper use, and that we must take control of
Floyd | it for the good of mankind.  Unfortunately, even our resources have
Floyd | proven insufficient to correct this problem, at least until now.  When
Floyd | we learned that the crash artifacts were to be relocated to a new
Floyd | facility, we saw our chance to intervene, taking what is rightfully and
Floyd | morally ours."
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightning bolt strikes one of the nearby towers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller, who up to now has been silently listening to the
Floyd | gray-haired man, speaks to him.  "`Rightfully and morally' yours," he
Floyd | scoffs.  "You're just as bad as the government, hiding this technology
Floyd | for decades.  You're worse, in fact, the way you dole it out a little
Floyd | at a time to maximize your profit at everyone else's expense."
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man shakes his head slightly.  "Profit isn't our
Floyd | motive," he says.  "It is society's readiness to absorb change that
Floyd | dictates the rate of our disclosures.  If we were to reveal all we knew
Floyd | at one time, the world would plunge into chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll never get away with this," Teeterwaller says.  "You actually
Floyd | think the government won't figure out who stole the artifacts?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The government will never even suspect they were taken," the
Floyd | gray-haired man responds dismissively.  "We replaced the originals with
Floyd | inert duplicates.  The fools have never been able to learn anything
Floyd | from the originals anyway; they'll labor for fifty more fruitless
Floyd | years, then shrug, pack the whole mess off to a warehouse in Illinois,
Floyd | and move on to their next assignments."
Floyd |
Floyd | Thunder rumbles from the sky overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man continues.  "You have something that belongs to
Floyd | us," he says.  "As you can plainly see, there is nowhere for you to go.
Floyd | Despite your weak bargaining position, we can afford to be generous, so
Floyd | I would like to offer both of you positions as Vice Presidents in one
Floyd | of our many exciting subsidiary or affiliated corporations.  All you
Floyd | have to do is give me the disk."
Floyd |
Floyd | A few bright flashes of lightning light the sky directly overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Static electricity crackles through the sky overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix exclaims, "alternate ending 1!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw disk off roof" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw disk" 		

Floyd | You throw the disk.  Teeterwaller and the gray-haired man follow the
Floyd | disk with their eyes as it arcs into the night sky and disappears into
Floyd | the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm disappointed that we couldn't reach an agreement," the gray-haired
Floyd | man says.  He motions to the guards, who come up onto the roof and
Floyd | arrest you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards take you to their security office, and later turn you over
Floyd | to the local police, who arrest you on trespassing charges.  You and
Floyd | Teeterwaller tell your fantastic story of hijacked trucks and floating
Floyd | anti-gravity disks, but the police just ignore you.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a night in the local jail, the police release you, explaining
Floyd | that the company that owns the plant is not pressing charges.  In town,
Floyd | you and Teeterwaller find a mechanic to fix the car.  You return home,
Floyd | having missed your meeting.  Life returns to normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the months that follow, the subject of that strange night seems to
Floyd | become taboo, and you and Teeterwaller never again discuss it.
Floyd | Eventually, Teeterwaller leaves the company; you hear later that he's
Floyd | working for one of those UFO magazines, writing bitter diatribes about
Floyd | government conspiracies and military cover-ups.
Floyd |
Floyd | You often wonder what might have happened if you had escaped with the
Floyd | odd little black disk, but you feel fortunate enough to have made it
Floyd | through the experience unscathed.
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Your life has returned to normal. ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 85 of a possible 100, in 748 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as the
Floyd | next junior executive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can show the CREDITS, view the SPECIAL edition menu, show your FULL
Floyd | score, RESTORE a saved game, RESTART the game from the beginning, QUIT
Floyd | the game, or UNDO the last command.
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of tower
Floyd |    This is the apex of the tower dome, which slopes down in all
Floyd | directions.  The air is cool and a steady wind flows past the dome.  An
Floyd | access hatch is at the top; it's precariously propped up and open, and
Floyd | wisps of green vapor drift out.  Handholds set into the roof form a
Floyd | ladder down the west side of the dome.
Floyd |    The industrial wasteland of the plant complex stretches to the
Floyd | north, other towers delineated by colored lights twinkling in the
Floyd | distance, a vast spiderweb of pipes and conduits below.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A gray-haired man is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give disk to man" 		

Floyd | "Thank you," he says, taking the disk.  He shakes your hand, "Welcome
Floyd | aboard, Mr. Vice President," he says, then turns to Teeterwaller and
Floyd | welcomes him.
Floyd |
Floyd | As promised, you are immediately appointed a Vice President at
Floyd | AmCaustiCo, a maker of caustic chemical speciality products, and given
Floyd | a plush corner office overlooking a pleasant little woods a safe
Floyd | distance from the smoke-belching factories whose maintenance schedule
Floyd | you are assigned to oversee.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find your compensation much more than comfortable and your duties
Floyd | agreeably undemanding, leaving you plenty of time to practice your golf
Floyd | and "network" with other top executives at the country club, trading
Floyd | stock tips and dirty jokes.  Years later, looking back, you know you
Floyd | made a good career decision that strange night, but you can't help
Floyd | wondering from time to time what might have happened if you'd somehow
Floyd | escaped with the odd little black disk.  It's an idle thought, though;
Floyd | you'd just have ended up like Teeterwaller, writing bitter diatribes
Floyd | for some little conspiracy-minded UFO magazine.
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have a pleasant but vaguely unsatisfying career. ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 90 of a possible 100, in 748 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as the
Floyd | next junior executive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can show the CREDITS, view the SPECIAL edition menu, show your FULL
Floyd | score, RESTORE a saved game, RESTART the game from the beginning, QUIT
Floyd | the game, or UNDO the last command.
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of tower
Floyd |    This is the apex of the tower dome, which slopes down in all
Floyd | directions.  The air is cool and a steady wind flows past the dome.  An
Floyd | access hatch is at the top; it's precariously propped up and open, and
Floyd | wisps of green vapor drift out.  Handholds set into the roof form a
Floyd | ladder down the west side of the dome.
Floyd |    The industrial wasteland of the plant complex stretches to the
Floyd | north, other towers delineated by colored lights twinkling in the
Floyd | distance, a vast spiderweb of pipes and conduits below.
Floyd |    Your boss Mr. Teeterwaller is here.
Floyd |    A gray-haired man is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put disk in lightning" 		

Floyd | I don't see any lightning here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man watches you expectantly.  "The perks are very nice
Floyd | for Vice Presidents," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hair feels like it's standing on end from the static charge in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The gray-haired man looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thunder roars overhead.  Lightning flashes from cloud to cloud in the
Floyd | sky above you.  Suddenly, a tongue of lightning cuts through the air
Floyd | directly in front of you, striking the center of the dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somehow, the lightning bolt stays where it is, dancing a little around
Floyd | the top of the dome but continuing to discharge electricity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put disk in lightning" 		

Floyd | You carefully hold out the disk, and very slowly move your hand toward
Floyd | the lightning bolt.  Your skin tingles with electricity as you get
Floyd | closer, and your hair starts to stand on end.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny tendril of brilliant white light leaps out from the lightning
Floyd | bolt and touches the disk.  You feel a jab and jerk your hand back, but
Floyd | you see that the disk is glowing with an intense blue light, and you
Floyd | start to feel light-headed and disoriented.  Teeterwaller grabs your
Floyd | arm, and the two of you rapidly ascend into the sky.  The gray haired
Floyd | man reaches his hand out toward you and shouts something, but you're
Floyd | already too far away to hear what he's saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wind picks up speed and changes direction several times as you
Floyd | climb, and you start drifting to the north.  Soon the lights of the
Floyd | plant are behind you, and you're over open ground.  Silence falls as
Floyd | your own motion matches the wind speed and you move along at the same
Floyd | rate as the surrounding air.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't believe we made it out of there alive!"  Teeterwaller says.
Floyd | "This is an amazing find," he says, indicating the disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | You start descending again, and you see that you're headed for the
Floyd | road--in fact, you can see Teeterwaller's car, right where you left it.
Floyd | The disk's glow fades, and you settle gently to the ground near the
Floyd | car.
Floyd |
Floyd | Headlights approach from down the road.  They draw nearer, and the
Floyd | vehicle starts slowing down and pulling over behind Teeterwaller's car.
Floyd | You almost make a run for it, when you see that the vehicle is a van
Floyd | from a local television station.  A young woman in a smart blue dress
Floyd | gets out from the passenger side, and a man in a flannel shirt carrying
Floyd | a video camera follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excuse me," the woman says as she approaches you.  "We've had some
Floyd | reports of strange electrical activity in the sky around here, and I
Floyd | wondered if either of you have seen anything interesting tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | Teeterwaller smiles at you.  "Yes," he says.  "As a matter of fact we
Floyd | have."
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have made history. ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 100 of a possible 100, in 750 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as ready
Floyd | for the executive suite.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can show the CREDITS, view the SPECIAL edition menu, show your FULL
Floyd | score, RESTORE a saved game, RESTART the game from the beginning, QUIT
Floyd | the game, or UNDO the last command.
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Executive suite."
		djfletch says, "Hurrah!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd | Your score is 100 of a possible 100, in 750 moves.  If Mr. Teeterwaller
Floyd | were to evaluate your performance thus far, he would rank you as ready
Floyd | for the executive suite.
Floyd | You scored:
Floyd |    2 points for opening the warehouse door;
Floyd |    1 point for finding the path along the ditch;
Floyd |    1 point for finding the flashlight;
Floyd |    10 points for befriending the dog;
Floyd |    1 point for reading the bar code on the black box;
Floyd |    5 points for opening the ditch gate;
Floyd |    10 points for getting the balloon out of the pipe;
Floyd |    10 points for opening the access hatch;
Floyd |    10 points for entering the atrium;
Floyd |    10 points for entering the records room;
Floyd |    10 points for entering the lab;
Floyd |    10 points for escaping the lab with the disk;
Floyd |    20 points for escaping the plant with the disk.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter CREDITS, SPECIAL, FULL, RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO:
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "nice ending with the lightning that's been going on in the background all game"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | This game was designed, written, and implemented by Michael J. Roberts,
Floyd | using the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd |
Floyd | Originally released for the 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition,
Floyd | October 1998.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author would like to express his sincere appreciation to Steve
Floyd | McAdams, Dennis Buchheim, and Sean Trabosh for their patience and
Floyd | thoroughness testing the early versions of the game and for their many
Floyd | ideas for improving it.  Thanks also to everyone who sent comments
Floyd | after playing the game during the competition, and to the contest
Floyd | judges who took the time to write reviews of the game; your comments
Floyd | and reviews are deeply appreciated.  Finally, I'd like to thank David
Floyd | Dyte and the rest of this year's competition organizers for making the
Floyd | event enjoyable and memorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is a work of fiction.  Any resemblance to actual persons,
Floyd | organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental.  All scenes
Floyd | involving animals were produced under the supervision of the
Floyd | Interactive Fiction Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Presented In
Floyd | S U P E R   T A D S - O - R A M A
Floyd | On Selected Computers
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | If you have any comments or suggestions, or would like to report a bug,
Floyd | the author would be pleased to hear from you.  Please send email to
Floyd | mjr_@hotmail.com (yes, that is an underscore in the user name).
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter CREDITS, SPECIAL, FULL, RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO:
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Was there a two hour rule back then?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha, IFSPCA."
		phoenix says, "I seem to remember there was"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
		phoenix says, "this took us about 4, lol"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, 3.5, but yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "special" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | Special Features Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Amusing things to try
Floyd |    2.  Author's notes
Floyd |    3.  View deleted scenes
Floyd |    4.  About the author
Floyd |    5.  Return to the game
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		Jacqueline says, "Gosh - it's like a DVD menu."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd | Author's Notes
Floyd |
Floyd | Are we in Blottnya yet?
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people who played the Competition Edition wondered whether the
Floyd | game was meant to take place in Blottnya.  There's so much Blottnian
Floyd | stuff lying around (Teeterwaller's car, the dog, the article in the
Floyd | Dufon journal, the language textbook), especially in the areas outside
Floyd | the plant complex, that it may seem that the setting is Blottnya.  If
Floyd | you made this assumption, you probably found it jarring near the end of
Floyd | the game when the gray-haired man says a few things that strongly imply
Floyd | that the setting is really the United States (he mentions Arizona and
Floyd | Illinois, for example).
Floyd |
Floyd | All of the Blottnian references were really just a motif, and weren't
Floyd | meant to imply that the story was set in Blottnya.  In fact, to me the
Floyd | language textbook suggests that we're not in Blottnya, since it teaches
Floyd | Blottnian as a foreign language to speakers of English.
Floyd |
Floyd | In this revised edition, I've tried to make it more obvious from the
Floyd | start that we're not in Blottnya.  For example, if you ask Teeterwaller
Floyd | about Blottnya, he'll tell you that he traveled there years ago and
Floyd | doesn't want to go back; Teeterwaller also points out while you're
Floyd | reading the textbook that he's never heard of anyone "in this country"
Floyd | studying Blottnian.
Floyd |
Floyd | What happened to the hostages?
Floyd |
Floyd | The fate of the guards from the hijacked trucks is a detail that never
Floyd | made it into the final game, mostly for lack of time before the
Floyd | competition.  My plan was to include a seminar room where the guards
Floyd | from the trucks were watching a presentation on the many reasons to
Floyd | switch employers and join the company that owns the plant--great health
Floyd | insurance benefits, a generous relocation allowance, career advancement
Floyd | potential, and a very competitive compensation package.
Floyd |
Floyd | I always wonder, when I'm watching something like a Bond movie, how
Floyd | these vast criminal enterprises always manage to attract and retain
Floyd | such a large army of generic henchmen, especially when the evil genius
Floyd | running the show is always giving negative performance feedback to
Floyd | underperforming lieutenants by opening the trap door or feeding them to
Floyd | the sharks.  I mean, where's the incentive to come into work in the
Floyd | morning?
Floyd |
Floyd | So, the seminar room was supposed to show that the plant's owners were
Floyd | a new kind of criminal enterprise, an enlightened, 90's kind of
Floyd | conspiracy that recognizes that its employees are its most important
Floyd | asset and emphasizes teamwork and coaching over sharks and trap doors.
Floyd | But, it wasn't integral to the story, so in the end it fell off the
Floyd | list.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would the decoy trucks really work?
Floyd |
Floyd | Originally, the decoy trucks were never meant to reach their
Floyd | destination.  In my early plans for the game, soon after entering the
Floyd | plant, you'd come across a television (in a guard house) showing
Floyd | coverage of the aftermath of a horrible train wreck that, of course,
Floyd | involved the decoy truck convoy.  The idea was that the trucks would be
Floyd | destroyed in a huge flaming wreck, which would damage everything so
Floyd | badly that the government would never know that the materials had been
Floyd | stolen.
Floyd |
Floyd | As with the recruiting seminar, this detail didn't seem important
Floyd | enough to build a whole scene around it, so the matter of the decoys
Floyd | was handled in the gray-haired man's speech, when he says that the
Floyd | government scientists wouldn't be smart enough to detect the deception.
Floyd |
Floyd | This doesn't address the question of whether the original guards would
Floyd | be missed (which wasn't as issue with the train wreck, since everyone
Floyd | would have been presumed killed).  However, one can imagine that the
Floyd | people on the receiving end of the shipment didn't know the guards or
Floyd | the drivers personally, so henchmen posing as the guards should have
Floyd | fooled the recipients.  Given the apparent resources of the
Floyd | conspirators, a little bureaucratic tampering should be sufficient to
Floyd | paper over any remaining questions about where all of the guards went
Floyd | after delivering the goods.
Floyd |
Floyd | What did Teeterwaller know and when did he know it?
Floyd |
Floyd | A few people have asked whether Teeterwaller knew what he was getting
Floyd | you into; it has even been suggested that Teeterwaller planned the
Floyd | automobile breakdown so that he'd be at the right place at the right
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clear toward the end of the story that Teeterwaller knows more
Floyd | than he's letting on.  The first real sign of this, I think, is his
Floyd | lack of surprise when you realize that the truck cargo is radioactive,
Floyd | but he's especially blatant in the records room ("I've been looking for
Floyd | this type of information for years").
Floyd |
Floyd | Personally, my theory is that Teeterwaller was just incredibly lucky,
Floyd | and that chance favored his prepared mind, which was obviously full of
Floyd | conspiracy theories and UFO trivia to start with.  However, he is
Floyd | suspiciously eager to find out what's going on, and his talk of a "big
Floyd | reward is pretty unconvincing motivation.  (So unconvincing, in fact,
Floyd | that I've changed that detail in this revised edition.  He's now
Floyd | straightforward about being driven by curiousity, and doesn't try the
Floyd | `reward' ploy, but instead simply asks for your help.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A Witness to History
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the techniques that I used throughout this game was multi-turn
Floyd | cut scenes.  In some games, major plot events are related in single,
Floyd | large blocks of text, often called `cut scenes' (a term borrowed from
Floyd | graphical games, which use it to refer to non-interactive sequences of
Floyd | animation, essentially little movies, that fill in plot and provide
Floyd | transitions between game sections).  The Plant uses a similar
Floyd | technique, but I broke up most of these into series of scenes spread
Floyd | out over several turns.  In most cases, you're viewing the events from
Floyd | a distance, and can't do much except watch and wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the author it's always hard to perceive the exact effect that
Floyd | players will, but I have mixed feelings about the technique.  On the
Floyd | one hand, I like the small, easily-digested chunks of text; long
Floyd | monolithic cut scenes are often overwhelming simply in the amount of
Floyd | text that appears all at once.  I also like the way that the multi-turn
Floyd | sequences integrate the cut scenes with `game time,' keeping the action
Floyd | on a somewhat consistent time scale rather than abruptly having many
Floyd | turns' worth of time elapse between two consecutive command prompts.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other hand, the effect is distancing, in that it removes
Floyd | interactivity from a scene almost as much as a single large cut scene
Floyd | would.
Floyd |
Floyd | I think that, in future games, I'd like to try to find more interactive
Floyd | ways of unfolding major plot advances.  It's a difficult balancing act,
Floyd | because you want the plot to unfold without puzzling the player, indeed
Floyd | almost in spite of the player--in other words, you essentially want to
Floyd | coerce the player into doing the right thing; but at the same time, you
Floyd | want the player to feel a degree of freedom of action greater than I
Floyd | offered in these cut scenes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some games achieve this type of coercion by killing the player on a
Floyd | misstep, but I think this destroys the illusion of interactivity by
Floyd | forcing you to save and restore repeatedly, since you're essentially
Floyd | trying to navigate through a minefield.  I think a better approach
Floyd | would be to make it so obvious what to do next, and so rewarding to do
Floyd | the obvious thing, that the player will naturally feel inclined play
Floyd | along and follow your script--ideally without even realizing that
Floyd | there's a script.  The multi-turn cut scenes in this game are a very
Floyd | primitive attempt at this, I think, but since the only thing you can do
Floyd | is `wait,' it gets repetitive after a while.  Something to keep in mind
Floyd | on the next game.
Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | Special Features Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Amusing things to try
Floyd |    2.  Author's notes
Floyd |    3.  View deleted scenes
Floyd |    4.  About the author
Floyd |    5.  Return to the game
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		phoenix says, "still, it was a good game so not complaining"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd | Amusing things to try
Floyd |
Floyd | Ask Mr. Teeterwaller about...
Floyd |    me;
Floyd |    himself;
Floyd |    Shadow Man;
Floyd |    335 card punch;
Floyd |    Omegatron;
Floyd |    Blottnya;
Floyd |    office gossip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Look in Mr. Teeterwaller's pockets.
Floyd |

		
Floyd Give Teeterwaller orders. (He has several different responses. 		
Floyd Ordering him to go somewhere [Teeterwaller, North] elicits one type of 		
Floyd response, and most other commands [Teeterwaller, look] receive random, 		

Floyd | uncooperative responses.)
Floyd |
Floyd | After seeing the initial truck hijacking scene outside the plant
Floyd | entrance, return to the car (and get in), and answer `yes' when
Floyd | Teeterwaller asks if you want to give up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before befriending the dog, say `aus' in the dog's presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | After turning on the water, point the hose at...
Floyd |    me;
Floyd |    Mr. Teeterwaller.
Floyd |
Floyd | After opening the access hatch in the glass over the atrium, and
Floyd | turning on the water, put the hose in the gap in the pipes (to the
Floyd | southeast of the safety station) and pull the lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the hose, go down into the canal; Mr. Teeterwaller will stay
Floyd | behind to help guide the hose over the edge of the canal.  Once you're
Floyd | down in the canal, drop the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Open drawers in the Records Room several times.  (There are about eight
Floyd | separate files to look at; each time you open a drawer you'll get a
Floyd | different one until you've read them all.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Alternative endings:  at the end of the game, when you're on the roof
Floyd | of the tower and the gray-haired man is telling you his life story...
Floyd |    throw the disk;
Floyd |    give the disk to the man (before he makes you the offer);
Floyd |    give the disk to the man (after he makes you the offer).
Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | Special Features Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Amusing things to try
Floyd |    2.  Author's notes
Floyd |    3.  View deleted scenes
Floyd |    4.  About the author
Floyd |    5.  Return to the game
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes
Floyd |
Floyd | As probably happens in the course of any software project, a number of
Floyd | details of the game's original design changed in the course of
Floyd | implementation, when I found that some elements weren't working.  I've
Floyd | made transcripts of some of the biggest changes, along with some notes
Floyd | on why I didn't keep the original versions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Major Bennett
Floyd |    2.  The crate and the force-field
Floyd |    3.  Captured
Floyd |    4.  Return to the Special Features menu
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (One of the biggest changes that I made after starting work on the game
Floyd | was adding Mr. Teeterwaller.  Originally, the player was going to be
Floyd | alone.  I decided very early on that I wanted the player to have a
Floyd | companion who had an inkling (or at least a suspicion) of what might be
Floyd | going on inside the plant, but the original design lacked this element.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Without Mr. Teeterwaller, the player needed some sort of motivation to
Floyd | break into the plant.  The hijacking scene certainly made it clear that
Floyd | something mysterious was going on, but it didn't by itself give the
Floyd | player any reason to become involved.  To provide this motivation, the
Floyd | original design had a minor character named Major Bennett, who shows up
Floyd | just after the hijacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The hijacking started off pretty much the same as it does in the final
Floyd | game.  After the bulldozers started clearing wreckage, though, Major
Floyd | Bennett shows up...)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The trucks that are still intact start moving into the plant, one by
Floyd | one, as the bulldozers clear a path through the wreckage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rustling sound behind you.  You turn to look, and hear a
Floyd | woman's voice yell `Freeze!'  You're so rattled by what you've just
Floyd | seen that you practically jump over the fence with fright.  You quickly
Floyd | raise your hands.  Someone approaches behind you and pats you down for
Floyd | weapons, then withdraws.
Floyd |
Floyd | `Turn around, slowly,' the voice says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn around--like she said, slowly--and see a woman in an army
Floyd | uniform pointing a pistol at you.  Her uniform looks like an officer's,
Floyd | which is quickly confirmed when you see that her nameplate reads MAJ.
Floyd | BENNETT--a major.  Her eyes do not blink as she watches you, and her
Floyd | expression is fierce.
Floyd |
Floyd | `Who the hell are you?'  she asks.  `Are you part of this operation?'
Floyd |
Floyd | >yes
Floyd | She almost laughs.  `I doubt it,' she says dismissively.  She seems to
Floyd | relax a little, having decided you're not a threat.  `Okay, so who are
Floyd | you?'
Floyd |
Floyd | You explain about your car trouble, that you're here purely by accident
Floyd | and bad timing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The major nods.  `It may be bad timing for you, but you may be the
Floyd | first bit of good luck I've had today.'  She lowers her gun, then
Floyd | suddenly loses her balance, just managing to grab the fence for
Floyd | support.  You notice for the first time that her left leg is wet--with
Floyd | blood, you realize.  The major slowly lowers herself to the ground, her
Floyd | left leg out straight in front of her.
Floyd |
Floyd | `As you can probably see, I've been shot,' she says.  `I'm not going
Floyd | anywhere in this condition.  From the way I feel I doubt I'll even be
Floyd | conscious much longer.  I don't suppose you're a doctor?'  she asks;
Floyd | you can't tell if she's being sarcastic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >no
Floyd | `There's not much you could have done anyway,' she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | `I'd better at least try to stop this bleeding.'  She laboriously takes
Floyd | off her belt, leans forward, wraps it around her leg above the wound
Floyd | and pulls the belt tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | She leans back against the fence.  She looks exhausted.  `I need your
Floyd | help,' she says, visibly fighting to stay awake.  `Those trucks out
Floyd | there were transporting live nuclear weapons.  I don't know who the
Floyd | hell these people are, but someone has to stop them.'  Her voice drops
Floyd | almost to a whisper.  `Look, I know you're just an innocent bystander
Floyd | here, but you're the only one who can stop them.  Here,' she says,
Floyd | reaching in her pocket and pulling something out; she tries to toss it
Floyd | to you, but she only manages to throw it a couple of feet. `That's the
Floyd | destruct key.  If there's any way you can get in there, find the bombs,
Floyd | use the key--it'll destroy their detonators and render them harmless.'
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, the major slips into unconsciousness, her head falling to
Floyd | her chest and her body going limp.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The scene concludes pretty much as in the final game.  Of course, the
Floyd | bit about nuclear weapons is just the cover story, as you eventually
Floyd | find out, but now you have a reason to continue with the story.  The
Floyd | destruct key really is the destruct key, though; at the end of the
Floyd | story, you'd have the option of destroying the artifacts, letting the
Floyd | hijackers keep them, or stealing them.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Major Bennett
Floyd |    2.  The crate and the force-field
Floyd |    3.  Captured
Floyd |    4.  Return to the Special Features menu
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		phoenix says, "we never did anything in the crate room"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (In the first scene involving opening the crate from the truck, when
Floyd | you're viewing events through the vent opening in the air duct, there
Floyd | was originally going to be a force field erected around the crate.
Floyd | This was meant to make it more obvious that this was no ordinary
Floyd | crate.)
Floyd |
Floyd | This aluminum air duct is just large enough to crawl through here, but
Floyd | splits into several smaller ducts to the west, none of which are large
Floyd | enough to permit further passage.  The duct widens to the east.  A vent
Floyd | cover, two feet on a side, is over an opening in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >look in opening
Floyd | A cavernous space the size of an airplane hangar is visible through the
Floyd | opening.  The floor is a hundred feet below.  Equipment of all kinds is
Floyd | scattered throughout the room:  forklifts, generators, machines
Floyd | connected by thick electrical cables running across the floor, welding
Floyd | torches with their gas tanks, rolling racks of power tools, portable
Floyd | arc lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the room is a rectangular area marked with a yellow
Floyd | border painted on the floor, clear of any equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several workers, dressed in isolation suits and gas masks, are standing
Floyd | just outside the yellow border.
Floyd |
Floyd | A forklift comes into view and moves toward the center of the floor
Floyd | below, beeping as it slowly carries a silver crate the size of a small
Floyd | car across the room.  The forklift drives into the yellow rectangle and
Floyd | gently sets the crate down in the center.  The forklift backs out and
Floyd | heads out of view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workers, still standing just outside the yellow border, turn around
Floyd | and face away from the crate.  Suddenly, a flash of white light, like a
Floyd | reflection of the sun in a mirror, bursts from the yellow border, and a
Floyd | moment later you hear a small thunderclap.  The afterimage takes
Floyd | several seconds to fade from your eyes; once you can see clearly again,
Floyd | you notice that the air around and above the yellow rectangular area is
Floyd | shimmering slightly and has a slight blue glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >wait
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the opening in the floor, you see the workers move to different
Floyd | pieces of equipment, setting dials and switches.  After each worker has
Floyd | checked several pieces of equipment, they gather together; they look
Floyd | like they're talking among themselves but you can't hear what they're
Floyd | saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | The workers seem to conclude their conversation.  They take off their
Floyd | gas masks, then head to a corner of the room and disappear from sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The force field was to have played a part later in the game as well.
Floyd | The observation room was actually going to be a control room, which
Floyd | would have let you turn off the force field, which would in turn would
Floyd | have sent the workers running for cover.  Once the force field had been
Floyd | lowered, of course, you'd have needed an isolation suit of your own to
Floyd | enter the lab.  I removed all of this partially because the game was
Floyd | getting to be long enough without additional puzzles involving the
Floyd | force field and isolation suit, but mostly because it would have robbed
Floyd | the end of the game of its momentum.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Major Bennett
Floyd |    2.  The crate and the force-field
Floyd |    3.  Captured
Floyd |    4.  Return to the Special Features menu
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (The end of the game was originally going to be rather different from
Floyd | the way it finally turned out.  After you'd seen enough--the records
Floyd | room and the lab in particular--the end-game was to begin with your
Floyd | capture.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A large group of armed guards appears out of nowhere.  Before you
Floyd | realize what's happening, several of the guards wrestle you to the
Floyd | ground and handcuff your hands behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | `X-Ray five, we've apprehended the subject,' you hear someone say.  An
Floyd | unintelligible voice from a walkie-talkie replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards pull you to your feet.  You look around and realize that
Floyd | Teeterwaller has disappeared; you're not sure if the guards have
Floyd | already taken him away separately or if he somehow evaded them.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards escort you through a series of passages that you haven't
Floyd | seen before, leading you deeper and deeper underground.  Finally, you
Floyd | arrive at a small cell; a guard removes your handcuffs, then locks the
Floyd | door, leaving you alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd |    This is a small room, about eight feet by eight feet; the single
Floyd | exit is a heavy steel door to the south, locked from the outside.
Floyd | Against one wall is an air vent; the only other feature is an air vent
Floyd | in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | (A few turns would elapse, allowing you to explore your surroundings,
Floyd | although there wasn't much you could do at this point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scraping sound coming from the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >wait
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | A whisper comes from the air vent.  `Hello, is that you?'  You realize
Floyd | it's Mr. Teeterwaller!
Floyd |
Floyd | >teeterwaller, hello
Floyd | `We don't have time for that now.'
Floyd |
Floyd | `I'm going to find a way to get you out of here,' Teeterwaller whispers
Floyd | from the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >open air vent
Floyd | Not surprisingly, the builder didn't use the kind of air vent cover you
Floyd | can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cell door opens.  A guard enters and motions for you to follow.
Floyd | You glance up at the vent, then follow the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Five guards escort you down the hall and into an elevator, which climbs
Floyd | several floors.  You emerge into a plushly furnished room that looks
Floyd | like a country club lounge:  big leather chairs, portraits on the wall,
Floyd | a brick fireplace with smoldering logs.  The guards lead you across the
Floyd | room and through some doors, down a wide hallway, and into a darkened
Floyd | room; all of the guards but one remain outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard leads you to a chair sitting in a pool of light at the end of
Floyd | a mahogany table.  You sit, and the guard stands behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd receive essentially the same lecture from the gray-haired man at
Floyd | this point as in the final end-game sequence.  Eventually, Teeterwaller
Floyd | would have shown up to rescue you, and you'd make your daring escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | (I saw quickly that this approach wasn't going to work.  The obvious
Floyd | problem was that the gray-haired man simply had no good reason to
Floyd | lecture or cajole you, since you had essentially nothing that he might
Floyd | want.  If you'd already stolen the disk, the guards simply would have
Floyd | taken it when they captured you.  Teeterwaller might have slipped away
Floyd | with it, but that wouldn't leave you with any bargaining power.  This
Floyd | was basically going to be a James Bond end-game, with the evil genius
Floyd | revealing his master plan as the laser beam slowly closes in on Bond,
Floyd | who's strapped to a table.  The device is tired in movies but worse in
Floyd | IF, because of the momentum-destroying effects of a puzzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | (So, I rearranged the end-game to eliminate the capture, replacing it
Floyd | with an extended chase, leaving the player with a degree of freedom in
Floyd | the final showdown.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Major Bennett
Floyd |    2.  The crate and the force-field
Floyd |    3.  Captured
Floyd |    4.  Return to the Special Features menu
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | _______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | ________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (The end of the game was originally going to be rather different from
Floyd | the way it finally turned out.  After you'd seen enough--the records
Floyd | room and the lab in particular--the end-game was to begin with your
Floyd | capture.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A large group of armed guards appears out of nowhere.  Before you
Floyd | realize what's happening, several of the guards wrestle you to the
Floyd | ground and handcuff your hands behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | `X-Ray five, we've apprehended the subject,' you hear someone say.  An
Floyd | unintelligible voice from a walkie-talkie replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards pull you to your feet.  You look around and realize that
Floyd | Teeterwaller has disappeared; you're not sure if the guards have
Floyd | already taken him away separately or if he somehow evaded them.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards escort you through a series of passages that you haven't
Floyd | seen before, leading you deeper and deeper underground.  Finally, you
Floyd | arrive at a small cell; a guard removes your handcuffs, then locks the
Floyd | door, leaving you alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd |    This is a small room, about eight feet by eight feet; the single
Floyd | exit is a heavy steel door to the south, locked from the outside.
Floyd | Against one wall is an air vent; the only other feature is an air vent
Floyd | in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | (A few turns would elapse, allowing you to explore your surroundings,
Floyd | although there wasn't much you could do at this point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scraping sound coming from the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >wait
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | A whisper comes from the air vent.  `Hello, is that you?'  You realize
Floyd | it's Mr. Teeterwaller!
Floyd |
Floyd | >teeterwaller, hello
Floyd | `We don't have time for that now.'
Floyd |
Floyd | `I'm going to find a way to get you out of here,' Teeterwaller whispers
Floyd | from the air vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >open air vent
Floyd | Not surprisingly, the builder didn't use the kind of air vent cover you
Floyd | can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cell door opens.  A guard enters and motions for you to follow.
Floyd | You glance up at the vent, then follow the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Five guards escort you down the hall and into an elevator, which climbs
Floyd | several floors.  You emerge into a plushly furnished room that looks
Floyd | like a country club lounge:  big leather chairs, portraits on the wall,
Floyd | a brick fireplace with smoldering logs.  The guards lead you across the
Floyd | room and through some doors, down a wide hallway, and into a darkened
Floyd | room; all of the guards but one remain outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard leads you to a chair sitting in a pool of light at the end of
Floyd | a mahogany table.  You sit, and the guard stands behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd receive essentially the same lecture from the gray-haired man at
Floyd | this point as in the final end-game sequence.  Eventually, Teeterwaller
Floyd | would have shown up to rescue you, and you'd make your daring escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | (I saw quickly that this approach wasn't going to work.  The obvious
Floyd | problem was that the gray-haired man simply had no good reason to
Floyd | lecture or cajole you, since you had essentially nothing that he might
Floyd | want.  If you'd already stolen the disk, the guards simply would have
Floyd | taken it when they captured you.  Teeterwaller might have slipped away
Floyd | with it, but that wouldn't leave you with any bargaining power.  This
Floyd | was basically going to be a James Bond end-game, with the evil genius
Floyd | revealing his master plan as the laser beam slowly closes in on Bond,
Floyd | who's strapped to a table.  The device is tired in movies but worse in
Floyd | IF, because of the momentum-destroying effects of a puzzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | (So, I rearranged the end-game to eliminate the capture, replacing it
Floyd | with an extended chase, leaving the player with a degree of freedom in
Floyd | the final showdown.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deleted Scenes Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Major Bennett
Floyd |    2.  The crate and the force-field
Floyd |    3.  Captured
Floyd |    4.  Return to the Special Features menu
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		phoenix says, "Oop"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | Special Features Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Amusing things to try
Floyd |    2.  Author's notes
Floyd |    3.  View deleted scenes
Floyd |    4.  About the author
Floyd |    5.  Return to the game
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | About the author
Floyd |
Floyd | Michael Roberts is the author of several works of interactive fiction,
Floyd | including Ditch Day Drifter, Deep Space Drifter (with Steve McAdams),
Floyd | and Perdition's Flames, and is the developer of TADS, the design tool
Floyd | used to create this game.  His email signature sometimes claims that he
Floyd | is a public policy analyst at a conservative think-tank, but this is
Floyd | not in fact the case.  Michael lives in Palo Alto, California, in the
Floyd | heart of Silicon Valley, where he and countless others labor tirelessly
Floyd | to turn today's engineering dreams into tomorrow's technical support
Floyd | nightmares.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Plant
Floyd | Special Features Menu
Floyd |
Floyd |    1.  Amusing things to try
Floyd |    2.  Author's notes
Floyd |    3.  View deleted scenes
Floyd |    4.  About the author
Floyd |    5.  Return to the game
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the number of your choice:

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Good job, everyone."
		Tale asks, "what did you play?"
		phoenix says, "The Plant"
		djfletch says, "Fun game. Some good puzzles in it."
		phoenix says, "I wonder how our boss got the door codes and so on"
		djfletch says, "Possibly from his earlier research into conspiracies."
		djfletch says, "Or maybe he just had the factory default code and the rebate place had it too."
		phoenix says, "someone put that sticker on the gate-control black box remember"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay, folks, see you all next week."
		phoenix says, "Yeah, good game"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Speculative Fiction by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
As played on ifMUD on July 8, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Speculative Fiction written by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack. Speculative Fiction was originally released during the 2011 IntroComp, in which it took second place. This transcript is of the full version of the game. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask specfictionfull" 		

Floyd ]
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Floyd ]         Money will come when you are doing the right thing.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                            ---Mike Phillips
Floyd ]
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Floyd ]
Floyd ]                          Speculative Fiction
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       [Press any key to begin.]
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Floyd |

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Babe, I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel dinner.
Floyd | Yeah, I've got to stop the boss from being executed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speculative Fiction
Floyd | Beginner's Lessons from "The Big Book of Financial Crimes"
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2011--2012 by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120630 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
Floyd | First-time players should type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | No! My shiniest of shiny objects! Don't fly aw--- Come back! I
Floyd | love you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now that my girlfriend's mad at me, where were we? Ah, right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a vase, a mirror, and an annoying git in
Floyd | a dress here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wow. I6."
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x annoying git" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/1
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANNOYING GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a mediocre wizard. No, no, boss, don't look sad! Wait for me to
Floyd | finish! You're a great inventor! See, there was a compliment coming.
Floyd | You always have the best ideas. Remember Primo Eyeballs-in-a-Can? That
Floyd | was my personal favorite, for obvious reasons. But your ideas don't
Floyd | always, er, work right. That's why you took the wizarding job: 'cause
Floyd | it gets you money to work on your inventions until we hit it big.
Floyd | Which we will, as soon as we replace all that missing money and keep
Floyd | you from getting killed and, um, okay, this is probably not cheering
Floyd | you up as much as I'd hoped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now your body is in the corner, unconscious. You're wearing your
Floyd | completely awesome purple robe, but your hat got lost in the arrest
Floyd | fiasco. The stupid fat guy searched you and took all your stuff, but
Floyd | maybe there's something he missed. I don't know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this does sound vaguely familiar."
		phoenix asks, "wait. Our body is in the corner unconscious?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a mediocre wizard. No, no, boss, don't look sad! Wait for me to
Floyd | finish! You're a great inventor! See, there was a compliment coming.
Floyd | You always have the best ideas. Remember Primo Eyeballs-in-a-Can? That
Floyd | was my personal favorite, for obvious reasons. But your ideas don't
Floyd | always, er, work right. That's why you took the wizarding job: 'cause
Floyd | it gets you money to work on your inventions until we hit it big.
Floyd | Which we will, as soon as we replace all that missing money and keep
Floyd | you from getting killed and, um, okay, this is probably not cheering
Floyd | you up as much as I'd hoped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now your body is in the corner, unconscious. You're wearing your
Floyd | completely awesome purple robe, but your hat got lost in the arrest
Floyd | fiasco. The stupid fat guy searched you and took all your stuff, but
Floyd | maybe there's something he missed. I don't know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x you" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YOU
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh hmm. The narrator is actually in this game"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It probably does sound familiar, but of course this time it's the full version."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mind" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's...well...it's hard to describe what it's like to have someone
Floyd | else in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're the one who made it, remember? This is a Bag of Somewhat
Floyd | Holding. Much like yourself, it has marginal capacity. It lets me hold
Floyd | about as many things as you could, which is useful what with my not
Floyd | having hands. Unfortunately, most humans do have hands, and so we only
Floyd | managed to sell a few. It's too bad, really; the Bag is by far the
Floyd | most successful thing you've ever designed. It should have made us
Floyd | millionaires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search git" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, hey, there's a magic wand in one of the pockets! Man, the fat guy
Floyd | didn't even think it was worth taking? That's just sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok I'm pretty confused as to what point of view we're operating from"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wand" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wand" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the Aetheric Coin Generator Mark III! It turns air into faery
Floyd | coins. The Mark I only lasted through seven thousand uses or so, and
Floyd | Mark II backfired and turned coins into air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Poof! A glittering coin materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "heh heh 'Much like yourself, it has marginal capacity.'"
		DavidW says, "We're a bird. A raven, I think."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search vase" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | tapestry: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | bed: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | vase: Taken.
Floyd | mirror: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | annoying git in a dress: You're way too bulky and heavy for me to lift
Floyd | with my little talons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tapestry" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a garish sight. I guess the artist might have been trying to do
Floyd | something in the Colorist style. (Purple and green dyes became cheap
Floyd | around the turn of the century, and there was a rainbow explosion in
Floyd | the art world for about a decade.) I don't know, though--- these
Floyd | colors don't really go together. Colorism usually involves more
Floyd | realistic pairings, and I don't think humans are supposed to be that
Floyd | shade of orange. I think the blobby thing is meant to be a unicorn,
Floyd | but that's speculation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tapestry was probably made by the late queen. I've heard stories
Floyd | about her prolific and unusual talent. I'm sure the old guy couldn't
Floyd | bear to throw it out, and nobody else could bear to look at it.
Floyd | There's a wobbly inscription woven into the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read inscription" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | "To my beloved on our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. May our love
Floyd | always be as eternal as the flowing fountain."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a fountain? I guess this was made by the queen. Aw,
Floyd | that's so sad. I mean, she had no taste, but they say the old guy
Floyd | really loved her and went mad with grief after she died. I guess that
Floyd | was good for us, with you getting the job here and him never caring
Floyd | what you did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look behind tapestry" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wooden bed frame that would be big enough for one human with a
Floyd | mattress or pillows, but there aren't any around. It doesn't look
Floyd | particularly comfortable, and the wood's splintering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing but a bit of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an oval mirror with a steel frame bolted to the wall. The frame
Floyd | has little diamond-shaped cutouts in it. The mirror itself is about as
Floyd | big as I am. It's got a big dent in it, but it still works as a
Floyd | reflective surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, it's me! I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out
Floyd | these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dent" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cutouts" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUTOUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big wooden door, wide enough for two humans to walk through it
Floyd | at once. Based on all the noise when they threw us in here, it's
Floyd | locked from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "flap wings" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLAP WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The "window" is just a space in the stones. It's smaller than a human
Floyd | but bigger than a raven, if you catch my drift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't, since the door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "go through window" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Whooooosh! I'm flying out the window to sweet, delicious
Floyd | freedom! And to sweet, delicious rotting meat, with any luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "perch on tree" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > PERCH ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay hedgehogs"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hedgehogs are, sadly, inedible, so there's not much to say about them.
Floyd | This one is frolicking, which is very undignified. In fact, I
Floyd | think it's singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh right - him."
		Jacqueline says, "I remember him."
		Jacqueline says, "I think."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask hedgehog about hedge" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HEDGEHOG ABOUT HEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barn" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pile of hay)
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a large barn, with space for ten or so horses and many cows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(straw isn't hay, silly bird)"
		phoenix says, "any ideas? that's the 3rd location with nothing obvious to do"
		DavidW says, "tons"
		phoenix says, "or we could just keep looking around"
		DavidW says, "Obviously we're supposed to spin the hay into gold."
		phoenix says, "yeah... But can't we magic up coins with the wand anyway"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a large barn, with space for ten or so horses and many cows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says, "rumplestiltskin" 		
jenrexrode oops 		DavidW says, "uh, Those coins are fake, and won't likely work on everyone."
		jenrexrode says, "maybe spin them into straw"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | [Speculative Fiction is now in its normal "verbose" mode, which always
Floyd | gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there
Floyd | before).]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's a basic puzzle trope to show the way to something and then bar the way."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tall, skinny old man. He's wearing a suit that's definitely my
Floyd | style; it's got at least twenty buttons, and at least ten of them are
Floyd | superfluous. It's a suit that says, "I would be in at least five
Floyd | different colors if I weren't made of stone." I already hate this guy
Floyd | less than I hate most humans. The stone itself is polished red
Floyd | granite, which implies to me that the statue is a few hundred years
Floyd | old; granite fell out of favor after the Neo-Blockade movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and there's also a plaque beneath the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | According to the plaque, the statue depicts Wingworm Mindo, Chancellor
Floyd | of the Kingdom from blah blah blah to blah blah. Founded the livestock
Floyd | markets yadda yadda, thus bringing Commerce to the city. He was
Floyd | apparently named in an ancient tradition in which children weren't
Floyd | given names until they survived their first disease. He had two
Floyd | sisters named Blue Fever and...Syphilis? What? Is this a joke? Oh, I
Floyd | guess it was; that last bit was in crayon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Going too fast for me."
		phoenix says, "Ok"
		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
		DavidW says, "goodness"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a fishing rod here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "that looks promising"
		phoenix says, "I bet that suspicious chalk circle killed the chancellor"
		jenrexrode asks, "body?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a chalk circle drawn on the dock around the fish barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "The Chancellor's been dead a long time, hasn't he?"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna guess the circle is a magical ward."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarecrow" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARECROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarecrow is a human-shaped and roughly human-sized figure made of
Floyd | cloth. It has a rough, cartoonish face painted on it, and a sign hangs
Floyd | around its neck. It's wearing some overalls, and it's not not wearing
Floyd | a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search scarecrow" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SCARECROW
Floyd |
Floyd | On the scarecrow are some overalls and the Un-Hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		phoenix says, "un-hat..."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get un-hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET UN-HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "not not wearing"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, it's your un-hat! You created it by accident when you were trying
Floyd | to make your Infinite Closet. It's a hole in space shaped like a hat.
Floyd | I still remember the slogan, "The Un-Hat: It's what the unfashionable
Floyd | people aren't wearing!" I really thought that one was going to catch
Floyd | on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! No clothes on the bird! I'm not one of those little yappy dogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So... is it a portable hole, then?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin in hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN IN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't put things in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, it's not a container"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look through hat" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I'm having trouble picturing this too"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps when an un-hat and hat meet, they cancel each other out."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't have the dexterity to remove the overalls from the scarecrow.
Floyd | Hey, boss, have you humans contemplated nudity? It's a lot simpler.
Floyd | Actually, now that I consider the image, don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I do like the 'I'm not one of those little yappy dogs' line. I saw a woman yesterday with some sort of dog that was close clipped except for a flamboyant tail and eyebrows, which she had died hot pink. People do odd things to tiny dogs."
		zaphod asks, "What about the sign?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | "No stealing fish! Seagulls, this means you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pssh. Seagulls can't read.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an old wooden barrel. It smells slightly rotten, but the
Floyd | rot-smell is drowned out by the delicious smell of fish within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you made this! It's your Fishing-Rod-With-Self-Baiting-Hook!
Floyd | Somebody is using something you made! Or, well, maybe they were at
Floyd | some point; they've apparently abandoned it. It still counts as a
Floyd | sale, though. There's no line or hook on the fishing rod; it looks a
Floyd | lot like a tree branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to enter the circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok so now we have a fishing-rod-with-self-baiting-hook, which tells us there's no hook on it."
		DavidW says, "magic"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "there's the bait, but where's the hook?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "twist rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWIST ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x worm" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nightcrawlers have a nutty aftertaste that I'm not fond of. (Not that
Floyd | I'd complain if you asked me to eat it; a worm's a worm, after all.)
Floyd | They do wriggle nicely, though.
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stool" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a three-legged wooden stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last bait first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "shall we check out the circle then"
		DavidW says, "btw, we never examined the cottage or corn back at the farm."
		zaphod asks, "Who is Mel?"
		phoenix says, "Good question"
		DavidW says, "but sure, finish up here."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who is mel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHO IS MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf (in the chalk circle)
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the chalk circle I can also see a barrel (which contains a fish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "exit circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		DavidW says, "Told you it was probably a magical ward."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "Fortunately, I saved."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zaphod asks, "Maybe if we drop the fish?"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gunther hollers, "WELL HELLO TO YOU TOO INKY" 		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "Perhaps put the fish in the barrel"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not holding the fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put worm in barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WORM IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgghgh! Close, but I can't quite reach the barrel from inside the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "sorry, having issues with the text-replacement feature on my telnet client (it's outright crashing). I will stop playing with it for now."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat worm" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Slurp. Not bad. I used to dislike nightcrawlers, but I think
Floyd | they're growing on me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put rod through bars" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD THROUGH BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put rod in barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgghgh! Close, but I can't quite reach the barrel from inside the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need to restore."
		Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "Hm, you mean sleepmask is doing that, or just something unrelated to CF?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push rod through cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH ROD THROUGH CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "Yeah, maybe. Do we know if this game permits dead end states?"
		Jacqueline says, "We do not know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "winnable" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > WINNABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zaphod asks, "Can we rub out part of the circle?"
		phoenix says, "go ahead and restore for now, then. I dont think we can rub out th ecircle from inside the cage"
		Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "my telnet client has the ability to watch for text like <em>, replace it with an HTML tag (<b> in this case) and then process it as such. half of the time, though, it is making my client crash, for whatever reason."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect there's a way to defeat the circle/cage, but we haven't seen it yet."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "erase circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > ERASE CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to erase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "rub out circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB OUT CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea; the circle's probably magical in some way.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Hmm. I can't actually erase it. That must not be normal chalk. It's
Floyd | like my wings pass right through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Huh. If you think of it, perhaps mention that to vimes, Ellison. He might be able to help."
		Ellison says, "well, I'm sure the problem is on my client's end. I just need to figure it out."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok, let's look around some then"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "some sort of alarm mechanism, no doubt"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, just found out that I'm going to have to step away in about an hour for at least a few minutes."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Done! Let's see if anything happens...
Floyd |
Floyd | A mob of guardsmen charge out of the Watchtower towards the bank. I
Floyd | think I'll follow them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three guys wearing identical green tunics and brandishing sticks rush
Floyd | in. The tallest shouts, "Nobody move! This is the Guard!" The middle
Floyd | one shouts, "Where's the robber?" They look around, confused. The
Floyd | teller shrugs. The short one complains about a false alarm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, they're leaving. That was exciting!
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "this is a fairly large area. I guess the Introcomp version just contained the starting tower?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're covered in tiny lines and boxes to fill in. I suppose they're
Floyd | for applying for loans, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | I hate to break this to you, boss, but ravens don't have good credit.
Floyd | Neither do you, which is why you started funding your inventions with
Floyd | the royal treasury.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, I think the Introcomp version had about 10 locations."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants, a
Floyd | grey fedora, and a grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache.
Floyd | He's cursing under his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, he looks vaguely like Two-Handed Bart from the poster. They both
Floyd | have noses, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lol at "they both have noses""
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kill man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do you get the feeling we're to modify the appearance of this guy to look like the poster, pull cord, and gain reward moolah?"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put hat on man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HAT ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, take that, Hat Boy! I'll just drop the unhat on his head and---
Floyd |
Floyd | !moobak
Floyd |
Floyd | Er, that's me trying to mimic the sound of a 'kaboom' going backwards.
Floyd | The hat and the unhat kind of shrank into each other and, well, no
Floyd | hat. I think some of the guy's hair went with it. Uh oh, I think he's
Floyd | kind of cheesed off. Okay, no need for that kind of violence! Whoa
Floyd | whoa! I'm retreating to the chandelier now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants and a
Floyd | grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache. He's cursing under
Floyd | his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the un-hat and hat annihilated each other, apparently"
		DavidW says, "aha. I guessed that as a possibility."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we'd have to sort the moustache and scarf out from somewhere"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller's a young, female human wearing something white and floofy
Floyd | and staring off into space. She's sitting on a stool behind the gold
Floyd | cage area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | This chandelier up here is pretty sweet. It must have been designed by
Floyd | a fan of late Moodism; it's made of about a hundred pieces of
Floyd | swooping, spiralling gold. Each element ends in a round light.
Floyd | Definitely late Moodism--- spirals were a sign of cheer. This
Floyd | chandelier is like a... a... a big nest of glowing rat tails! It's
Floyd | beautiful. Although from up here I can see it's not real gold; it's
Floyd | just iron or something with gold paint on it. Meh. Moodism always
Floyd | stressed using real materials.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, hey, there's a black cord running along the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about door" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TELLER ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd | "GETAWAYGETAWAYGETITOFFME!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the cord's here too"
		zarf says, "I kind of love that the bird is an art history major"
		phoenix says, "let's see if anything different happens here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't reach it from the chandelier, and I can't get purchase on the
Floyd | ceiling. Sorry, boss, but it's out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		phoenix says, "possible clue"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vault door" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VAULT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an imposing door, presumably leading to the bank's vault.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't actually get to the vault, boss. It's behind the walled-off
Floyd | area. I can't fit through the bars in front of the teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ooh"
Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		phoenix says, "Maybe we can use the coins here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say three florins" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY THREE FLORINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say three florins to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY THREE FLORINS TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I doubt we can use the coins here."
		Jacqueline says, "That would seem a little too good to be true."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last coin first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Marmoset Organization," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "horse?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are more kinds of animals here than I can count. There must be,
Floyd | like, ten different kinds. They're currently alive, which is not the
Floyd | most delicious state for an animal, but I can dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask horse about glue" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/85
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HORSE ABOUT GLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No time to talk! Can't stop moooooooving! The farmer might come
Floyd | back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Factor Butterfly Leadership," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say one florin to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/86
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY ONE FLORIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/87
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of your majick faery coins. They were incredibly useful
Floyd | for a while, but then some wiseacre figured out that they explode if
Floyd | you put salt on them. Now everyone in town knows they're not real
Floyd | gold. The coins are useless as currency, at least until we find a new
Floyd | idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		phoenix says, "new quest: find an idiot"
		DavidW says, "I don't think our one coin is useful for high finance."
		Gerynar hides from phoenix
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/88
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Kingdom Vanga Associates?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "why are there animals in the stock market anyway?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/89
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer is wearing a fancy black suit. He seems faintly oily,
Floyd | but not in the delicious fried meats kind of way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar asks, "stock-yard?"
		DavidW says, "ba-dum-tich"
Binder arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		phoenix says, "if we get that guy at the bank though, there's a reward in it"
		phoenix says, "if we can frame him I mean"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/90
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/91
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen is simply an enclosure, presumably built hastily for this
Floyd | auction; there isn't a gate or other opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Cassowary Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "The second word in the stock name always seems to be an animal"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cassowary" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/93
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASSOWARY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a stock certificate for four shares of Sovereign Cassowary
Floyd | Properties.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but I guess there isn't much we can do here at the moment"
		Gerynar hides from phoenix
		DavidW says, "There's still the guard tower and the south end of Big Street."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/94
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(and cottage)"
		Gerynar says, "sorry, bad auto-complete"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/96
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie is a short, round woman. To a first approximation, she's a
Floyd | sphere. To a second approximation, she's a sphere with hands. She's
Floyd | got a greasy apron on and she smells fantastic. I love her and her
Floyd | meaty ways. She only loves me when I have money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy knows all about the fake money, Boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stall" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats is exactly what it says on the tin. It's a tent
Floyd | with a couple of tables and the delicious smell of hot, hot meat
Floyd | products. You can get the "Excitement Mix", which contains the random
Floyd | meat mix of the day, or you can pay twice as much to guarantee that
Floyd | you're eating pork or beef or some other animal you humans are picky
Floyd | about. (I suspect you get the Excitement Mix no matter what you pay
Floyd | for.) As usual, Sandie's here running the stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some meats pans inside the stall, as well as some salt and
Floyd | some pepper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ef get salt" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > EF GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get salt" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/99
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, salt and pepper both have IF uses."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pepper" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix exclaims, "and we can get them for free!"
		DavidW says, "yay"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pans" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PANS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pork pan, the beef pan, or the Excitement pan?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x excitement pan" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EXCITEMENT PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a beef pan, a pork pan, and an Excitement pan, but I suspect
Floyd | they're all actually whatever meats Sandie's managed to scrounge up in
Floyd | the last day. That doesn't mean it's not all delicious, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/102
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red balloon is here, probably as part of some promotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about midas" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel notices me and greets me boisterously. "Hey, W.D.! How's my
Floyd | favorite raven doing? How's your boss? Need more color-changing
Floyd | powder? I have to warn you, I don't think this 'Cow of a Different
Floyd | Color' project is going to catch on."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not good, Mel. The Perfectly Foolproof Illusion on the
Floyd | treasury...wasn't."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Does that mean you are recently unemployed? Would you like a job?
Floyd | I've been meaning to branch out into delivery, but people are afraid
Floyd | of golems, so..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no. The boss is still good, at least for a few hours. I may be
Floyd | back tomorrow, though. (No offense, boss.) We, er, figure the only
Floyd | thing that might save the chief's bacon is to, uh, turn the fake
Floyd | treasure into...er..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "...real treasure. Uh, you wouldn't happen to have a Midas potion
Floyd | just, you know, lying around?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's normally placid face darkens, and he glowers at me. "W.D., you
Floyd | know that I like you and your master, but I do not typically keep
Floyd | potions which are primarily composed of irreplaceable components just
Floyd | 'lying around'. Besides, their manufacture is highly illegal, and I
Floyd | have an unfortunate allergy to prison."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know, I know. It was a long shot. We just thought you might have
Floyd | something."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel sighs. "I could possibly sell you some components, and then what
Floyd | you did with them would be up to you. But these ingredients are not
Floyd | cheap, and my favor to you would be selling them at all. You would
Floyd | have to come up with nearly enough money to repopulate the treasury on
Floyd | your own."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Well, I'm sure we can come up with something. I like shiny
Floyd | objects, after all. I can probably scrounge up some money."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Good luck, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Oh, shoot, I forgot what you asked me to do. Sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about midas" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, the boss told me I should be asking for a Midas potion, but I'm
Floyd | not really sure what that gets us. I mean, they clearly turn things to
Floyd | into gold. Do I just pour it on the treasury walls and poof!
Floyd | Full of treasure again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you had a true Midas potion, then yes, anything the potion touched
Floyd | would turn to gold, so you could turn all of your employer's decoys
Floyd | into real treasure," answers Mel. "Midas potions are an entire class
Floyd | of potions, though. There are simpler ones which turn wood to gold, or
Floyd | metal to gold, or silver to gold. There are also un-Midas potions, but
Floyd | I suspect that is not what you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When you get enough money for the potion's ingredients," Mel
Floyd | continues, "let me know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about un-midas" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/105
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT UN-MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, the boss told me I should be asking for a Midas potion, but I'm
Floyd | not really sure what that gets us. I mean, they clearly turn things to
Floyd | into gold. Do I just pour it on the treasury walls and poof!
Floyd | Full of treasure again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you had a true Midas potion, then yes, anything the potion touched
Floyd | would turn to gold, so you could turn all of your employer's decoys
Floyd | into real treasure," answers Mel. "Midas potions are an entire class
Floyd | of potions, though. There are simpler ones which turn wood to gold, or
Floyd | metal to gold, or silver to gold. There are also un-Midas potions, but
Floyd | I suspect that is not what you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When you get enough money for the potion's ingredients," Mel
Floyd | continues, "let me know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "wonder how much money we need"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about chalk circle" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT CHALK CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Mel, if I hypothetically found some weird chalk circle that was
Floyd | kind of weird and magic, and you couldn't rub it out with your wings
Floyd | when you tried--- you know, some weird thing like that--- how do you
Floyd | era---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't steal fish, W.D. Those fishermen work hard for those fish."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? How did you - I mean, I didn't say anything about fish!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've only sold one cage trap lately, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sigh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "probably have to rob the bank"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about rod" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know anything about magic wands, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much. They're really only used by less experienced or talented
Floyd | wizards. Most people outgrow them quickly. I think the usual way to
Floyd | activate one is by waving it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know Sandie, right? Do you have any advice for getting meats from
Floyd | her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pay her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Any other advice?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "If you had enough money to buy all that, why would you need a Midas potion?"
		phoenix says, "to get even MORE money"
		Binder says, "mmm munny"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel abour hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUR HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Mel, I met a hedgehog. I don't suppose they're useful potion
Floyd | ingredients, are they?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am not aware of any potions that use hedgehogs."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drat. Uh, what else do you know about them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, they have a reputation for being very inquisitive. As you know
Floyd | if you've seen one, they're covered in spines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about stock market" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT STOCK MARKET
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid I don't understand," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Not very useful"
		DavidW says, "I imagine he can answer on a lot of topics, though."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cockroaches" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/111
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're amazingly realistic, except for the exploding part.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about queen" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/112
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "The queen died, what, five years ago? That was before we got here.
Floyd | What was she like?" you ask Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She was very active. Always a new project. One year it was pancakes;
Floyd | the next it was tapestries. I believe the populace approved of her in
Floyd | a bemused sort of way. She never did anything too harmful, and she
Floyd | never stuck with anything for too long. She was our own little goddess
Floyd | of chaos. She and the king were very much in love, of course. He loved
Floyd | her more than anything. More than his own sanity, certainly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about pancakes" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/113
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT PANCAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about king" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/114
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT KING
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think the king will let the treasurer go ahead and off the
Floyd | boss?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think our dear king is not so mad that he can ignore the theft of
Floyd | the entire treasury. I think your employer is correct that replacing
Floyd | the money is his last, best hope for survival."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about rod" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know anything about magic wands, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much. They're really only used by less experienced or talented
Floyd | wizards. Most people outgrow them quickly. I think the usual way to
Floyd | activate one is by waving it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the hell did the boss do with the ENTIRE treasury"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we find out when we win."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cockroaches" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/116
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | As you well know, those little guys are extremely unstable.
Floyd | Also, Mel's Magic Shop is you-break-it-you-buy-it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about money" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/117
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | "So where do we get money?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Typically, one gets a job and does work. I suppose this isn't an
Floyd | option, given the time. Well, there is trade, common theft,
Floyd | embezzlement (although your master already appears to be proficient
Floyd | there), insurance fraud, day-trading, kidnapping for ransom, throwing
Floyd | a birthday party for yourself, faking your own death, blackmail,
Floyd | counterfeiting, turning in a bounty to the city guard, finding lost
Floyd | kittens... "
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/118
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "cat's on the roof and we can't get it down..."
		phoenix says, "worth a try"
		phoenix says, "Hmm."
		DavidW says, "A snowman would have a scarf."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/119
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alchemy Bench
Floyd | This is the back corner of the magic shop, where Mel actually puts
Floyd | magical things together. He's got a giant oak workbench. Unlike your
Floyd | workbench, though, it's perfectly clean and shows no signs of ever
Floyd | having caught on fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front counter's back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a workbench, a shelf (on top of which are three bottles of
Floyd | blue dye, and a bottle of clear fluid), and a spell book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/120
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | workbench: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | shelf: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | spell book: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get dye" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/121
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get clear" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/122
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/123
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, I'm not going to read the whole book right this minute. Let me
Floyd | check the table of contents and see if there's anything
Floyd | interesting...Hey, Midas potions, page 78...mmhm...
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm just going to rip this page out and pray Mel doesn't kill me, all
Floyd | right?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/124
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Woo hoo!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read page" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/125
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh great."
		phoenix says, "I'm guessing we won't be able to find ANY of this stuff so we have to buy it"
		DavidW says, "He did say it was a class of potions."
		phoenix says, "this gold to gold potion does not look like the most useful recipe ever"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x clear" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/126
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear."
		Jacqueline says, "Wonder what the smudge is."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x dye" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/127
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of blue dye)
Floyd | This is a bottle of blue dye. It contains, in my estimation, enough to
Floyd | dye two ravens. That is not a suggestion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "For hair?"
		phoenix says, "don't remember it saying anything about blue hair"
		Jacqueline says, "He also mentioned that whole 'cow of a different color' and I meant to bring it up then."
		DavidW says, "I guess the clear potion changes things to its homonym. Like turning hare into hair."
		Jacqueline says, "No, not blue, but I think there are other dyes around."
		phoenix says, "hm, enough to dye two ravens doesn't suggest it could dye a cow"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/128
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alchemy Bench
Floyd | This is the back corner of the magic shop, where Mel actually puts
Floyd | magical things together. He's got a giant oak workbench. Unlike your
Floyd | workbench, though, it's perfectly clean and shows no signs of ever
Floyd | having caught on fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front counter's back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a workbench and a shelf (on top of which are two bottles of
Floyd | blue dye) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x workbench" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/129
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WORKBENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | They probably killed some really nice tree to make this thing. If it
Floyd | fell on you, it would kill you. It's spotless, and it's got a nice
Floyd | finish that glows just a little bit. I don't know whether it's magic
Floyd | or just really nice polish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "No, but we only need to dye a man's hair and moustache. I can't recall the color though."
		phoenix says, "we could ask Mel about the smudge but he might not be pleased about us tearing out the page"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm going to have to step away and help maga with something here. Back in a bit."
		Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "True."
		DavidW says, "The hair needs to be shiny, the moustache needs to be a handlebar."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/129
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/130
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red balloon is here, probably as part of some promotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show page to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW PAGE TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about smudge" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/132
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SMUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pardon? I didn't follow that," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" 		phoenix says, "no dice"

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/133
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's got a ridiculous quantity of, well, magical minutiae. There are
Floyd | the things over there with the...and the...and over there
Floyd | there's...uh, let me know if you want to search for something
Floyd | specific.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/136
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I suppose this could be dyed blue too"
		phoenix says, "but we now have a bunch of stuff, none of which we have any idea what to do with"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/137
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/138
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/139
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/140
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got no eyeballs. Man, that's the best part of the human. His
Floyd | clothes are old but mostly in one piece. He's holding out a cup for
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/140
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/141
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, birdi---" He narrows the empty sockets where he delicious
Floyd | eyeballs should be. He takes the coin and taps against the side of his
Floyd | mug. "This sounds wrong. This is one of those magic exploding coins!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He coldly tosses the faery coin back to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode wanders off. 		phoenix says, "lol even the beggar knows about fake coins"
		phoenix says, "great"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/142
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the faery coin)
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/143
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/144
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "There was some of the farm we wanted to check out?"
		DavidW says, "yes, the cottage and corn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/145
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/146
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | The corn won't be ripe for months. I wish we still had some of that
Floyd | Numinous Plant Enhancer left. Man, that was a great invention. It
Floyd | turned plants into rotting meat! I don't understand why nobody wanted
Floyd | to buy it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a scarf here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "SCARF"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "scarf scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARF SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/148
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is it green?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/149
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yellow + blue"
		DavidW says, "of course"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put dye on scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/150
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE ON SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, it turns a beautiful green. It reminds me of the leaves in my
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a round, wooden table. Six or seven people could fit around it.
Floyd | It's solid looking, but rough; it's functional rather than pretty. It
Floyd | has food stains that are several years old, giving it a pleasant aroma
Floyd | of meals past. Unfortunately, there's no actual food on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stains" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x jars" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JARS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are spices and various baking supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get spices" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a pile of potatoes and a pile of carrots. There are also a few
Floyd | radishes that look like they're about to go off. (Er, I mean "rot" and
Floyd | not "explode." That would be great, though. You should invent an
Floyd | exploding radish.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get radishes" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RADISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. carrots -> carets?"
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "Could be."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on carrots" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON CARROTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The vegetables are a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic dragon just appeared and took away the egg with
Floyd | magic. No! Bad dragon! That mouth-wateringly enticing egg is for my
Floyd | boss, and its spectacular deliciousness is for him, not you! Go away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, I managed to scare the dragon off, but he left with your egg.
Floyd | Sorry, boss. Burp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		RootShell says, "Hello :)"
		phoenix says, "... what"
		DavidW says, "W.D. is lying."
		zarf says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "We ate the egg."
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		phoenix says, "I suppose we can eat an infinite amount of eggs"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps put something soft in the basket so the egg doesn't break?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put scarf in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCARF IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops gently out of the hatch onto the scarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic dragon just appeared and took away the egg with
Floyd | magic. No! Bad dragon! That mouth-wateringly enticing egg is for my
Floyd | boss, and its spectacular deliciousness is for him, not you! Go away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, I managed to scare the dragon off, but he left with your egg.
Floyd | Sorry, boss. Burp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we're still going to eat it I guess"
		jenrexrode says, "stick scarf in mouth"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "huh, we have the vase?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put pepper in mouth" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PEPPER IN MOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we mix the Midas potion in it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat pepper" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't like eating my spices plain. I usually want to put some
Floyd | eyeballs or a nice steak under them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "or maybe just hold something in beak to keep it busy"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hold coin in beak" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOLD COIN IN BEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to hold the faery coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite coin" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "or maybe we need to eat some fish or meat first?"
		DavidW says, "uh, It's possible we're not supposed to get the egg."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops out of the hatch into the vase and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist...must eat egg! Shoot! I can't get my beak in
Floyd | there. Stupid narrow vase with its stupid narrow neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the vase is an egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if I tip the vase over...ah, no luck. Stupid vase designed for
Floyd | stupid humans with their stupid hands. My beak doesn't seem to be up
Floyd | to the task. Don't worry, delicious egg! I'll get to you eventually!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a broken but still enticing chicken egg. It's mostly white
Floyd | with a couple of reddish spots. Even cracked, it looks beautifully
Floyd | delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "probably need some water in the vase to float the egg"
		phoenix says, "but then we'd just eat it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Right so the egg/vase is going to spam us until we do something with it"
		phoenix says, "I can't think of what at the moment though"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe the hedgehog can get it?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on door" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The thick oak door is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, ""ajar" -> "a jar" but no luck"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe we need a deliberate misspelling."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "what does ## mean in sleepmask terminology?"
		DavidW says, "see, hedgehog wants it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say yes" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | (to the hedgehog)
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "it's the Room Name."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give beetle to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BEETLE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show egg to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/180
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it took the beetle"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/181
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the vase is an egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/182
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hedgehog about egg" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/183
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HEDGEHOG ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/184
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     Oooohhhhh,
Floyd |     I'm going to murder that hedgehog!
Floyd |     This is the hedgehog-murdering song!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "haha"
		phoenix says, "maybe Mel can help"
		zarf says, "this is a wonderful confluence of the narrator and the NPCs all irritating the fuck out of each other. *and us*"
		DavidW says (to phoenix), "try it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/185
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "... now it's following us"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/186
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, hedgehog follows us?"
		phoenix says, "maybe we can lead it into the circle trap"
		phoenix says, "I can't think of anything else useful to do with the hedgehog"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/187
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "what, put the vase in the circle?"
		phoenix says, "trigger the trap and hope it gets hedgehog instead ofu s"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/188
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Do you think there's just one magical cage?"
		phoenix says, "Ha, good question"
		phoenix says, "we might get stuck in it with the hedgehog"
		phoenix says, "but the hedgehog might just take the fish"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "maybe."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/189
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh damn, it's not following anymore"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/193
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "odd directions here"
		DavidW says, "I wonder where the limits of hedgehog wandering are."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/194
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/195
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it's just stopped following, apparently"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/197
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/198
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cricket" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/199
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give cricket to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/200
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CRICKET TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/201
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok. It followed now"
		phoenix says, "I guess we feed it and it follows us for a limited time"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Gah. It stopped here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps you have to keep feeding him."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the nightcrawler.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm. give worm to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM. GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm... yeah."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "no, it just won't follow us here"
inky says (to Floyd), "x circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a chalk circle drawn on the dock around the fish barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "it's an animal... so maybe we can sell it at the stock market?"
		DavidW asks, "it's an animal... so maybe Sandie will cook it?"
		phoenix says, "ha let's take it into town and see"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give beetle to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BEETLE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give hedgehog to sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HEDGEHOG TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the hedgehog.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I wish I could chomp his stupid head off, but he's just too pointy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to sandie" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "if we had an idea what we wanted to do with the egg"
		phoenix says, "hmm"
		phoenix says, "Going to go to the bank and try and put the scarf on the guy there"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put scarf on man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCARF ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'm still annoyed you took my hat. But...I am kind of cold.
Floyd | Thank you, little magpie."
Floyd |
Floyd | Magpie? I'm a raven! A raven! Stupid humans with their not
Floyd | knowing anything and their not speaking the language and their failing
Floyd | to look like proper bank robbers unless I do a bunch of stupid work...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not done yet. Stupid humans with their stupid lack of feathers and
Floyd | stupid weird beaks and stupid clothes. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a human.
Floyd | I'm going to not fly all day, then sleep horizontally on the floor. I
Floyd | like to set perfectly good rotting meat on fire, then eat it with a
Floyd | delicate little fork so I don't get delicious grease on my weird,
Floyd | fleshy hands and oh-so-precious opposable thumbs." Bah.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, now I'm done. Let's go.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants, a
Floyd | scarf, and a grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache. He's
Floyd | cursing under his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right? He actually looks a bit
Floyd | like that guy over there; they both lack wings or tail feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "need to fix the moustache"
		jenrexrode says, "oh green scarf"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "and hair"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stick rod in vase" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > STICK ROD IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get egg with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET EGG WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to get the egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was hoping I could somehow spear the egg with it, but I realize that's a long shot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie balloon to egg" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE BALLOON TO EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but ravens aren't known for their manual dexterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "or hair"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps you used up the clear potion?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x clear" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on man" 		phoenix says, "no. the moustache isn't an object apparently"

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put egg on man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT EGG ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait, did I say there was an egg? Sorry, that was just a trick of the
Floyd | light. There was no mouth-wateringly delicious egg with the exact
Floyd | amount of staleness for perfect burp flavoring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry. Just curious."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait if the moustache isn't a thing, how are we to change it? Maybe we somehow add a different one to him?"
		phoenix says, "no harm done trying"
		inky asks, "do we have a growth formula?"
		phoenix says, "it's probably "put X on man" like the last two"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read spellbook" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a bunch of recipes we don't care about, unless you think
Floyd | turning your nose green is more important than saving your life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to inky), "nope"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up moustache in spellbook" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/231
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP MOUSTACHE IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No wax either."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x blue dye" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLUE DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a bottle of blue dye. It contains, in my estimation, enough to
Floyd | dye two ravens. That is not a suggestion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put dye on man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that will hold dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "seen any candles?"
		phoenix says, "not that I remember. I guess he'll take a toupee if we find one"
		DavidW says, "maybe"
		DavidW asks, "Did the bank chandelier use candles?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "also, there was FLOUR in the pantry. Can we make FLOWER?"
		DavidW says, "no, east of here is the chandelier."
		phoenix says, "we can try"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | This chandelier up here is pretty sweet. It must have been designed by
Floyd | a fan of late Moodism; it's made of about a hundred pieces of
Floyd | swooping, spiralling gold. Each element ends in a round light.
Floyd | Definitely late Moodism--- spirals were a sign of cheer. This
Floyd | chandelier is like a... a... a big nest of glowing rat tails! It's
Floyd | beautiful. Although from up here I can see it's not real gold; it's
Floyd | just iron or something with gold paint on it. Meh. Moodism always
Floyd | stressed using real materials.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "does out wand do homophones?"
		jenrexrode says, "ouR"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The chandelier must have a hundred of these glass lights attached to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "the correction fluid, rather"
		jenrexrode says, "oh"
		phoenix says, "glass lights, so no luck there"
		inky asks, "has the correction fluid worked on anything yet?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x fluid" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No"
		DavidW says, "If we had a vase of flowers, we could give it to Sandie, and since all female NPCs love flowers, it'll be her birthday and she'll love our gift and give us yummy yummy meat."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby

		jenrexrode asks, "pantry then?"

Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Do all female NPCs like flowers even when one of the authors is female?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we shall see."
		phoenix says, "marmoreal looks suspicious as a word, though"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on walls" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on wall" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on marmoreal" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON MARMOREAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "There may be exceptions, I suppose."
		phoenix says, "Another test:"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "um, what?"
		zarf says, "that was the problem with faery coins"
		phoenix says, "the game mentioned that these coins exploded on contac tiwh salt earlier"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "How did you know that magic coins explode with salt? When did it say that?"
		phoenix says, "Not sure where that is useful"
		phoenix says, "It was an offhand narrator comment"
		DavidW says, "I missed it. Must've been in one of those fast text parts."
		phoenix asks, "Sorry. want to do the moving around?"
zarf walks off through the wall; pale violet light flares briefly around him. 		
Binder has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "No, you've slowed down now that you're stuck."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "yeah, feeling a bit stuck atm"
		phoenix says, "let's try the flour thing"
		jenrexrode asks, "where is the pantry?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "west of Cottage"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/245
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on flour" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | The jars are a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		jenrexrode says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flour" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, was the fireplace back a room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can hear something rattling around behind the hatch, but no further
Floyd | eggs are forthcoming. Don't worry, egg! I'll save you! Come to think
Floyd | of it, I should also save the last one we got.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "another "one at a time" mechanism I think"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask egg about egg" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK EGG ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tip vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIP VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/251
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/252
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a sad little fireplace. There's no fire and no food.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROOF
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/254
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a red brick chimney. I'm not a great judge--- I don't know why
Floyd | anyone would ruin meat by setting it on fire--- but it looks nicer
Floyd | than the rest of the house. The bricks look like they're exactly the
Floyd | same size, and they're laid out in straight rows. Most of them,
Floyd | anyway; one is sticking out a bit. It looks like the mortar
Floyd | surrounding it has been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "that might be something"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x brick" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/256
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's one brick in the fireplace that's sticking out. It looks like
Floyd | the mortar around it's been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yup"
		DavidW says, "ah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/257
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. It's a rough surface. I can probably get my claws in and drag it
Floyd | out. Rrrgh! Well, I didn't manage to pry it all the way out, but I did
Floyd | shift it a little. There's a parchment concealed under the brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/258
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is...well...man, this is a lot of text. I didn't know humans
Floyd | could write letters that tiny. Give me a minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Okay, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of insurance policy. Bearer
Floyd | gets...um, hmm. I think it's an insurance policy on a barn west of
Floyd | town, but don't quote me on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oho. Use the coin to light the hay on fire."
		jenrexrode says, "destroy barn"
		phoenix says, "aha. Insurance fruad time"
RootShell arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/260
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/261
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This all seems rather wrong."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin on hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/262
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN ON HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the faery coin on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | I think the hay is on fire. Yep, it's kind of smoking. Oooh, I see
Floyd | flame!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode exclaims, "run away!"
		DavidW says, "now leave the barn quickly"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/264
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oooh, I can see flames shooting out of the barn! There's a huge cloud
Floyd | of smoke going up!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/265
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barn's collapsing! Crash! Smash! It's like the time your
Floyd | Solar-Powered Juice Extractor went wrong and took out that entire
Floyd | apple orchard!
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right. Boss, I hate to rush you, but at some point the treasurer
Floyd | is going to figure out where the king wandered off to.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barn's now a pile of ash and rubble! Aww, man. I guess that means
Floyd | the show's over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You should have thought of that before you had me burn the barn down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uh-oh, Are we on a time limit overall?"
		phoenix says, "just checking to see if there was a "destroyed barn" location. I think that's just flavour text for waiting"
		DavidW says, "mmmaybe"
		phoenix says, "but we can go back to the bank and try and cash this thing in"
		DavidW says, "yes"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/268
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/269
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/270
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/271
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/272
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show insurance to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/273
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW INSURANCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give insurance to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/274
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE INSURANCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The teller is female"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/275
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show insurance to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/276
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW INSURANCE TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm, yes, this is one of our policies. If anything unfortunate
Floyd | should..." She trails off as she notices a rising plume of smoke in
Floyd | the distance. "I see. Well, then. I suppose this is yours." She takes
Floyd | the parchment from me and hands me a check.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I remember her not liking us much earlier"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x check" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/277
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | We got this check for burning down--- er, redeeming the policy on the
Floyd | barn at 1 Farmland Farm. Well, actually, we did both of those things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | We got this check for burning down--- er, redeeming the policy on the
Floyd | barn at 1 Farmland Farm. Well, actually, we did both of those things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. No actual value given."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cash check" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > CASH CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give check to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/279
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHECK TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open checking account" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CHECKING ACCOUNT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "what about the stock market?"
		DavidW says, "maybe. Or Mel."
		jenrexrode asks, "is mel the beggar?"
		phoenix says, "Mel's the magic shop owner"
		DavidW says, "No. Mel is the Magic Shop owner"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also, I have to wonder if we've seen all the locations."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to bored man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO BORED MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh wait, this guy isn't actually a bank employee"
		phoenix says, "Hmm. Maybe we can modify the *poster*"
		DavidW says, "Right. He's a customer we're trying to frame."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The wanted poster is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Nope"
		Jacqueline says, "Good thought, though."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Allied Tarantula Synergy?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I think we've been to all the locations"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/284
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give check to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHECK TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask auctioneer about check" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AUCTIONEER ABOUT CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Eagle Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah, we have a check for an indeterminate amount we're not sure what to do with"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on eagle" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON EAGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on the stock certificate with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "check" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to check?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe take it back to Mel"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on eagle with check" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/287
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON EAGLE WITH CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! We can't give away our hard-earned treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "like someone said earlier"
		jenrexrode says, "maybe"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we need a 32 florin bill."
		phoenix says, "maybe we can buy some stuff from him with it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up unicorn in spellbook" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/288
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP UNICORN IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up egg in spellbook" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP EGG IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Efficient Crab Acquisitions," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cleaer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o clear" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > O CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on page" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn page is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on smudge" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SMUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "good idea"
		phoenix says, "maybe it's working on objects with words on them rather than mutating actual objects"
		DavidW says, "If it's not a homonym potion, it might correct the tapestry."
		phoenix says, "yeah, worth a try"
		DavidW says, "yeah, that's possible too"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       1/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          1/293
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "will try Mel with the check, then tapestry"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  1/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about check" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  1/295
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel looks it over. "Hm, made out to cash, even. All right." Mel takes
Floyd | out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes a note in
Floyd | it. "All right, that's certainly worth an ingredient. All right, W.D.,
Floyd | I'm impressed. Perhaps you will be able to get enough money."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is wonderful, boss! I think we're well on our way to creating the
Floyd | potion and saving your bacon!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 2 out of a possible 40 in 296 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      1 for obtaining the insurance check
Floyd |      1 for buying one ingredient from Mel
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/297
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, did you make this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes. I was experiment with unbreakable glass and ended up
Floyd | producing this vase. It's not unbreakable, unfortunately, but it does
Floyd | reform itself after a few minutes when it breaks. It is not really
Floyd | practical for protecting flowers, but it can lead to some entertaining
Floyd | parlor tricks."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, 2/40."
Duodave arrives, full of fun and funk. 		phoenix says, "oh hey, the vase reforms itself"
		DavidW asks, "oh. the vase reforms?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/298
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so I guess we can get the egg out for when we need it, etc"
		DavidW asks, "So we can break the vase and drop the egg somewhere... but where?"
		phoenix says, "alright, checking the tapestry idea"
		Jacqueline says, "By just breaking it."
		phoenix says, "Good question"
		phoenix asks, "where would an egg be useful?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/299
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yeah, but not eat it immediately"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       2/300
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/301
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, the hedgehog might eat the egg before we do."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/302
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on tapestry" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's beyond help, unfortunately.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "huh, different answer"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/304
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an oval mirror with a steel frame bolted to the wall. The frame
Floyd | has little diamond-shaped cutouts in it. The mirror itself is about as
Floyd | big as I am. It's got a big dent in it, but it still works as a
Floyd | reflective surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/305
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think you need any more bad luck, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give egg to git" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/306
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE EGG TO GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vase to git" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, ""I haven't got the egg" was a different message. Seems our boss wanted it for some reason"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Duodave says, "that was interesting"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "I guess the egg isn't for here."
		phoenix says, ""the boss' egg" looked like a clue, though"
		DavidW says, "I'm thinking hedgehog or beggar."
		jenrexrode asks, "ingredient for potion?"
		DavidW says (to jenrexrode), "not according to the page."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x page" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a torn page from a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read page" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/309
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so we need 5-7 components"
		jenrexrode asks, "so we have one?"
		DavidW says, "Gotta love that one of the potions is transmute gold to gold."
		phoenix says, "we can get one"
		jenrexrode says, "oh"
		phoenix says, "we got the shop credit form the insurance fraud check"
		jenrexrode says, "hm, gold smudge"
		DavidW says, "The scarecrow's sign... what did it say exactly? (re: clear potion)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah I'm not sure what that smudge is about. It worries me."
		jenrexrode asks, "can we fix that smudge?"
		DavidW says, "We haven't been able to yet."
		jenrexrode says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/310
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/311
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/312
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/313
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/314
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "that's surely the potion I want to make then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/315
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the piece of red paper)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/316
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, my dearest love. I am away on sudden business and could
Floyd | not meet you here in our usual place. I have prepared a game for you
Floyd | in my absence. I promise you it will be worth following through to the
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your next clue will be at the left elbow of Blue Fever's brother."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
RootShell www.ifreviews.org 		phoenix says, "that's the statue"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		phoenix says, "Blah, "perch" didn't work earlier"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/317
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/318
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       2/319
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/320
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/321
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/322
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/323
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tall, skinny old man. He's wearing a suit that's definitely my
Floyd | style; it's got at least twenty buttons, and at least ten of them are
Floyd | superfluous. It's a suit that says, "I would be in at least five
Floyd | different colors if I weren't made of stone." I already hate this guy
Floyd | less than I hate most humans. The stone itself is polished red
Floyd | granite, which implies to me that the statue is a few hundred years
Floyd | old; granite fell out of favor after the Neo-Blockade movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and there's also a plaque beneath the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left elbow" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ELBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's left elbow is made of stone and not any more interesting
Floyd | than any other part. Oh, except for the piece of violet paper stuck to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take violet paper" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/325
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VIOLET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/326
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you know, I've been trying to expand the business lately. I've had
Floyd | to fill out so many forms. I think my favorite was the X1-FSB: Small
Floyd | Business Loan To Be Repaid Within Thirty Days. I think you should look
Floyd | at one, too. They're quite entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x x1-fsb" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > X X1-FSB
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/329
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're covered in tiny lines and boxes to fill in. I suppose they're
Floyd | for applying for loans, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/330
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the business loans are in this box....Yep, there's a green note
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take green note" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read green note" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/332
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all of this travelling has made me hungry! You should follow me
Floyd | and look under the pan containing my favorite lunchtime meat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/333
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pans" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PANS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pork pan, the beef pan, or the Excitement pan?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "excitment" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXCITMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under excitement" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/335
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER EXCITEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pork pan" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/336
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PORK PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | And now there's a yellow note. Boss, if the payoff of this is that we
Floyd | end up back at the tree and find a guy holding a bunch of roses, I'm
Floyd | going to be really cheesed off.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take yellow note" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/337
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE YELLOW NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember our first date? We sat out under the stars, throwing
Floyd | toy bugs at the fence and laughing as they exploded. You'll find what
Floyd | you seek back where I bought the bugs, inside a cedar box."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's... different."
		phoenix says, "magic shop exploding cockroaches"
		DavidW says, "yup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have one
Floyd | ingredient's worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cedar box" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CEDAR BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/340
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's interesting. There's only one cedar box in the pile, and it's
Floyd | deliberately hidden in the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cedar" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/341
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CEDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cedar" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/342
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CEDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let's see what we--- whoa. That's a diamond ring here! The
Floyd | inside of the lid reads, "Will You Marry Me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ring" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/343
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, mystery man, I hope she loves you more than she loves jewelry.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 2 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Duodave exclaims, "yay!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave ring" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, I'm waving it. Well, that was thrilling.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! No clothes on the bird! I'm not one of those little yappy dogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "marry mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARRY MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ring to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE RING TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, W.D., I think I'm a little too old to marry you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very funny. Is it real? Is it worth something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel reaches under the counter and throws some sort of powder on the
Floyd | ring. "Yes. Definitely." He frowns. "W.D., I am going to ask you a
Floyd | question, and I want you to answer honestly. I will know if you are
Floyd | lying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. "Okay, Mel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you rob a jewelry store?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, I can 100% say I did not rob a jewelry store."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and
Floyd | carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth
Floyd | another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "woot"
		Jacqueline says, "hooray"
		DavidW says, "I was wondering if we missed a location."
		phoenix says, "yay"
		phoenix says, "it turned out to be a completely separate puzzle"
		phoenix says, "if I remember the sign thing on the wharf said something about seagulls"
		DavidW says, "oh right. Let's examine that sign again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          5/347
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/348
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/349
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | "No stealing fish! Seagulls, this means you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pssh. Seagulls can't read.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on sign" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "boo"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get sign" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's attached to the scarecrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I want to try breaking the vase-with-egg to hedgehog, then beggar"
		phoenix says, "go for it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Can't...resist....glomph nomph nom nom snarf nom
Floyd |
Floyd | You might need another egg, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "did we try listening to the egg?"
		DavidW asks, "'get into my *break*'?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to egg" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't hear anything unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "lead hedgehog to stockmarket maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on break" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON BREAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "cool. just wanted to make sure the game wasn't being sneakily literal."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on beak" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON BEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "did you try putting the clear liquid on the scarecrow sign?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the break thing's been bothering me all along, but I figured it was just a typo."
		DavidW says, "Even if we had an egg or fish, I don't see what to use them for. The bugs will lead the hedgehog to some new places, but nothing obviously useful so far."
		phoenix says, "yeah it wouldn't go to the wharf"
		phoenix says, "Well, i'll try the stockmarket. Maybe we can start a hedge(hog) fund"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh god."
		DavidW says, "ouch"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "didn't follow"
		DavidW says, "You have to feed him if you want him to follow."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "he went 2 locations off"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! An earthworm materializes in the air in front of me
Floyd | and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sell hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > SELL HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the hedgehog)
Floyd | I wish I could chomp his stupid head off, but he's just too pointy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Resolute Peccary Strategies," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask auctioneer about hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AUCTIONEER ABOUT HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the cows shifts around uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well, there was an animal theme here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on cow" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON COW
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think those will hold dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     Oooohhhhh,
Floyd |     I'm going to murder that hedgehog!
Floyd |     This is the hedgehog-murdering song!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Majestic Duck Securities," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's no gate to the pen either."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/384
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/385
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but that's beyond my strength. Get a cow familiar if you
Floyd | want to go on a vicarious rampage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Caterpillar League," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x certificate" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/386
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a stock certificate for two shares of Associated Caterpillar
Floyd | League.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixteen florins? Do I hear sixteen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put clear on certificate" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/387
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The stock certificate is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/388
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Consolidated Grebe Strategies," he announces.
Floyd | "We'll start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/389
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get beetle" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/390
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put beetle in pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/391
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEETLE IN PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't put things in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Bison Company," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/392
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put beetle on block" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/393
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEETLE ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer dashes over to the auction block and angrily shoos me
Floyd | away. "No! Go away! Bad raven! This is for paying customers only."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tie balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but ravens aren't known for their manual dexterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Aggregate Woodpecker
Floyd | Leverage?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! Gah! That balloon is loud. Well, that was fun while it
Floyd | lasted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha. That was a great noise. Oh, hey, I think it scared one of the
Floyd | cows. She's trying to break the fence. Whoa whoa, she did
Floyd | break the fence and now all of the cows are mooing really loudly and
Floyd | kind of running and now the pigs are--- woohoo! It's a stampede! Oh,
Floyd | hey, maybe I shouldn't be just standi---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 5 out of a possible 40 in 395 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Eventually.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "Hedgehogs are pointy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/396
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/397
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/398
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/399
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/400
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Future Raven Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ravens? I am not a commodity!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          5/402
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hey, he just mentioned raven"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		phoenix says, "let's see where the animals went though"
		DavidW says, "But I thought I should follow the cows, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/403
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/404
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/406
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "thye've all vanished"
		DavidW says, "I missed them somehow."
		phoenix says, "unless they went the other way"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/407
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Nope, not here"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "find cows" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIND COWS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/410
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hope they didn't go back to the pen"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/411
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There must be a reason to make the cows stampede."
		phoenix says, "if he says raven again maybe that's when we can use the fluid on the stock"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Aggregate Seal Limited," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No, maybe it was just random"
		DavidW says, "Or alphabetical"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x merchants" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MERCHANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the
Floyd | merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, or the merchant?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...This clearly isn't working. To disambiguate the merchants, I'm
Floyd | going to give them human names. Let's see. I'm going to name that one
Floyd | Hortensia, and that one Percival, that one Rupertina, that one
Floyd | Elspeth, F'nyrx, Professor Demonspoon, Rombert, and Sunshine
Floyd | Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "cute"
inky says (to Floyd), "x rupertna" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUPERTNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x rupertina" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/413
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUPERTINA
Floyd |
Floyd | Rupertina is a sad-looking man carrying his hat before him and
Floyd | twisting its brim nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sunshine" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUNSHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunshine Gristlesplat is a man with greying hair, pacing anxiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Rupertina steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "possibly if you make them stampede then you can grab the certificate while they're distracted?"
		phoenix asks, "when was our last save?"
		DavidW says, "If so, we missed our chance and need to restore back to goodness knows when"
		phoenix says, "Probably before the scavenger hunt thing, but it's a separate puzzle so we don't need to repeat it immediately"
		DavidW says, "I don't know when we saved last, but inky's idea sounds right."
		phoenix says, "let's save this on 5 and check 4"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh, I don't know what number we're on. I've been using the auto-save"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok it's before the insurance scam thing, too"
		DavidW asks, "We have the scarf? How far back did you go?"
		phoenix says, "a long way back obviously"
		DavidW says, "We're at zero points."
		phoenix says, "yeah, I dont remember saving in a while"
		phoenix says, "we can try the autosave"
		DavidW says, "I was autosaving, but manual saving can screw things up."
		phoenix says, "erp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "didn't know that"
		phoenix says, "that's 57 turns in"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/415
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Distributed Pigeon Leadership," he announces.
Floyd | "We'll start the bidding at one florin."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "5 is where I saved it post-stampede"
		DavidW says, "you might've wiped out a good cf5"
		phoenix says, "Crap"
		phoenix says, "At least the puzzles aren't done in a linear order so we cnan check the stampede idea"
		DavidW says, "okay."
		phoenix says, "and it will only take a couple minutes to re-do"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "might as well see if we can solve the stampede one first."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/193
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cricket. give it to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/195
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRICKET. GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/197
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/198
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle. give it to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/200
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE. GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Reliable Caribou Company?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "can we watch without being squishd?"
		DavidW says, "If we stay here, we die."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "um"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Why are you waiting?"
		phoenix asks, "What did you do last time?"
		phoenix says, "I thought you gave balloon to hedgehog, wandered away and it popped it"
		DavidW says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the cows shifts around uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Royal Llama Guild?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "So I went to the bank and waited for the pop"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "it's possible it only triggers in the location SW of here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We missed something."
		phoenix says, "scrolling up to check the events last time"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Deer Worldwide," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hedgehogs are, sadly, inedible, so there's not much to say about them.
Floyd | This one is frolicking, which is very undignified. In fact, I
Floyd | think it's singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave rod" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Consolidated Bear Strategies," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cricket" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CRICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give it to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Future Armadillo Agency," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Distributed Goat Guild," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "strange"
		inky says, "weird"
		DavidW says, "it's like the hedgehog doesn't have the balloon really."
		phoenix says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "I think restoring futzed something up."
		DavidW says, "sleepmask has some bugs in it."
		phoenix asks, "it's buggy?"
		DavidW says, "I think so, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "huh"
		phoenix says, "Maybe it's just coded weird"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 225 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Amalgamated Narwhal
Floyd | Organization?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the traders didn't seem to care"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stock" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer dashes over to the auction block and angrily shoos me
Floyd | away. "No! Go away! Bad raven! This is for paying customers only."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid eight florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "could see where the animals went though"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination of mooing and bleating from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination of mooing and bleating from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "or just take stock of the situation"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gone"
		phoenix says, "they just disappear"
		phoenix says, "odd"
		inky says, "ok, that is pretty weird"
		phoenix says, "Maybe it's weird coding"
		phoenix says, "but, if we can't get at the stock during the stampede we can go back to cf5"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe there's a way to be protected during the stampede proper?"
		phoenix asks, "standing on the fence?"
		DavidW asks, "can we stand there?"
		phoenix says, "maybe the puzzle has to do with the merchants"
		phoenix says, "at least we got the annoying hedgehog killed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), " n" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | >  N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Global Wren Holdings?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on fence" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We cannot stand on the fence."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "stand on block" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Marten Limited," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of all sorts of stock certificates for all kinds of animals.
Floyd | I can try looking for something specific, if you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look for raven in coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer shoos me away. "Those are just pictures of animals.
Floyd | They're not food--- oh, wait. You're that wizard's bird. Well, if you
Floyd | want to participate in the auction, I don't mind. It makes sense, I
Floyd | suppose," he says hesitantly. "He's been trying to start his own
Floyd | businesses for a while without much luck, so why not invest in someone
Floyd | else's business instead, and why not send a magical bird to handle the
Floyd | transactions?
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right, bird, you're welcome to join us. Just wait till this round
Floyd | is over."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Global Cow Company," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid one florin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ONE FLORIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "lol, global cow company. Mcdonalds?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on cow" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON COW
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on the stock certificate with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "egg" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, raven. We only accept money here," says the auctioneer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer shoos me away. "Not yet, I've got to finish this
Floyd | auction first."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! Ack! The auctioneer grabs me and takes the certificate. "You
Floyd | have to actually buy the stock, bird." He shrugs. "Well, I guess this
Floyd | one is as good as any other."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Royal Raven Leverage," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, I hope that's a company run by a raven and not a company that
Floyd | sells ravens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look for hedgehog in coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR HEDGEHOG IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! Ack! The auctioneer grabs me and takes the certificate. "You
Floyd | have to actually buy the stock, bird." He shrugs. "Well, I guess this
Floyd | one is as good as any other."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Effective Hedgehog
Floyd | Bureau?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "so you can pick the animal I guess"
		DavidW asks, "huh. Do we want a specific one?"
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on certificate" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The stock certificate is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "one that we could change the name on with the clear fluid?"
		DavidW asks, "We're assuming that the one we pick is misspelled?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x merchants" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MERCHANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the
Floyd | merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, or the merchant?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...This clearly isn't working. To disambiguate the merchants, I'm
Floyd | going to give them human names. Let's see. I'm going to name that one
Floyd | Hortensia, and that one Percival, that one Rupertina, that one
Floyd | Elspeth, F'nyrx, Professor Demonspoon, Rombert, and Sunshine
Floyd | Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on f'nryx" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON F'NRYX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on f'nyrx" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | F'nyrx is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" bids Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "worth a shot"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x demonspoon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEMONSPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Demonspoon is a tall, imposing woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" announces Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" bids Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Would the value of a cow stock go up after a cow stampede?"
		phoenix says, "good question"
		phoenix says, "maybe it goes down"
		maga says, "down, more likely"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x elspeth" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELSPETH
Floyd |
Floyd | Elspeth is an elderly man in a rumpled three-piece suit, which he
Floyd | looks to have never changed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Elspeth steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of farmhands lead a herd of confused and exhausted livestock
Floyd | into their pen, then hastily piece together the remains of the fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look for cow in coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR COW IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! I hold it up for the auctioneer. "Thanks. I'm not tipping
Floyd | you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Cow Synergy," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm just wondering which is the best stock to target."
		phoenix says, "they just put the animals backo"
		DavidW asks, "hm?"
		DavidW says, "oh"
		phoenix says, "someone rounded up the animals"
		phoenix says, "maybe it's possible to buy cow stock low / sell high"
		DavidW asks, "And does the hedgehog and balloon get spawned too?"
		inky asks, "we don't have any money, though, right?"
		phoenix says, "only the false coin"
		DavidW says, "We can get a fake coin, yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/245
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last coin first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of your majick faery coins. They were incredibly useful
Floyd | for a while, but then some wiseacre figured out that they explode if
Floyd | you put salt on them. Now everyone in town knows they're not real
Floyd | gold. The coins are useless as currency, at least until we find a new
Floyd | idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Rupertina steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah. I didn't think we had it."
		phoenix says, "we can make new copies of it but only one can exist at a time"
		DavidW says, "I doubt the auctioneer would accept this coin, though."
		phoenix says, "the merchants having names suggests theyre somehow relevant"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x f'nyrx" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | F'nyrx is a short, corpulent man.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Personal Frog Producers," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(wait... when Mel sprinkled something on the diamond ring... was he using salt?)"
		phoenix says, "probably"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show coin to f'nryx" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO F'NRYX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show coin to f'nyrx" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" bids Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixty-four!" bids Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "wonder how they value the stocks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid zero" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ZERO
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing one stock equals one potion ingredient."
		phoenix says, "going to quickly check if hedgehog/balloon respawn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/251
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/252
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/254
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/256
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "no hedgehog"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/257
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/258
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search maize" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Hey"
		phoenix says, "I think we mimssed a location"
		phoenix says, "that tower"
		DavidW says, "The guard tower? yeah, never been there."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/260
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, a watchtower"
		phoenix says, "Might be an idea to restore to before the stampede though, if we can't restart it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/261
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-built but solid storage cabinet with "EVIDENCE" painted on
Floyd | the door. It's in bad shape; the wood is splintering in several
Floyd | places, and there's even a sizeable crack on top. It's padlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/262
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large crack on the top of the evidence box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the crack, I can see a scrap of paper and a metal
Floyd | device inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x padlock" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/264
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The padlock's rusty. It looks like the latch is nearly rusted through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guardsman" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/265
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARDSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I think this guard is pretty young, although I'm not great at telling
Floyd | with you humans. He's wearing the standard-issue guard tunic. He's
Floyd | dozing lightly. He has an impressive moustache that makes him look
Floyd | older than I suspect he actually is, or at least it would if it
Floyd | weren't obviously glued on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix exclaims, "moustache!"
		DavidW says, "oooh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me just peel the glue off....got it! The guard stirs a bit, but
Floyd | goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha"
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x metal" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large (as in, about my size) bronze bell on the wall, tied
Floyd | to a cord going out the window. The bell's actually fairly
Floyd | interesting; its surface is covered with bronze dots making a floral
Floyd | pattern. I tend to associate Pre-Classical dots with sculpture, but
Floyd | there's no reason you couldn't cast a bell in that style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Only in IF can a raven steal a moustache off a sleeping guard."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/268
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pages" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/269
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read pages" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/270
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | In familiar handwriting, the text of the page reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Guards,
Floyd |
Floyd | Please return the machine you confiscated from the king's wizard, who
Floyd | is very powerful and very good at magic except for that one time with
Floyd | the pancakes, which was a reasonable accident that could happen to
Floyd | anyone. Also, I am stupid and I smell bad and my mother is a platypus.
Floyd |
Floyd | The signature on this letter is somewhat unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "normally you have to make the moustache yourself so this is an advancement"
inky says (to Floyd), "x signature" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/271
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-executed forgery of the treasurer's signature. I suspect his
Floyd | name is not actually "The Treasurer." I also suspect he knows how to
Floyd | spell "treasurer." I wish your Spelling Wasp had caught on, boss. That
Floyd | one should have made us millionaires. Anaphylactic shock is a small
Floyd | price to pay for proper spelling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on signature" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/272
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SIGNATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let me sprinkle a few drops on it. Wow, the signature completely
Floyd | disappeared, and without the paper catching fire or turning into a
Floyd | swarm of angry bees or worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "at last!"
		phoenix says, "unfortunately, rather than correcting the signature it just... erased it"
		inky says, "well, now we can trick somebody into re-signing it maybe"
Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/273
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x paperwork" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/274
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPERWORK
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like various administrative forms. The guardsman is
Floyd | methodically stamping a signature onto each one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman presses his stamp into the inkpad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "think that stamp will work?"
		DavidW says, "So, here's where we add our pages to his paperwork."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put pages in stack" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/275
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAGES IN STACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the vellum page on the pile of paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman picks up the vellum page and looks at it
Floyd | blearily. "Heh, platypus." The guard dutifully stamps the page and
Floyd | sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vellum" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/276
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VELLUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/277
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A slightly better forgery on vellum, crumpled up a bit. It's stamped
Floyd | with the treasurer's signature.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "surprised that worked without any additional fuss"
		DavidW says, "Sometimes you get an easy one."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge. I did manage to tear a bit off the corner with my beak,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/279
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a mechanical moustache
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket by the guardsman. It's full of crumpled papers
Floyd | and other debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The papers in the wastebasket are crumpled up beyond recognition and
Floyd | covered in a slurry of ale, coffee grounds, and something that I'm not
Floyd | even going to try to identify. There's nothing salvageable in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we didnt actuall get the blanket piece"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look under blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take corner" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corner" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/284
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The corner from a wool blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What possible use is a corner of a blanket?"
		phoenix says, "no idea"
		phoenix says, "lets see about this form"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give page to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE PAGE TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, a vellum page or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "vellum" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > VELLUM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He pats his tunic, then sits down again.
Floyd | "I can't find my keys, so you'll have to come back some other time."
Floyd | He gives me back the form and immediately nods off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break padlock" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/287
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, I can probably break it, boss! ...Hrm, no. Even with the rust,
Floyd | it's still a little too solid for me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/288
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is one of your Multitudinous Mechanical Moustaches! You can
Floyd | wind it to change its shape. The first version was prone to stuck
Floyd | gears. It's too bad; I thought this was going to be a popular
Floyd | invention. Right now it's shaped like a pencil moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We want a handlebar moustache"
		phoenix says, "rigt"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a giant, bushy, overgrown moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a long moustache that would hang past the chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a handlebar moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "tada"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/293
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/295
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give scarf to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/297
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SCARF TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'm still annoyed you took my hat. But...I am kind of cold.
Floyd | Thank you, little magpie."
Floyd |
Floyd | Magpie? I'm a raven! A raven! Stupid humans with their not
Floyd | knowing anything and their not speaking the language and their failing
Floyd | to look like proper bank robbers unless I do a bunch of stupid work...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give moustache to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/298
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MOUSTACHE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not done yet. Stupid humans with their stupid lack of feathers and
Floyd | stupid weird beaks and stupid clothes. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a human.
Floyd | I'm going to not fly all day, then sleep horizontally on the floor. I
Floyd | like to set perfectly good rotting meat on fire, then eat it with a
Floyd | delicate little fork so I don't get delicious grease on my weird,
Floyd | fleshy hands and oh-so-precious opposable thumbs." Bah.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, now I'm done. Let's go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give moustache to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/299
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MOUSTACHE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you trying to destroy my moustache now? Well, I've always wanted
Floyd | to grow a better moustache, really..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, oh, he's taking it...he's putting it on...yes! Moustache go! Aw,
Floyd | man, don't pat me on the head. I'm not a dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/300
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right? He actually looks a bit
Floyd | like that guy over there; they both lack wings or tail feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Shiny hair still"
		phoenix says, "yeah, the hair wasn't mentioned"
		phoenix says, "Well, maybe destroying the hat was enough"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/301
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/302
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Done!
Floyd |
Floyd | A mob of guardsmen charge out of the Watchtower towards the bank. I
Floyd | think I'll follow them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three guards come rushing into the bank. "Stop right there, Two-Handed
Floyd | Bart!" shouts the tallest guard. "You're under arrest!" shouts the
Floyd | middle guard. "Wait! I don't think that's Two-Handed Bart!" cries the
Floyd | shortest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But he's got the moustache and the scarf and the no hat. He looks
Floyd | just like him!" says the tallest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't he the same guy we didn't arrest last time?" says the short
Floyd | guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so. He looks exactly like Two-Handed Bart," says the
Floyd | middle guard. "Maybe you were just mistaken before."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I ... guess ..." says the short guard. "He does look just
Floyd | like the poster....Well, take him in. Good job, guys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The three guards drag the man out of the bank, while he wails
Floyd | incoherently about just being here for a loan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Heh heh heh. Time to go collect our reward money!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Lol"
		DavidW asks, "How do we collect our reward money?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teller about reward" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/304
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TELLER ABOUT REWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aaahh! Get it out off here! Quick, someone get me a broom!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Boss, why do you people not speak any reasonable languages?
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe at the guardhouse"
		DavidW asks, "What does the poster say?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/305
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/306
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give poster to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/309
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POSTER TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show poster to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/310
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW POSTER TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "guardhouse maybe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/311
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We've never been there."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/312
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I mean the tower"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/313
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/314
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give poster to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/315
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POSTER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" I brandish the poster and perch on the guard's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, uh, bird. Huh, Two-Handed Bart. You know, we just captured
Floyd | him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" Yes, I was there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's supposed to be a criminal mastermind, but he was just standing
Floyd | around idly in the middle of the bank."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awk awwwwk."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wonder who pulled the alarm," muses the guard. "The teller insists
Floyd | she didn't do it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw caw!" I hate you. I hate you I hate you I hate you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll get a bonus for being the guard shift that caught him. I guess
Floyd | nobody gets that five-thousand florin reward."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe I can kill this guy and cash in his body with Mel. "Awk.
Floyd | Awk. Awk awk cawk awwwk awwk caww awk." Complicated pantomime
Floyd | ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is incredulous. "You? You're a bird."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awwwk quork awww." Yes, I am a bird waving a poster at you
Floyd | and miming pulling an alarm cord. Maybe I know what I am talking
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is still incredulous. "Enh, we get our bonus anyway. Here's
Floyd | a credit slip." Finally, you people.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/316
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He pats his tunic, then sits down again.
Floyd | "I can't find my keys, so you'll have to come back some other time."
Floyd | He gives me back the form and immediately nods off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give corner to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/317
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CORNER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there a hacksaw in those tools in the cottage?"
		inky says, "maybe we just have to give him his keys"
		Ellison says, "I hope, in the end, it turns out that the egg solution is quite easy, as having to suffer through a million egg messages in a game seems a bit unkind to the player"
		DavidW asks, "well, I have no idea where his keys are, do you?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/318
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/319
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I think this guard is pretty young, although I'm not great at telling
Floyd | with you humans. He's wearing the standard-issue guard tunic. He's
Floyd | dozing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/320
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | All the guards have green tunics with a stylized unicorn on the front.
Floyd | This guard also has a key on his belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/321
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a rusty iron key. If it's anything like the padlock, it's
Floyd | indestructable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/322
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah"
		phoenix asks, "the hell?"
inky says (to Floyd), "unlock padlock with key" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/323
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK PADLOCK WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, boss. I'll just hover three feet off the ground, delicately
Floyd | insert the key into the lock using my beak, and then spin around a
Floyd | couple of times in mid-air to open it. I can't perch on the lock or
Floyd | reach it from the ground, and keys are tricky to handle with beaks. I
Floyd | don't think this is a job for a raven, even one as fiendishly clever
Floyd | as me.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		phoenix says, "f give key to guard"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give key to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE KEY TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard's suspicion and sleepiness fight it out for a while. After a
Floyd | couple of moments of painful deliberation, he takes the key from me
Floyd | and goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "give parchment to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE PARCHMENT TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/325
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He scans the form. "Oh, you belong to the
Floyd | crazy wizard. That explains so much. Well, I suppose this looks
Floyd | legit." He fishes out his key, opens the cabinet, and drags out a
Floyd | metal device from it. After carefully relocking the cabinet while
Floyd | watching me suspiciously, he goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/326
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I have no idea what this is, boss. It's a metal box with red, blue,
Floyd | and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot beneath them. There's
Floyd | a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top. The machine looks
Floyd | great--- the metal is wonderfully shiny--- but there aren't any
Floyd | convenient labels or instructions. I don't think this is something you
Floyd | designed. Hey, maybe that means it'll work!
Floyd |
Floyd | Er, sorry, boss. That came out wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "he can't find a key that is ON HIS BELT?"
		DavidW says, "er, there was a paper in the cabinet too."
		phoenix says, "worst guards ever"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the crack, I can see a scarf, a mechanical moustache,
Floyd | and a scrap of paper inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x scrap" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, a vellum page or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "torn" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > TORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the torn bit of wool or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh wait"
		DavidW says, "The scrap isn't in scope"
		phoenix says, "right. He only gave us the device, then relocked it with the other stuff inside"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I have no idea what this is, boss. It's a metal box with red, blue,
Floyd | and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot beneath them. There's
Floyd | a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top. The machine looks
Floyd | great--- the metal is wonderfully shiny--- but there aren't any
Floyd | convenient labels or instructions. I don't think this is something you
Floyd | designed.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What did the vellum say this does?"
		phoenix says, "Nothing"
inky says (to Floyd), "push red" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/329
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED
Floyd |
Floyd | (the red balloon)
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "push red button" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/330
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bleep blorp!
Floyd | Fraction disposal commencing." Whoa! It talks! The top of the machine
Floyd | pops open, and it spits out a dog-eared pamphlet. The top then snaps
Floyd | back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x pamphlet" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you muchly for buyinged Super Wonderful Very Legal Money
Floyd | Device! For happy money time, please three of etherial fraction to
Floyd | take inside Device:
Floyd | - A wool (of clothing or not)
Floyd | - A blue of dye (inside bottle is happy-good also)
Floyd | - A egg (after breaked, is it acceptable? Very no!)
Floyd | The blue of button is for to transport fraction from platform to
Floyd | inside the Device. The red of button is for to unmake transportation
Floyd | by eversion. The green of button is for to Device initiation money
Floyd | protocols. Let's money together in every day!
Floyd |
Floyd | Neither this company nor its subsidiaries assume any liability for
Floyd | misuse of this Device for anything other than its recommended novelty
Floyd | purposes."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that's right, this is that counterfeiting machine you sent away
Floyd | for a while ago. I'm surprised you had so many problems with it; it
Floyd | sounds reliable enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on platform" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/332
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/333
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of blue dye)
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box. Wow, boss. This thing
Floyd | is amazing. Are you getting all this? You need to make something like
Floyd | this.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." Ack! It
Floyd | talks! The top of the machine unfolds as it spits out the vase, then
Floyd | reassembles itself in a complicated way that gives me a headache just
Floyd | thinking about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/335
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/336
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/337
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "gah"
		inky asks, "we tried putting liquid inside the vase, right?"
		DavidW asks, "um, no?"
		phoenix says, "no"
		DavidW says, "The vase supposedly reforms after breaking."
		phoenix says, "the problem is the egg getting eaten"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put corner on platform" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CORNER ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "also, that scrap of paper"
		phoenix says, "wonder how we get at it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put corner on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CORNER ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/340
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough room in the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/341
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip! Wool
Floyd | reception!" The talking creeps me out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/342
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of blue dye is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/343
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip bip! Dye
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kniolp! Shards of glass pop into existence and reform
Floyd | themselves into a glass vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this game is apparently rated "tough" on forgiveness rating"
		DavidW says, "I guess we need another egg."
		phoenix says, "question is how we stop ourselves eating the damn thing"
		inky asks, "does breakng the bottle break the egg?"
		DavidW asks, "Can we put the machine in the basket?"
		inky says, "also, maybe if we were eating something sticky it would stop us from eating the egg"
		DavidW says, "hm. Peanut butter, for example."
		Ellison says, "yeah, we hate nuts"
		DavidW says, "I haven't seen any sticky foods though. Fish, meat, eggs."
		Ellison says, "er, wait"
		phoenix says, "breaking the bottle doesnt break the egg"
		phoenix says, "although I think its cracked atm"
		phoenix says, "we could probably stick the scarf in the vase before using the dispenser actually"
		DavidW says, "Except the scarf is no longer available."
		phoenix says, "yeah this game appears to have irreversible things"
		phoenix says, "Sigh"
		phoenix says, "oh well."
		phoenix says, "There should be a way to get stuff out of that safe, though"
		phoenix says, "Scrap of paper teasing us"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet, a metal device, and a young
Floyd | guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, guys - difficult and unexpected phone call. I've been away for awhile."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dots" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bell" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large (as in, about my size) bronze bell on the wall, tied
Floyd | to a cord going out the window. The bell's actually fairly
Floyd | interesting; its surface is covered with bronze dots making a floral
Floyd | pattern. I tend to associate Pre-Classical dots with sculpture, but
Floyd | there's no reason you couldn't cast a bell in that style.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "How are things going?"
		DavidW says, "oh, awkwardly"
		phoenix says, "We solved a couple more puzzles, although there are a couple of irreversible things that worried us"
		DavidW says, "We were at five points out of 40, and overwrote our best save."
		phoenix says, "it seems we can do the puzzles in any order though"
		phoenix says, "We got a counterfeiting machine which needs the egg"
		Jacqueline asks, "How did you overwrite a save?"
		phoenix says, "I didn't know about the autosave function. cf5 isn't actually overwritten I don't think"
		DavidW says, "He manually saved."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		phoenix says, "Right"
Duodave goes home. 		Jacqueline asks, "Well, is it worth a restart with a quick run through to get you back to where you want to be?"
		phoenix says, "well, I think we can still try and get an idea of the remaining puzzles"
		DavidW says, "You say 'quick run' so easily."
		DavidW asks, "We may be screwed anyway. The hedgehog is gone, right?"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "So, we know how to get the reward money, the insurance claim, the diamond ring."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, it'll be a lot quicker now than it was the first time. You know a path to get to some of what you want."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Right."
		phoenix says, "however,"
		phoenix says, "we dont know if there's a certain order we have to do things in"
		DavidW says, "We don't know quite how to get the moneymaker to make money or exactly what to do with the stock market or how (or why) to get a fish."
		phoenix says, "Yeah actually that comes back to the egg problem. In order to get the device to make money we need to put the egg in a tray on the machine. When we do that, we eat it"
		DavidW asks, "Can we put the egg in vase, a coin in the vase, put the vase on the tray, sprinkle salt on the coin, push the blue button?"
		phoenix says, "Or rather, we put the vase on the tray, then break the vase, then the game makes us eat it"
		DavidW says, "I like inky's idea of a too-gummy food in our beak."
		DavidW asks, "Was our tree a maple?"
		phoenix says, "yea"
		DavidW asks, "Could there be maple sap?"
		phoenix says, "Maybe"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to tree" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO TO TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/347
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/348
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/349
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sap" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bark" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bank" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank's probably our best bet for getting a lot of money at once.
Floyd | It's a fair distance north and then northeast of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x magic shop" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAGIC SHOP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's Mel's, a bit north of here and then east. We should go there to
Floyd | ask for advice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stall" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats is to the north. If we get some spare money, I'd
Floyd | love lunch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x castle" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Usually, I'd say the castle is a cheerful stone building, full of
Floyd | unnecessary towers and parapets and crenellations and such.
Floyd | (Crenellations are those holes so you can shoot arrows, right? Do I
Floyd | mean crumpets? Maybe I mean crumpets.) But since you're about to be
Floyd | executed there, I find it looking more like a grumpy stone building,
Floyd | full of unnecessary heights you can be thrown down from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x farm" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FARM
Floyd |
Floyd | There are various fields off to the west. I can see at least one farm
Floyd | in the near distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "sandie won't take our fairy gold, will she?"
		inky says, "(or he)"
		DavidW says, "She won't"
		DavidW says, "Even the beggar won't take it."
		phoenix says, "so far we only managed to use it for arson"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sap" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "peck tree" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PECK TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search maize" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter maize" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "tools?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hacksaw" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HACKSAW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "pretty vague"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chit" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an IOU the city guard gave us for assisting in the capture of the
Floyd | infamous Two-Handed Bartholomew, notorious bank thief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put machine in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MACHINE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to watchtower" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO TO WATCHTOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f nw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > F NW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet, a metal device, and a young
Floyd | guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running through the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Huff puff puff. My load is too heavy to fly, or even hop,
Floyd | boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So the egg has to be brought to the device."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a metal device here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And obviously, the vase has to be what holds the egg in transit."
		phoenix says, "hmm we can move the device"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/384
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/385
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put device in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/386
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DEVICE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal device is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/387
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/388
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg drops out of the hatch onto the metal device and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | narf narf nom nom...Man, I love eggs. Uh, sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/389
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/390
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg drops out of the hatch onto the metal device and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | narf narf nom nom...Man, I love eggs. Uh, sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/391
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/392
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop device" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/393
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/396
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mind in vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/397
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MIND IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | If only it was that easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/398
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/399
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/400
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hay in vase" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HAY IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/402
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/403
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/404
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear tapestry" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > TEAR TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull it" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/406
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "must be some way to stop us eating the egg"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/407
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, we can't eat it when it's in the vase"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wooden bed frame that would be big enough for one human with a
Floyd | mattress or pillows, but there aren't any around. It doesn't look
Floyd | particularly comfortable, and the wood's splintering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break bed" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP ON  BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/410
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       1/411
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          1/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       1/413
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/414
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/415
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet and a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/416
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rip blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIP BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/418
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet and a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/419
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/420
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/421
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/422
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a metal device here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/423
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps sadly, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop!
Floyd | Missing fraction cannot commence money protocols. Adding before to
Floyd | continue is a necessary."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the vegetables)
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/425
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/426
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bleep blorp!
Floyd | Fraction disposal commencing." The talking still creeps me out. The
Floyd | top of the machine pops open, and it spits out a bottle of blue dye
Floyd | and a torn bit of wool. The top then snaps back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dye, wool" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/427
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DYE, WOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | bottle of blue dye: Taken.
Floyd | torn bit of wool: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wool in vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WOOL IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/429
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/430
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops out of the hatch into the vase, landing gingerly on the
Floyd | torn bit of wool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist...must eat egg! Shoot! I can't get my beak in
Floyd | there. Stupid narrow vase with its stupid narrow neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "cool"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/431
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tray splits apart into several pieces and then reassembles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if I tip the vase over...ah, no luck. Stupid vase designed for
Floyd | stupid humans with their stupid hands. My beak doesn't seem to be up
Floyd | to the task. Don't worry, delicious egg! I'll get to you eventually!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Didn't need the scarf, great"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/432
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a perfect chicken egg. It's mostly white with a couple of
Floyd | reddish spots. It looks beautifully delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "unbroken now. but we still have the problem of it being eaten"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/433
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/434
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/435
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The
Floyd | talking still creeps me out. The top of the machine unfolds as it
Floyd | spits out the vase, then reassembles itself in a confusing way I can't
Floyd | quite follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Duodave asks, "i stepped away for a bit... what game was this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/436
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of glass
Floyd | disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Speculative Fiction"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/435
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Duodave asks, "and you're... a bird?"
		DavidW says, "A raven, yes."
		Duodave exclaims, "nevermore!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x you" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/436
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YOU
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/437
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps sadly, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop!
Floyd | Missing fraction cannot commence money protocols. Adding before to
Floyd | continue is a necessary."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/438
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, but nothing else happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/439
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is apparently some sort of counterfeiting machine. It's a metal
Floyd | box with red, blue, and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot
Floyd | beneath them. There's a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slot" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/440
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a narrow slot on the side of the machine, just below the three
Floyd | buttons.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/441
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark inside to see anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/442
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/443
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then lift up the
Floyd | neck like this, and...got it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/444
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/445
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a metal tray mounted on top of the strange device.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/446
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/447
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/448
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/449
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The
Floyd | talking still creeps me out. The top of the machine unfolds as it
Floyd | spits out the vase, then reassembles itself in a complicated way that
Floyd | gives me a headache just thinking about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		phoenix says, "I have an idea"
		DavidW says, "I was hoping the vase would break as it enters the machine, but that's not happening."
		DavidW asks (of phoenix), "yes?"
		phoenix says, "remember that cage"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, more phone calls and such (dealing with something that's come up with family), so I'm probably going to be mostly away, but I'm checking in when I an and am really glad this is being played today."
		DavidW asks, "The fish cage?"
		phoenix says, "yeah. If we're in the cage, and break the vase by poking the pointy farm tools out"
		phoenix says, "maybe we can't eat the egg"
		DavidW says, "hmmm. Maybe. But how do we escape the cage afterwords? And that's assuming we can reach anything outside the cage."
		phoenix says, "dunno"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/450
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/451
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/452
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Duodave arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		phoenix asks, "can I save safely at this point?"
		phoenix says, "bearing in mind that we may or may not have messed things up anyway"
		DavidW says, "I suppose"
		DavidW says, "We're already messed up, I think, since we have no hedgehog."
		phoenix says, "true"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/454
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/455
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/456
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fish)
Floyd | Done! Not bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/458
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a torn bit of wool
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/459
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is apparently some sort of counterfeiting machine. It's a metal
Floyd | box with red, blue, and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot
Floyd | beneath them. There's a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh it's back in the pantry isn't it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/454
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/455
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/456
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vase (which contains an egg) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/458
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/459
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/460
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/461
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/462
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a metal device and a chalk circle (which contains a
Floyd | barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok, trying again"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/464
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/465
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/466
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/467
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/469
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | As I am stuck in this freaky cage, I can't reach that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm that message"
		phoenix says, "looks like a clue"
		DavidW says, "Maybe the tools are an alternate for the hedgehog (both pointy)."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/470
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x bars" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/471
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I...don't know how. There's no lock or door. Oh no I am going to
Floyd | die here haaaaaaaaaalp!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. This does sound promising."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cage with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I...don't know how. There's no lock or door. Oh no I am going to
Floyd | die here haaaaaaaaaalp!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cut cage with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to cut the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We still can't break the vase or push the blue button?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/474
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/475
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a torn bit of wool
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the fishing rod will just barely fit through the bars,
Floyd | and....nrgh...almost...success!
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The top
Floyd | of the machine unfolds as it spits out the vase, then reassembles
Floyd | itself in a confusing way I can't quite follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase the rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE THE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit vase" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Urrghghgh! So close, but my beak's a bit too large to fit through the
Floyd | bars of this cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit vase with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT VASE WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to hit the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we can do it just before the cage spawns"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/464
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/465
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to enter the circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/466
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/467
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/469
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/470
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of glass
Floyd | disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok that worked"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue button with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/471
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE BUTTON WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the fishing rod will just barely fit through the bars,
Floyd | and....nrgh...almost...success!
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop bop! Egg
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ooh"
		DavidW asks, "put fish in barrel?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urrghghgh! So close, but my beak's a bit too large to fit through the
Floyd | bars of this cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this seems to be the solution, but now we have to escape the cage"
		DavidW says, "right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut cage with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to cut the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cut cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting up that wouldn't help us at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/474
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "walk through cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/475
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALK THROUGH CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm already in the cage, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kniolp! Shards of glass pop into existence and reform
Floyd | themselves into a glass vase. Ohhhh, it must be made out of Mel's
Floyd | self-repairing glass. It's cheaper than his unbreakable glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "exit cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to open the cage first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break cage with tools" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rod in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/478
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I can do violence! Kapow! I snapped one of the bars.
Floyd | I'm almost through!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
		phoenix says, "lol"
		phoenix says, "apparently it's not a very sturdy cage"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/479
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, okay. Right. Violence solves so many problems. Thud!
Floyd | The cage has enough and disappears in a puff of green smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wool on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/480
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WOOL ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/481
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip! Wool
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dye in tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/482
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE IN TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of blue dye is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/483
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip bip! Dye
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/484
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine emits a complicated series of beeps, and a tinny voice
Floyd | issues from it. "Beep bleep bip bip boop bleep bip! Here is your
Floyd | money! Please remember always that Device is for happy money time with
Floyd | friends only. Using it as real money? Very never! Let's all remember
Floyd | together." The machine ejects a banknote from the narrow slot and
Floyd | beeps happily a few more times before becoming quiet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take banknote" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/485
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BANKNOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 2 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/486
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a note for one million florins! That's only fifty thousand
Floyd | marks, but it's still nothing to sneeze at. The paint's still a little
Floyd | tacky, so I'm being careful when touching it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder how many razzbucks that is."
		jenrexrode asks, "then how much is 32?"
		jenrexrode says, "practically nothing"
		DavidW asks, "Do we use this with Mel or the auctioneer?"
		phoenix says, "the auctioneer deals iwth small numbres of florins"
		phoenix says, "i dont think a 1m note would go down well"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "He might give change. I don't know."
		phoenix exclaims, "try it!"
		DavidW says, "What save are we at? Hard to remember without using autosave,"
		jenrexrode says, "I just woke up"
		phoenix says, "cf7"
		DavidW says, "I'm ready to fall asleep. We've been at this for almost 6 hours."
		DavidW says, "I need a pee break."
		phoenix says, "I can just run us through the puzzles we did before while you do"
		phoenix says, "or even *gulp* restart"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/486
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 3 out of a possible 40 in 486 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 for obtaining the reward money for turning in Two-Handed Bart
Floyd | (more or less)
Floyd |      2 for obtaining the counterfeit banknote
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/487
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/488
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to get out of the chalk circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/489
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've gotten out of the chalk circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/490
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/491
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/492
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/493
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin on hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/494
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN ON HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the faery coin on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/495
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | I think the hay is on fire. Yep, it's kind of smoking. Oooh, I see
Floyd | flame!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/496
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oooh, I can see flames shooting out of the barn! There's a huge cloud
Floyd | of smoke going up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/497
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/497
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/498
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a red brick chimney. I'm not a great judge--- I don't know why
Floyd | anyone would ruin meat by setting it on fire--- but it looks nicer
Floyd | than the rest of the house. The bricks look like they're exactly the
Floyd | same size, and they're laid out in straight rows. Most of them,
Floyd | anyway; one is sticking out a bit. It looks like the mortar
Floyd | surrounding it has been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/499
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. It's a rough surface. I can probably get my claws in and drag it
Floyd | out. Rrrgh! Well, I didn't manage to pry it all the way out, but I did
Floyd | shift it a little. There's a parchment concealed under the brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/501
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/502
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is...well...man, this is a lot of text. I didn't know humans
Floyd | could write letters that tiny. Give me a minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Okay, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of insurance policy. Bearer
Floyd | gets...um, hmm. I think it's an insurance policy on a barn west of
Floyd | town, but don't quote me on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 3/503
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/504
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll just fly, if you don't mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get paper" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/505
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the piece of red paper)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read red paper" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/506
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ RED PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, my dearest love. I am away on sudden business and could
Floyd | not meet you here in our usual place. I have prepared a game for you
Floyd | in my absence. I promise you it will be worth following through to the
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your next clue will be at the left elbow of Blue Fever's brother."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/507
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 3/508
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/509
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/510
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x left elbow" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/511
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ELBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's left elbow is made of stone and not any more interesting
Floyd | than any other part. Oh, except for the piece of violet paper stuck to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get violet paper" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/512
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VIOLET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/513
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you know, I've been trying to expand the business lately. I've had
Floyd | to fill out so many forms. I think my favorite was the X1-FSB: Small
Floyd | Business Loan To Be Repaid Within Thirty Days. I think you should look
Floyd | at one, too. They're quite entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/514
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/515
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/516
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the business loans are in this box....Yep, there's a green note
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get green note" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/517
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/518
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all of this travelling has made me hungry! You should follow me
Floyd | and look under the pan containing my favorite lunchtime meat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/519
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/520
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look under pork" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/521
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PORK
Floyd |
Floyd | And now there's a yellow note. Boss, if the payoff of this is that we
Floyd | end up back at the tree and find a guy holding a bunch of roses, I'm
Floyd | going to be really cheesed off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get yellow note" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/522
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET YELLOW NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/523
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember our first date? We sat out under the stars, throwing
Floyd | toy bugs at the fence and laughing as they exploded. You'll find what
Floyd | you seek back where I bought the bugs, inside a cedar box."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/524
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search trinkets" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/525
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRINKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's interesting. There's only one cedar box in the pile, and it's
Floyd | deliberately hidden in the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/526
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let's see what we--- whoa. That's a diamond ring here! The
Floyd | inside of the lid reads, "Will You Marry Me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get ring" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  6/527
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, mystery man, I hope she loves you more than she loves jewelry.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 3 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give ring to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  7/528
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE RING TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, W.D., I think I'm a little too old to marry you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very funny. Is it real? Is it worth something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel reaches under the counter and throws some sort of powder on the
Floyd | ring. "Yes. Definitely." He frowns. "W.D., I am going to ask you a
Floyd | question, and I want you to answer honestly. I will know if you are
Floyd | lying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. "Okay, Mel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you rob a jewelry store?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, I can 100% say I did not rob a jewelry store."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and
Floyd | carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth an
Floyd | ingredient. All right, W.D., I'm impressed. Perhaps you will be able
Floyd | to get enough money."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is wonderful, boss! I think we're well on our way to creating the
Floyd | potion and saving your bacon!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  7/529
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   an insurance policy
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give chit to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  8/530
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHIT TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "You captured Two-handed Bart?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Single-winged."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He showed up in the bank, so I pulled the alarm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that's something. I suppose I'll cash this in before I mention
Floyd | knowing that Two-Handed Bart is always in Caberry this time of year."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, yeah, you do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes
Floyd | a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          8/531
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       8/532
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  8/533
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 8/534
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give policy to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 12/535
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POLICY TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm, yes, this is one of our policies. If anything unfortunate
Floyd | should..." She trails off as she notices a rising plume of smoke in
Floyd | the distance. "I see. Well, then. I suppose this is yours." She takes
Floyd | the parchment from me and hands me a check.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 4 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 12/536
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   an insurance check
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop yellow paper. drop green paper. drop violet paper. drop red paper" 		DavidW says, "catching up, I see"
		phoenix says, "yeah I re-did those two puzzles"
		phoenix says, "the hedgehog's still lost"
		phoenix says, "but we do hvae the big banknote if you want to try it in the stock market"
		DavidW says, "well, it's either stock market, Mel, Sandie, or beggar."
		jenrexrode says, "I was wondering what had happened to our score, but I guess it's restored now"
		phoenix says, "Yeah I fixed the mess I made"
		DavidW says, "We could try giving the fish to the beggar, I suppose."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		phoenix says, "uh oh"
		phoenix says, "I hope I didnt break it again"
		DavidW asks, "so... you didn't save after all that, did you?"
		phoenix says, "with that multiple drop command"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		DavidW asks, "Possibly that breaks sleepmask?"
		phoenix says, "I don't know the details"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%showpartial" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "No partial line. Bo-ring." 		DavidW says, "I can do a forced quit if necessary."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		phoenix says, "ok our status is we solved. 1) Scavenger hunt. 2) Counterfeiting. 3) Framing the bank guy. 4) Insurance scam"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." 		jenrexrode asks, "what did you do to the bank guy?"
		phoenix asks, "we still don't know about a) The paper in the cabinet b) The stampede c) The stockmarket, anything else unresolved?"
		DavidW says, "Beggar"
		phoenix says, "We dressed him up as the bank robber on the poster and got him arrested for the reward"
		phoenix says, "cause the police are dumb"
		jenrexrode asks, "I remember the scarf, waht else did you have to change about him?"
		DavidW says, "hat, moustache"
		phoenix says, "moustache (Which we stole from the police) and the anti-hat"
		phoenix asks, "would restarting the game break all our saves?"
		DavidW says, "No. Only rewriting on top of saves."
		phoenix says, "i think if we reload to cf4 that's before the hedgehog incident"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask specfictionfull" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]         Money will come when you are doing the right thing.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                            ---Mike Phillips
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                          Speculative Fiction
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       [Press any key to begin.]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Babe, I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel dinner.
Floyd | Yeah, I've got to stop the boss from being executed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speculative Fiction
Floyd | Beginner's Lessons from "The Big Book of Financial Crimes"
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2011--2012 by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120630 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
Floyd | First-time players should type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | No! My shiniest of shiny objects! Don't fly aw--- Come back! I
Floyd | love you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now that my girlfriend's mad at me, where were we? Ah, right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a vase, a mirror, and an annoying git in
Floyd | a dress here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok. restore it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cff4" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Hyrax System," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Duodave goes home. 		phoenix asks, "and yeah, that's back quite a way but we might as well try and figure out this stampede right?"
		phoenix says, "maybe we can follow it while it's in progress without being squashed"
		jenrexrode asks, "there was a hedgehog stampede?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah"
		phoenix says, "that started it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Augh! It's a cow quake! Cows and dogs and pigs and chickens and at
Floyd | least one wildebeest charge in from the north, screaming and bleating.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whee! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to get stepped on!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Panic! Panic panic panic!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Freedom! Panic! Freedom!"
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a breathtaking, mouth-watering sight, boss, but it might be a
Floyd | bit dangerous to hang around a horde of stampeding animals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie whips out a ladle and starts beating back some dogs that look
Floyd | more hungry than scared.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Huh."
		phoenix says, "How could they charge in from the south. Must be a bug"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beef" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Boss, that is an excellent idea, but Sandie has a mean
Floyd | backhand.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 207 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Oops"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 208 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "yeah, I know, not being very nice there"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede disperses as the animals spread out into the surrounding
Floyd | farmland, running excitedly but aimlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Ok so the stampede just goes down the street and disperses here"
		phoenix says, "still not sure what that's good for"
		phoenix says, "it didn't knock over any of the stalls"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I still don't see the advantage of the stampede."
		inky asks, "have you done anything with the auction or the stock certificates yet?"
		phoenix says, "no"
		phoenix says, "i'm thinking though that this stampede wouldn't have been coded to move down the street if there wasn't some sort of interaction"
		DavidW says, "We've learned we need money to bid with and that we can choose which animal stock to be auctioned."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect we use the banknote for our 'cash', but I'm not certain what animal stock to select."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got no eyeballs. Man, that's the best part of the human. His
Floyd | clothes are old but mostly in one piece. He's holding out a cup for
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the chipped cup is a strange coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it's made of gold and silver swirled together. The face
Floyd | I can see shows a lighthouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. This coin isn't our money. It's not any money I recognize. It
Floyd | looks vaguely familiar, though, like--- oh! I've seen that in a book
Floyd | before! This is a coin from the ancient Se--- Sevoran, maybe? Anyway,
Floyd | there was some kind of ancient empire, and this is a coin from it. It
Floyd | could be worth something to a collector.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmmmm"
		DavidW says, "well, now we have a clue what the beggar's for."
		phoenix says, "Ok, maybe if we can get the stampede to run him over"
		phoenix says, "we can take the coin"
		phoenix says, "what? We're a bird who despises humans :p"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the faery coin)
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't think I can't hear you, birdie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Sheesh. The story of my life is getting slapped by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Balloons are shiny."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we need another"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show balloon to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pop balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > POP BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! Gah! That balloon is loud. Well, that was fun while it
Floyd | lasted.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "trade balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRADE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't think I can't hear you, birdie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Sheesh. The story of my life is getting slapped by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did you have to break it before I tried all my verbs?"
		phoenix says, "sorry"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/231
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "trade balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRADE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no place to sell anything here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shiny" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHINY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour pepper on beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR PEPPER ON BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can pour, boss. If I run across your
Floyd | Insta-Liquefier, I'll let you know.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pepper" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm told that humans put pepper on things to make them taste peppery.
Floyd | Psh. The only seasoning meat needs is more meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sprinkle pepper on beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPRINKLE PEPPER ON BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pepper on beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PEPPER ON BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think putting things on the beggar would accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i tried to push him when the stampede was around earlier"
		DavidW says, "I can't remember anything specifically shiny other than the balloon."
		phoenix says, "wait a sec, how does he know anything is shiny"
		phoenix says, "he's blind"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put faery coin in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FAERY COIN IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, birdi---" He narrows the empty sockets where he delicious
Floyd | eyeballs should be. He takes the coin and taps against the side of his
Floyd | mug. "This sounds wrong. This is one of those magic exploding coins!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He coldly tosses the faery coin back to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "exchange faery coin with strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXCHANGE FAERY COIN WITH STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "switch coins" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWITCH COINS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put balloon in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BALLOON IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't think I can't hear you, birdie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Sheesh. The story of my life is getting slapped by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
ASchultz retreats to his comfy little shack 		
ASchultz has disconnected. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "trade coins" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRADE COINS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no place to sell anything here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it's made of gold and silver swirled together. The face
Floyd | I can see shows a lighthouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about strange coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "maybe we can get change"
		phoenix says, "i think its got to be the stampede"
		DavidW says, "I suggested that (getting change) at least an hour ago. But haven't tried it yet."
		DavidW says, "I need to lie down."
		phoenix asks, "for the 1m note?"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "wanna try the stampede again quickly"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Sovereign Earthworm
Floyd | Strategies?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right. Boss, I hate to rush you, but at some point the treasurer
Floyd | is going to figure out where the king wandered off to.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right. Boss, I hate to rush you, but at some point the treasurer
Floyd | is going to figure out where the king wandered off to.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Aggregate Petrel Bonds?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give it to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "weird"
		phoenix asks, "random timing?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aieeee! My ears!" cries the beggar, although I can barely hear him
Floyd | over the chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get strange" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       1/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STRANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, try to hear me through the stampede. Yoink!
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Augh! It's a cow quake! Cows and dogs and pigs and chickens and at
Floyd | least one wildebeest charge in from the north, screaming and bleating.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whee! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to get stepped on!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Panic! Panic panic panic!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Freedom! Panic! Freedom!"
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a breathtaking, mouth-watering sight, boss, but it might be a
Floyd | bit dangerous to hang around a horde of stampeding animals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "aha"
		jenrexrode exclaims, "yay!"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede disperses as the animals spread out into the surrounding
Floyd | farmland, running excitedly but aimlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/219
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "ok, have to get the 1m note again"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a broken but still enticing chicken egg. It's mostly white
Floyd | with a couple of reddish spots. Even cracked, it looks beautifully
Floyd | delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. One of the bricks in the chimney is sticking out a bit. It looks
Floyd | like the mortar surrounding it has been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. It's a rough surface. I can probably get my claws in and drag it
Floyd | out. Rrrgh! Well, I didn't manage to pry it all the way out, but I did
Floyd | shift it a little. There's a parchment concealed under the brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vase here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put scarf in vase" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCARF IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. Well, sort of done. I've crammed it in, but the scarf's still
Floyd | sticking out a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/231
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops out of the hatch into the vase, landing gingerly on the
Floyd | scarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist...must eat egg! Shoot! I can't get my beak in
Floyd | there. Stupid narrow vase with its stupid narrow neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if I tip the vase over...ah, no luck. Stupid vase designed for
Floyd | stupid humans with their stupid hands. My beak doesn't seem to be up
Floyd | to the task. Don't worry, delicious egg! I'll get to you eventually!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then lift up the
Floyd | neck like this, and...got it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search basket" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pages" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read pages" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | In familiar handwriting, the text of the page reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Guards,
Floyd |
Floyd | Please return the machine you confiscated from the king's wizard, who
Floyd | is very powerful and very good at magic except for that one time with
Floyd | the pancakes, which was a reasonable accident that could happen to
Floyd | anyone. Also, I am stupid and I smell bad and my mother is a platypus.
Floyd |
Floyd | The signature on this letter is somewhat unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on signature" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SIGNATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let me sprinkle a few drops on it. Wow, the signature completely
Floyd | disappeared, and without the paper catching fire or turning into a
Floyd | swarm of angry bees or worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put paper on pile" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER ON PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the vellum page, the vellum page, the insurance
Floyd | policy, or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "vellum page" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > VELLUM PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vellum page on pile" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/245
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VELLUM PAGE ON PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the vellum page on the pile of paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman picks up the vellum page and looks at it
Floyd | blearily. "Heh, platypus." The guard dutifully stamps the page and
Floyd | sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vellum" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VELLUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge. I did manage to tear a bit off the corner with my beak,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get corner" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman presses his stamp into the inkpad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard has a key attached to his tunic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/251
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give key to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/252
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE KEY TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard's suspicion and sleepiness fight it out for a while. After a
Floyd | couple of moments of painful deliberation, he takes the key from me
Floyd | and goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He scans the form. "Oh, you belong to the
Floyd | crazy wizard. That explains so much. Well, I suppose this looks
Floyd | legit." He fishes out his key, opens the cabinet, and drags out a
Floyd | metal device from it. After carefully relocking the cabinet while
Floyd | watching me suspiciously, he goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "damn, that one IS a long puzzle"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/254
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE S
Floyd |
Floyd | It sounds like something is rattling around inside the machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE W
Floyd |
Floyd | It sounds like something is rattling around inside the machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/256
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/257
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/258
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push red" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bleep blorp!
Floyd | Fraction disposal commencing." Whoa! It talks! The top of the machine
Floyd | pops open, and it spits out a dog-eared pamphlet. The top then snaps
Floyd | back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/260
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "okay, I'm not even playing this game and that egg is getting pretty old"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/261
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/262
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | My egg! I mean, your egg! Get me out of here, boss, so I can rescue
Floyd | it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue button with rod" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/264
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the fishing rod will just barely fit through the bars,
Floyd | and....nrgh...almost...success!
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box. Wow, boss. This thing
Floyd | is amazing. Are you getting all this? You need to make something like
Floyd | this.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop bop! Egg
Floyd | reception!" Ack! It talks!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Hopefully, that's the last you'll hear of the egg"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/265
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I can do violence! Kapow! I snapped one of the bars.
Floyd | I'm almost through!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite cage" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, okay. Right. Violence solves so many problems. Thud!
Floyd | The cage has enough and disappears in a puff of green smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put wool on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WOOL ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kniolp! Shards of glass pop into existence and reform
Floyd | themselves into a glass vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/268
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip! Wool
Floyd | reception!" The talking creeps me out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read pamphlet" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/269
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you muchly for buyinged Super Wonderful Very Legal Money
Floyd | Device! For happy money time, please three of etherial fraction to
Floyd | take inside Device:
Floyd | - A wool (of clothing or not)
Floyd | - A blue of dye (inside bottle is happy-good also)
Floyd | - A egg (after breaked, is it acceptable? Very no!)
Floyd | The blue of button is for to transport fraction from platform to
Floyd | inside the Device. The red of button is for to unmake transportation
Floyd | by eversion. The green of button is for to Device initiation money
Floyd | protocols. Let's money together in every day!
Floyd |
Floyd | Neither this company nor its subsidiaries assume any liability for
Floyd | misuse of this Device for anything other than its recommended novelty
Floyd | purposes."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that's right, this is that counterfeiting machine you sent away
Floyd | for a while ago. I'm surprised you had so many problems with it; it
Floyd | sounds reliable enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on tray" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/270
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of blue dye is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/271
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip bip! Dye
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push green button" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/272
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine emits a complicated series of beeps, and a tinny voice
Floyd | issues from it. "Beep bleep bip bip boop bleep bip! Here is your
Floyd | money! Please remember always that Device is for happy money time with
Floyd | friends only. Using it as real money? Very never! Let's all remember
Floyd | together." The machine ejects a banknote from the narrow slot and
Floyd | beeps happily a few more times before becoming quiet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get note" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/273
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 2 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/273
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "thats the note"
		phoenix asks, "where were we going to change it?"
		phoenix asks, "the bank?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/274
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to get out of the chalk circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/275
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've gotten out of the chalk circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/276
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/277
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 3/279
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show note to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 3/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give note to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 3/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE NOTE TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i guess either the auction or the magic shop"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                3/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Aggregate Woodpecker
Floyd | Unlimited?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give note to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                3/284
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE NOTE TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show note to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                3/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "ok"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/287
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/288
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show note to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel looks at the note. Then he touches it lightly. I'm trying to look
Floyd | innocent, boss. I don't think he's buying it. Wait, wait. He shrugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What the hell. It's funny, if nothing else."
Floyd |
Floyd | Victory is ours!
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes
Floyd | a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth an ingredient. All
Floyd | right, W.D., I'm impressed. Perhaps you will be able to get enough
Floyd | money."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is wonderful, boss! I think we're well on our way to creating the
Floyd | potion and saving your bacon!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh bleh - he took it"
		phoenix says, "I guess no change for us"
		phoenix says, "guess he knows it's fake anyway"
		jenrexrode says, "aw - I guess that's what we were supposed to do with it anyway"
		jenrexrode asks, "what about that strange coin?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x strange" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it's made of gold and silver swirled together. One face
Floyd | shows some distinguished-looking older woman, and the other shows a
Floyd | lighthouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. This coin isn't our money. It's not any money I recognize. It
Floyd | looks vaguely familiar, though, like--- oh! I've seen that in a book
Floyd | before! This is a coin from the ancient Se--- Sevoran, maybe? Anyway,
Floyd | there was some kind of ancient empire, and this is a coin from it. It
Floyd | could be worth something to a collector.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i suppose he'll take it"
		jenrexrode asks, "how much credit do we have now?"
		jenrexrode says, "store credit"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show coin to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the strange coin or the faery coin?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "strange" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > STRANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show strange coin to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/293
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW STRANGE COIN TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel examines the coin. "Where did you get a twenty septiva coin?
Floyd | Septivar was conquered and destroyed three hundred years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I went and looked through my shiny object collection, and I
Floyd | didn't recognize this, so I figured it was probably valuable. Er, is
Floyd | it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, definitely. Here." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the
Floyd | counter and carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly
Floyd | worth another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about ledger" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT LEDGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel checks his ledger. "You've given me enough money and valuables for
Floyd | two spell ingredients."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "2 I think, but theres another 2 or 3 puzzles not done in this timeline"
		phoenix says, "that we solved earlier, but restored to get back to pre-stampede"
		jenrexrode says, "ok"
		phoenix says, "we can re-do them and get back up to 4-5 and maybe make something"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read page" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the vellum page or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read torn page" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/295
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TORN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Five"
		phoenix says, "so that should get gold *smudge*"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          5/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/297
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/298
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/299
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/300
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me just peel the glue off....got it! The guard stirs a bit, but
Floyd | goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/301
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a giant, bushy, overgrown moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/302
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a long moustache that would hang past the chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a handlebar moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/304
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/305
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/306
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give moustache to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MOUSTACHE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you trying to destroy my moustache now? Well, I've always wanted
Floyd | to grow a better moustache, really..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, oh, he's taking it...he's putting it on...yes! Moustache go! Aw,
Floyd | man, don't pat me on the head. I'm not a dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarf" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give scarf to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/309
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SCARF TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'm still annoyed you took my hat. But...I am kind of cold.
Floyd | Thank you, little magpie."
Floyd |
Floyd | Magpie? I'm a raven! A raven! Stupid humans with their not
Floyd | knowing anything and their not speaking the language and their failing
Floyd | to look like proper bank robbers unless I do a bunch of stupid work...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/310
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not done yet. Stupid humans with their stupid lack of feathers and
Floyd | stupid weird beaks and stupid clothes. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a human.
Floyd | I'm going to not fly all day, then sleep horizontally on the floor. I
Floyd | like to set perfectly good rotting meat on fire, then eat it with a
Floyd | delicate little fork so I don't get delicious grease on my weird,
Floyd | fleshy hands and oh-so-precious opposable thumbs." Bah.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, now I'm done. Let's go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get poster" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/311
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/312
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/313
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Done!
Floyd |
Floyd | A mob of guardsmen charge out of the Watchtower towards the bank. I
Floyd | think I'll follow them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three guards come rushing into the bank. "Stop right there, Two-Handed
Floyd | Bart!" shouts the tallest guard. "You're under arrest!" shouts the
Floyd | middle guard. "Wait! I don't think that's Two-Handed Bart!" cries the
Floyd | shortest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But he's got the moustache and the scarf and the no hat. He looks
Floyd | just like him!" says the tallest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't he the same guy we didn't arrest last time?" says the short
Floyd | guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so. He looks exactly like Two-Handed Bart," says the
Floyd | middle guard. "Maybe you were just mistaken before."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I ... guess ..." says the short guard. "He does look just
Floyd | like the poster....Well, take him in. Good job, guys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The three guards drag the man out of the bank, while he wails
Floyd | incoherently about just being here for a loan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Heh heh heh. Time to go collect our reward money!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "that was the bankrobber sequence"
		jenrexrode says, "i see"
		phoenix says, "and the scavneger hunt and insurance you saw"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/314
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/315
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  5/316
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give poster to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  8/317
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POSTER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" I brandish the poster and perch on the guard's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, uh, bird. Huh, Two-Handed Bart. You know, we just captured
Floyd | him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" Yes, I was there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's supposed to be a criminal mastermind, but he was just standing
Floyd | around idly in the middle of the bank."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awk awwwwk."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wonder who pulled the alarm," muses the guard. "The teller insists
Floyd | she didn't do it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw caw!" I hate you. I hate you I hate you I hate you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll get a bonus for being the guard shift that caught him. I guess
Floyd | nobody gets that five-thousand florin reward."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe I can kill this guy and cash in his body with Mel. "Awk.
Floyd | Awk. Awk awk cawk awwwk awwk caww awk." Complicated pantomime
Floyd | ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is incredulous. "You? You're a bird."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awwwk quork awww." Yes, I am a bird waving a poster at you
Floyd | and miming pulling an alarm cord. Maybe I know what I am talking
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is still incredulous. "Enh, we get our bonus anyway. Here's
Floyd | a credit slip." Finally, you people.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 3 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                8/318
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                8/319
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    8/320
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        8/321
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put faery on hay" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        8/322
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FAERY ON HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the faery coin on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on faery" 		

Floyd ]  Barn                                                        8/323
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON FAERY
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | I think the hay is on fire. Yep, it's kind of smoking. Oooh, I see
Floyd | flame!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    8/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oooh, I can see flames shooting out of the barn! There's a huge cloud
Floyd | of smoke going up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 8/325
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   8/326
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll just fly, if you don't mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read red paper" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   8/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ RED PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, my dearest love. I am away on sudden business and could
Floyd | not meet you here in our usual place. I have prepared a game for you
Floyd | in my absence. I promise you it will be worth following through to the
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your next clue will be at the left elbow of Blue Fever's brother."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 8/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    8/329
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                8/330
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x left elbow" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                8/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ELBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's left elbow is made of stone and not any more interesting
Floyd | than any other part. Oh, except for the piece of violet paper stuck to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read violet paper" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                8/332
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ VIOLET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you know, I've been trying to expand the business lately. I've had
Floyd | to fill out so many forms. I think my favorite was the X1-FSB: Small
Floyd | Business Loan To Be Repaid Within Thirty Days. I think you should look
Floyd | at one, too. They're quite entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       8/333
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  8/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search forms" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  8/335
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the business loans are in this box....Yep, there's a green note
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read green" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  8/336
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all of this travelling has made me hungry! You should follow me
Floyd | and look under the pan containing my favorite lunchtime meat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 8/337
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show insurance to teller" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 12/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW INSURANCE TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm, yes, this is one of our policies. If anything unfortunate
Floyd | should..." She trails off as she notices a rising plume of smoke in
Floyd | the distance. "I see. Well, then. I suppose this is yours." She takes
Floyd | the parchment from me and hands me a check.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 4 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  12/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of green paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       12/340
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          12/341
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look under pork" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          12/342
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PORK
Floyd |
Floyd | And now there's a yellow note. Boss, if the payoff of this is that we
Floyd | end up back at the tree and find a guy holding a bunch of roses, I'm
Floyd | going to be really cheesed off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          12/343
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember our first date? We sat out under the stars, throwing
Floyd | toy bugs at the fence and laughing as they exploded. You'll find what
Floyd | you seek back where I bought the bugs, inside a cedar box."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  12/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have two
Floyd | ingredients' worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search trinkets" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  12/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRINKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's interesting. There's only one cedar box in the pile, and it's
Floyd | deliberately hidden in the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cedar" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  12/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CEDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let's see what we--- whoa. That's a diamond ring here! The
Floyd | inside of the lid reads, "Will You Marry Me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get ring" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  17/347
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, mystery man, I hope she loves you more than she loves jewelry.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 5 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show ring to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  18/348
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW RING TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, W.D., I think I'm a little too old to marry you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very funny. Is it real? Is it worth something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel reaches under the counter and throws some sort of powder on the
Floyd | ring. "Yes. Definitely." He frowns. "W.D., I am going to ask you a
Floyd | question, and I want you to answer honestly. I will know if you are
Floyd | lying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. "Okay, Mel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you rob a jewelry store?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, I can 100% say I did not rob a jewelry store."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and
Floyd | carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth
Floyd | another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  18/349
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   an insurance check
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  19/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel looks it over. "Hm, made out to cash, even. All right." Mel takes
Floyd | out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes a note in
Floyd | it. "All right, that's certainly worth another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel closes his account book. "Well, W.D., I think you might have
Floyd | enough to make one of the simpler Midas potions I'm familiar with.
Floyd | I'll open the door to the alchemy laboratory." Mel makes a smooth but
Floyd | arcane gesture. In a seemingly empty space on the shop floor, a
Floyd | trapdoor abruptly pops into existence.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, so that was what a Perfectly Foolproof Illusion is
Floyd | supposed to look like."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel says nothing as he crosses over to the trapdoor and opens it for
Floyd | me. "There. You'll be able to use the equiment in the laboratory to
Floyd | brew a potion."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, Mel, thank you so much. I'll definitely bring the boss here to
Floyd | buy you lunch, or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel nods. "I know you are in a hurry, W.D,. but you may want to look
Floyd | around a little more. I'm not entirely certain you have the right
Floyd | ingredients to make something useful."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Well, I'll check the lab out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm"
		phoenix says, "so he's saying we can make something now"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show chit to mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHIT TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "You captured Two-handed Bart?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Single-winged."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He showed up in the bank, so I pulled the alarm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that's something. I suppose I'll cash this in before I mention
Floyd | knowing that Two-Handed Bart is always in Caberry this time of year."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, yeah, you do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes
Floyd | a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/351
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 20 out of a possible 40 in 351 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off, Or Possibly Just
Floyd | Mildly Hanged or Drawn and Quartered a Bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      1 for obtaining the rare coin
Floyd |      2 for obtaining the counterfeit banknote
Floyd | 3 for obtaining the reward money for turning in Two-Handed Bart
Floyd | (more or less)
Floyd |      4 for obtaining the insurance check
Floyd |      5 for obtaining someone's diamond ring
Floyd |      5 for buying five ingredients from Mel
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "cool"
		phoenix says, "so we can make A potion i guess"
		jenrexrode exclaims, "yup!"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Laboratory
Floyd | This is Mel's spooooky secret laboratory. I say "spooky" because it's
Floyd | lit bit a series of multicolored, floating orbs. Apart from the
Floyd | glowing elf balls, though, it's a relatively normal stone cellar. I
Floyd | can go up if you want to return to the shop proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big pot on the floor and a sign on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | Save your notes! You do not like remaking potions from scratch.
Floyd | --Mel
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x balls" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Glowing balls in red and green and purple. They drift lazily around
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read torn" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TORN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have five
Floyd | ingredients' worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "buy unicorn fur" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY UNICORN FUR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, W.D. Be careful. That's the only one I have in stock." Mel
Floyd | hands me the unicorn fur and makes a note in his ledger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "buy sapphire whiskey" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY SAPPHIRE WHISKEY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here you go, W.D. Good luck." Mel hands me the sapphire whiskey and
Floyd | makes a note in his ledger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "buy ivory" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY IVORY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, W.D. Be careful. That's the only one I have in stock." Mel
Floyd | hands me the ivory runestone and makes a note in his ledger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "buy starmetal" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY STARMETAL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, W.D. Be careful. That's the only one I have in stock." Mel
Floyd | hands me the refined starmetal and makes a note in his ledger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "buy ash" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY ASH
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right, W.D., here you go." Mel hands me the wizard ash and makes
Floyd | a note in his ledger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Laboratory
Floyd | This is Mel's spooooooky secret laboratory. I say "spooky" because
Floyd | it's lit bit a series of multicolored, floating orbs. Apart from the
Floyd | glowing elf balls, though, it's a relatively normal stone cellar. I
Floyd | can go up if you want to return to the shop proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big pot on the floor and a sign on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put unicorn in pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT UNICORN IN POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The unicorn fur disappears under the surface of the liquid in the pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sigil on the side of the pot begins glowing with a soft blue
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put sapphire in pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SAPPHIRE IN POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The sapphire whiskey disappears under the surface of the liquid in the
Floyd | pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put ivory in pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IVORY IN POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ivory runestone disappears under the surface of the liquid in the
Floyd | pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put starmetal in pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STARMETAL IN POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The refined starmetal disappears under the surface of the liquid in
Floyd | the pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put ash in pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ASH IN POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The wizard ash disappears under the surface of the liquid in the pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sure it's technically an "alchemical cauldron apparatus," but I
Floyd | will be referring to it as a "pot." The pot is filled with some kind
Floyd | of thick liquid, and there's a sigil embossed on its side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x sigil" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's some sort of intricate design. It means nothing to me, and it's
Floyd | way too complicated for me to describe to you. It looks impressively
Floyd | mystical and eldritch, though, and it's glowing faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press sigil" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           23/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS SIGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as I touch the sigil, all the glowing orbs stop moving. Uh oh.
Floyd | Has time frozen? No, I can still move. Now the orbs are growing
Floyd | smaller, and--- whoa! The orbs streak towards the pot and collide with
Floyd | the surface of the liquid with a giant poof of smoke!
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I'm somehow holding a vial. Wow. that was crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | We've done it, boss! Now all I need to do is get this back to you, so
Floyd | that you can restock the treasury and, more importantly, get out of my
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 3 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           23/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   an iridescent potion
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yay"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x potion" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           23/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeaugh! I'm sure there's a potion in there, but all I get is some
Floyd | shifting colors and an overwhelming smell of blue cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           23/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           23/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  23/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          23/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       23/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 23/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Treasure House                                              23/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | All right. Nearly back at the room with your body. Now you can get out
Floyd | of my head and take this potion, and I can have a nice meal with my
Floyd | girlfriend. Here you g---
Floyd |
Floyd | No. No no nononnononononono! You're not here. Your body isn't here.
Floyd | Also the door is open. The treasurer must have found the king. We've
Floyd | got to get to the treasury--- oh man--- I hope they haven't killed you
Floyd | yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | flapflapflapflapflapflapflapflapflap
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, okay, it's not over yet. I can see you. You're not dead. The
Floyd | king and the treasurer and some guards and some you are all here.
Floyd | Okay, okay. We can still work this out. We just have to get up to the
Floyd | treasury before they do.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Treasure House
Floyd | We're at the bottom of the elevator leading up the tower to the vault.
Floyd | The lift itself is a giant stone disk operated by a magic key.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see your comatose body, a treasurer, some guards, and a king
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The treasurer fumbles with his key ring and holds up a bright blue
Floyd | key. "Alakazam!" he incants. Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd ]  Treasure House                                              23/379
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh right, we don't need an elevator"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of Tower                                                23/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Tower
Floyd | This is the top of the treasure house tower. Notable features include
Floyd | the vault, to the north, and the bottom of the tower, to the, um,
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vault
Floyd | This room is supposed to be filled with treasure. Failing that, it's
Floyd | supposed to be filled with the illusion of treasure. But it's broken.
Floyd | If I tilt my head one way, the illusion's still there: a giant pile of
Floyd | gold and jewelry. If I tilt my head the other way, all I see is a pile
Floyd | of logs. It's making me dizzy. The exit from the vault is to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of logs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "hehe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put potion on treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT POTION ON TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think this will do anything, but okay. Done. Now the pile of
Floyd | treasure is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Vault
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "hm"
		phoenix says, "I cant remember the instructions to use the thing"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drink potion" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | Absolutely not. Besides, it wouldn't work; I'm not an inanimate
Floyd | object, your treatment of me notwithstanding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put potion on logs" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT POTION ON LOGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Here goes. I fly out of hiding and splash the potion around the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room explodes. This is not quite what I expected. There's a crazy
Floyd | shower of birds everywhere. The pile of logs has become a swarm
Floyd | of...of goldfinches. Oops.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm trying to get back in my hiding place, but there's too much chaos.
Floyd | The birds are going wild. They're all screaming at each other to get
Floyd | out of each other's way. The humans are throwing their hands up to
Floyd | protect their heads from the aerial assault. The guards drop you on
Floyd | the floor. I've got to try to get out of here before I--- oh, thank
Floyd | the meat gods, are you finally going back into your own head? Good
Floyd | luck, boss; good time to try running.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press any key to continue.]

		phoenix says, "oh dear"
		jenrexrode says, "haha goldFINCHES"
		phoenix says, "lol was not expecting that"
phoenix pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       25/383
Floyd |
Floyd | I swear it happened exactly like that, babe. Goldfinches everywhere.
Floyd | Would I make something like that up? Well, then why do you think there
Floyd | are so many more birds around here lately?
Floyd |
Floyd | The king and the treasurer? Well, they probably got pooped on a lot.
Floyd | You know how it is. The boss and I got out of the room as soon as
Floyd | possible. He ran off to a closet where he had some Anywhere-But-Here
Floyd | Dust stashed, and he poofed away. I have no idea where he went; I hope
Floyd | it was to some kingdom with with dumber treasurers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway, as far as I know, he's gone for good. That means I'm yours for
Floyd | the foreseeable future, love. Want to go get some food? I've worked up
Floyd | a heck of an appetite saving the boss and all. Let's eat somewhere
Floyd | quiet; I'm going to go crazy if I hear one more finch asking where to
Floyd | get the good seeds.
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You live to swindle some other kingdom. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 25 out of a possible 40 in 383 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Not Gotten Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "?!/"
		jenrexrode says, "whoops 15 points"
		inky asks, "all that for 25/40?"
		phoenix says, "I think"
		inky says, "I guess maybe there's another scam you can pull to buy more ingredients and create more treasure"
		phoenix says, "there must be 2 more puzzles yeah"
		phoenix says, "that must be the stock market"
		phoenix says, "and probably whatever's in that box"
		phoenix says, "well, if anyone wants to take the lead on that"
		inky says, "this has gone pretty late already"
		inky says, "should probably save it for next week if anyone wants to work more on it"
		phoenix says, "yeah just a bit :)"
		phoenix says, "The save before the potion sequence is CF11"
		inky says, "great, nice work"
		phoenix says, "nice game this"
		phoenix exclaims, "can't believe we had to search the guard for his keys cause he couldn't find them on his belt though!"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "worst police ever"
		Jacqueline asks, "Ah, so you're wanting to pick this back up next week?"
		phoenix says, "Up to whoever's on I guess."
		phoenix says, "it took us forever to get through 5 out of what we think is 7 puzzles"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read torn page" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       25/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TORN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oops"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Vault
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "If people want to finish it at least the number of possible items is smaller"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read torn page" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TORN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "so need one more at least"
		phoenix says, "yeah we got to 5 ingredients - and that produced goldfinches :D"
		phoenix says, "the last recipe has 7"
		jenrexrode asks, "so we transmute a person?"
		phoenix says, "our boss? the treasurer? the king? the entire town? who knows"
		jenrexrode says, "cuz for logs, we'd probably only need 1 more"
		phoenix says, "true, but 7 fits with the scoring system. each of those puzzles scored 1-5 points"
		phoenix says, "so 6 + 7 + 2 for trading in at Mel's"
		phoenix says, "would be the missing 15"
		jenrexrode says, ";ah"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "fullscore" 		

Floyd ]  Vault                                                       23/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 23 out of a possible 40 in 383 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Possibly Not Going to be Violently Executed, Which
Floyd | Would Be a Bit of a Disappointment for Me.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      1 for obtaining the rare coin
Floyd |      2 for obtaining the counterfeit banknote
Floyd | 3 for obtaining the reward money for turning in Two-Handed Bart
Floyd | (more or less)
Floyd |      4 for obtaining the insurance check
Floyd |      5 for obtaining someone's diamond ring
Floyd |      5 for buying five ingredients from Mel
Floyd |      3 for making a potion to save your miserable hide
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "in fact, it looks like it gives you points no matter which you do first since the diamond ring is very easy and the banknote is erm... hard"
		phoenix says, "very hard"
		jenrexrode asks, "what was the pre-potion purchase save?"
		phoenix says, "cf11"
		jenrexrode asks, "what this game?"
		jenrexrode says, "+'s"
		phoenix asks, "?"
		jenrexrode asks, "the name?"
		phoenix says, "speculative fiction"
Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
phoenix goes home. 		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		jenrexrode asks, "now that I've had dinner, should I poke around?"
		jenrexrode asks, "or do we need to do something to shut it down?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/351
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               20/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alchemy Bench
Floyd | This is the back corner of the magic shop, where Mel actually puts
Floyd | magical things together. He's got a giant oak workbench. Unlike your
Floyd | workbench, though, it's perfectly clean and shows no signs of ever
Floyd | having caught on fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front counter's back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a workbench and a shelf (on top of which are two bottles of
Floyd | blue dye) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search workbench" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               20/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WORKBENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The bench doesn't have any drawers; it's just a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "look under workbench" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               20/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER WORKBENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "look under shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               20/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have five
Floyd | ingredients' worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search trinkets" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRINKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "look under beef" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x stall" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats is exactly what it says on the tin. It's a tent
Floyd | with a couple of tables and the delicious smell of hot, hot meat
Floyd | products. You can get the "Excitement Mix", which contains the random
Floyd | meat mix of the day, or you can pay twice as much to guarantee that
Floyd | you're eating pork or beef or some other animal you humans are picky
Floyd | about. (I suspect you get the Excitement Mix no matter what you pay
Floyd | for.) As usual, Sandie's here running the stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some meats pans inside the stall, as well as a piece of
Floyd | yellow paper and some salt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tall, skinny old man. He's wearing a suit that's definitely my
Floyd | style; it's got at least twenty buttons, and at least ten of them are
Floyd | superfluous. It's a suit that says, "I would be in at least five
Floyd | different colors if I weren't made of stone." I already hate this guy
Floyd | less than I hate most humans. The stone itself is polished red
Floyd | granite, which implies to me that the statue is a few hundred years
Floyd | old; granite fell out of favor after the Neo-Blockade movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and there's also a plaque beneath the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x buttons" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vase and a chalk circle (which contains a dog-eared
Floyd | pamphlet, a metal device, and a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search scarecrow" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SCARECROW
Floyd |
Floyd | On the scarecrow are some overalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is apparently some sort of counterfeiting machine. It's a metal
Floyd | box with red, blue, and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot
Floyd | beneath them. There's a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "press red" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS RED
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, but nothing else happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that can't be corrected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an Eastern Spotted Shortfin. They're fairly plentiful in the
Floyd | bay. I find their meat a little spongy for my taste, but any fish is a
Floyd | a good fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x spell book" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPELL BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a book entitled "Transmutation Potions."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open book" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a bunch of recipes we don't care about, unless you think
Floyd | turning your nose green is more important than saving your life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vase and a chalk circle (which contains a dog-eared
Floyd | pamphlet, a metal device, and a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       20/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got no eyeballs. Man, that's the best part of the human. His
Floyd | clothes are old but mostly in one piece. He's holding out a cup for
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Error: description_text not found ***
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "show fish to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW FISH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about fish" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 20/384
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               20/385
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               20/386
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 20/387
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get in tree" 		

Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   20/388
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 20/389
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/390
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/391
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/392
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/393
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a round, wooden table. Six or seven people could fit around it.
Floyd | It's solid looking, but rough; it's functional rather than pretty. It
Floyd | has food stains that are several years old, giving it a pleasant aroma
Floyd | of meals past. Unfortunately, there's no actual food on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/396
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/397
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/398
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | lever: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | basket: It's too bulky for me to carry around, and it's too large to
Floyd | put into my bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search basket" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/399
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The basket is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/400
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pantry is lined with shelves. There are various baking supplies
Floyd | and a few piles of vegetables.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a pile of potatoes and a pile of carrots. There are also a few
Floyd | radishes that look like they're about to go off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/402
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take radish" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/403
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RADISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x jar" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/404
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | There are spices and various baking supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take jar" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open jar" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/406
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/407
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      20/410
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/411
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search table" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     20/413
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/414
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/415
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | The corn won't be ripe for months. I wish we still had some of that
Floyd | Numinous Plant Enhancer left. Man, that was a great invention. It
Floyd | turned plants into rotting meat! I don't understand why nobody wanted
Floyd | to buy it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/416
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | The corn is barely taller than I am; it's not ready to eat yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "use tool on corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/416
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TOOL ON CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "use farming tools" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FARMING TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/418
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm a creature of the sky, boss. The earth is beneath me. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search corn" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/419
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/420
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/421
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/422
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take pages" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/423
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-built but solid storage cabinet with "EVIDENCE" painted on
Floyd | the door. It's in bad shape; the wood is splintering in several
Floyd | places, and there's even a sizeable crack on top. It's padlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "bite cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/425
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put tool in cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/426
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TOOL IN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The farming tools are too large to fit inside the evidence box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put tool in crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/427
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TOOL IN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are too large to fit into the crack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "hit lock with tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/427
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT LOCK WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to hit the padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "hit lock" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, I can probably break it, boss! ...Hrm, no. Even with the rust,
Floyd | it's still a little too solid for me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "break lock with tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK LOCK WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pick lock with tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK LOCK WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pick lock" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "use tool on lock" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TOOL ON LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/429
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large crack on the top of the evidence box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/430
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pry crack" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/430
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRY CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pry the large crack with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/431
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | They don't seem to be something I can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pry crack with tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/432
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRY CRACK WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | They don't seem to be something I can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pry lock with tool" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/433
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRY LOCK WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Those don't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    20/434
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search cot" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    20/435
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COT
Floyd |
Floyd | On the cots is a coarse blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    20/436
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW goes home. 		
DavidW has disconnected. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  20/437
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/438
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/439
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/440
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/441
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       20/442
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/441
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/442
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have five
Floyd | ingredients' worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/443
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Laboratory
Floyd | This is Mel's spooooky secret laboratory. I say "spooky" because it's
Floyd | lit bit a series of multicolored, floating orbs. Apart from the
Floyd | glowing elf balls, though, it's a relatively normal stone cellar. I
Floyd | can go up if you want to return to the shop proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big pot on the floor and a sign on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/444
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH POT
Floyd |
Floyd | The pot is full of syrup or some other thick liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "look under pot" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Laboratory                                           20/445
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER POT
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/446
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x cockroaches" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/447
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're amazingly realistic, except for the exploding part.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take cockroaches" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/448
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | As you well know, those little guys are extremely unstable.
Floyd | Also, Mel's Magic Shop is you-break-it-you-buy-it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/449
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x mel's" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/450
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MEL'S
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's shop is an impeccably (i.e., magically) clean brick building. It
Floyd | contains all sorts of mystical wonders, most notably Mel himself,
Floyd | who's a friend of ours and probably the only person who can save you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/451
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a cedar box (which is open), a red balloon, and a pile
Floyd | of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x mel" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/452
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You know Mel! He runs the magic shop. He finds you charming, because
Floyd | you're like a kid to him, what with him being an actual super-duper
Floyd | wizard and you being sort of a tinkerer who can do a few spells here
Floyd | and there. Don't think that frowny face at me! It's not an insult!
Floyd | It's a fact. Mel likes the tinkering, anyway. He buys more of your
Floyd | inventions than anybody else. I think he's still got some of the
Floyd | Exploding Cockroaches on the tricks shelf. He likes it when kids try
Floyd | to shoplift them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway, in case you've somehow forgotten, Mel always looks happy. He's
Floyd | got enough magic power to do whatever he wants, but what he wants is
Floyd | to quietly retire in this little shop. He dresses all in green, and I
Floyd | think he conjures up his clothes himself. He wears glasses that can
Floyd | see into your soul. (Or maybe he just thinks they look cool.) He's
Floyd | also the only person in town besides us who isn't too stupid to speak
Floyd | Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/453
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about pepper" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/454
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "How do you feel about pepper, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pepper is one of the fundamental spices."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/455
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Mel, I met a hedgehog. I don't suppose they're useful potion
Floyd | ingredients, are they?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am not aware of any potions that use hedgehogs."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drat. Uh, what else do you know about them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, they have a reputation for being very inquisitive. As you know
Floyd | if you've seen one, they're covered in spines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "hm, maybe we should have gotten a spine from the hedgehog"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about baloons" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/456
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT BALOONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pardon? I didn't follow that," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about stock" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT STOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid I don't understand," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about tools" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/458
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pardon? I didn't follow that," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about dye" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/459
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about blue dye" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/460
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT BLUE DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pardon? I didn't follow that," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "maybe if we blow pepper up his nose"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about spines" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/461
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SPINES
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/462
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about fish" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/463
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel shakes his head. "Sorry, I didn't catch that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask mel about wand" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/464
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know anything about magic wands, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much. They're really only used by less experienced or talented
Floyd | wizards. Most people outgrow them quickly. I think the usual way to
Floyd | activate one is by waving it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/465
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Poof! A glittering coin materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/466
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/467
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/469
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/470
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/471
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You should have thought of that before you had me burn the barn down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last coin first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/474
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/475
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/478
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a faery coin, a cedar box (which is open), a red
Floyd | balloon, and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have five
Floyd | ingredients' worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/478
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/479
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/480
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get salt" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/481
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/482
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast. Now there's also a trapdoor leading
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a faery coin, a cedar box (which is open), a red
Floyd | balloon, and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  20/483
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/484
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/485
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/486
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/487
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "wave wans" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/487
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WANS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/488
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Poof! A glittering coin materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/488
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/489
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/490
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    20/491
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/492
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a piece of violet paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                20/493
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/494
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/495
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get salt" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/496
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "drop coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/497
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          20/498
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       20/499
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/501
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a strongbox full of stock certificates.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search coffer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/502
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of all sorts of stock certificates for all kinds of animals.
Floyd | I can try looking for something specific, if you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Allied Rat Company," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/503
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "say 16" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/503
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY 16
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "say 16 to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/504
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY 16 TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/505
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Poof! A glittering coin materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Allied Chicken Associates," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "show coin to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/506
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the faery coin)
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put coin on block" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/507
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer dashes over to the auction block and angrily shoos me
Floyd | away. "No! Go away! Bad raven! This is for paying customers only."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask horse about glue" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/508
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HORSE ABOUT GLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I hear the Farmer! Ohdearohdearohdear..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of New Eel Securities?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/509
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/510
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/511
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen is simply an enclosure, presumably built hastily for this
Floyd | auction; there isn't a gate or other opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Future Tiger Leverage?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/512
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are more kinds of animals here than I can count. There must be,
Floyd | like, ten different kinds. They're currently alive, which is not the
Floyd | most delicious state for an animal, but I can dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x cow" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/513
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COW
Floyd |
Floyd | There are more kinds of animals here than I can count. There must be,
Floyd | like, ten different kinds. They're currently alive, which is not the
Floyd | most delicious state for an animal, but I can dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "break pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/514
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but that's beyond my strength. Get a cow familiar if you
Floyd | want to go on a vicarious rampage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Contemporary Mockingbird
Floyd | Group?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode asks, "cows about farmer" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/515
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I hear the Farmer! Ohdearohdearohdear..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about stampede" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/516
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT STAMPEDE
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey there, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ack! Did you hear that? They're coming to eat us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about meat" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/517
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey there, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww, it's terrible here. Let's run around! I hate being cooped up."
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Focused Gopher Corporation," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about barn" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/518
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT BARN
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ack! Did you hear that? They're coming to eat us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about eating" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/519
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT EATING
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I hear the Farmer! Ohdearohdearohdear..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scare cows" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/519
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARE COWS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/520
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Excuse me, do you---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a good cow! I make lots of milk! Please don't call the Farmer."
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Global Horse Limited," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask cows about milk" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/521
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK COWS ABOUT MILK
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Excuse me, do you---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I hear the Farmer! Ohdearohdearohdear..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "hmmm, nice idea"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask horse about farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/522
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HORSE ABOUT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the animals about that)
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey there, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a good cow! I make lots of milk! Please don't call the Farmer."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ask animals about farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/523
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANIMALS ABOUT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey there, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ack! Did you hear that? They're coming to eat us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Consolidated Bumblebee
Floyd | Leverage?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take animals" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/524
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ANIMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see how, and I would probably just get shooed away again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixteen florins? Do I hear sixteen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "give coin to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/525
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "I never actually paid too close attention today. I wasn't sure if people even did the parts I remember from the IntroComp last year."
		jenrexrode says, "the hedgehod has gone missing, though"
		jenrexrode says, "hog"
		Jacqueline asks, "Still playing?"
		jenrexrode says, "kinda looking for holes that 2 more puzzles could be in"
		jenrexrode says, "i don't remember succeeding at the stock market or with the hedgehog"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "throw pepper at animals" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/526
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW PEPPER AT ANIMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not a great thrower, with the lack of arms and all. Hey, remember
Floyd | the Automated Fruitapult, "for all your tomato-tossing needs"? That
Floyd | one definitely should have made us rich. Shame it didn't work.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Effective Cardinal
Floyd | Interests?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "blow pepper at animals" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/526
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW PEPPER AT ANIMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to blow the pepper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "blow pepper" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/527
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Haahhhh haahhh. I hear this works better with lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		jenrexrode says, "hm"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put pepper on animals" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/528
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PEPPER ON ANIMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think putting things on the animals would accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "enter pen" 		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/529
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Contemporary Cormorant Acquisitions," he
Floyd | announces. "We'll start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one
Floyd | florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "push pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/530
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pull pen" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/531
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pay auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/531
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAY AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pay the auctioneer for?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pay auctioneer for stock" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/531
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAY AUCTIONEER FOR STOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "pay auctioneer for certificate" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/532
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAY AUCTIONEER FOR CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Those aren't up for auction yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Royal Worm Interests," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "raise wing" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/532
Floyd |
Floyd | > RAISE WING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "flap wings" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/532
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLAP WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/533
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoooosh! That was fun, boss, but we should get back to
Floyd | saving your miserable hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "show coin to auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/534
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/535
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Global Mullet Interests," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/536
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of your majick faery coins. They were incredibly useful
Floyd | for a while, but then some wiseacre figured out that they explode if
Floyd | you put salt on them. Now everyone in town knows they're not real
Floyd | gold. The coins are useless as currency, at least until we find a new
Floyd | idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "drop coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/537
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put pepper on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/538
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PEPPER ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think putting things on the faery coin would accomplish
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Aggregate Cat Company?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/539
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/540
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the cows shifts around uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "seach auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/540
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEACH AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search auctioneer" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/541
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Personal Tiger Worldwide," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search animals" 		

Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                20/542
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH ANIMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zaphod disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		jenrexrode says, "ok, I think I'm done. Do I need to do anything? I don't want to save what I did."
		Jacqueline says, "If you think your save has no value, that's fine, just walk away."
		Jacqueline says, "But if you think it's at all useful you can save it with the autosaver, which won't overwrite anything."
		jenrexrode says, "nah, nothing to save"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
IF Whispers 5 by The IF Whispers Team
As played on ifMUD on July 15, 2012 July 15, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of IF Whispers 5 written by The IF Whispers Team. This was a collaborative project done by five authors (Chris Conley, Joey Jones, Marius Müller, Tom Blawgus and Porpentine). Each section besides the first was written by an author who saw only the immediately preceding part. However, authorship continued around in a cycle, giving each person a chance to write a second time, using their prior knowledge of what they and the preceding author wrote in an attempt to make the final product more cohesive as a whole. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		
		Jacqueline says, "IF Whispers 5 it is, clear winner."
		Jacqueline says, "One moment"
		Jacqueline says, "I shall upload it."
		DavidW says, "woot"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ifwhispers5" 		
TheXenographer arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		

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Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been travelling for weeks. Your supplies are running low. You
Floyd | had nearly lost all hope -- and then you found the first sign of
Floyd | humanity you've seen in days.
Floyd |
Floyd | IF Whispers 5
Floyd | An Interactive Collaboration by The IF Whispers Team
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120310 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Type "about" for more information on this project.
Floyd |
Floyd | White Out
Floyd | Your tracks lead through the snow back into the distance. Everywhere
Floyd | else is blank and undefined; the sky and the ground are one solid,
Floyd | flat plane ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something silver is sticking out of the snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hi, TheX"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "about" 		

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Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | IF Whispers 5 is a collaborative "Chinese Whispers" / "Telephone"
Floyd | style work of interactive fiction. Each section besides the first was
Floyd | written by an author who saw only the immediately preceding part.
Floyd | However, authorship continued around in a cycle, giving each person a
Floyd | chance to write a second time, using their prior knowledge of what
Floyd | they and the preceding author wrote to hopefully make the final
Floyd | product more cohesive as a whole.
Floyd |
Floyd | To see the author and subtitle of the current section, type "author".
Floyd | You can find the website for this project at
Floyd | [LINK] if you'd like to view the
Floyd | source code or find more information about the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Have fun. I'll drop in now and then, but I'm going to use this time to eat breakfast, then try to get back on ClubFloyd housekeeping."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x silver" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SILVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange thin silver device, smaller than the palm of your hand.
Floyd | There is a small depression on one end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Something inside rattles as you pick up the strange device.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange thin silver device, smaller than the palm of your hand.
Floyd | There is a small depression on one end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in depression" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN DEPRESSION
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake it" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the depression)
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the strange device.
Floyd | You need to be holding the depression first.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't holding that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shake device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you start to move the device around, a red light on one end starts
Floyd | to flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a bit of experimentation, you find that the device blinks fastest
Floyd | when it's pointed towards the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put finger in depression" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FINGER IN DEPRESSION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "point device west" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > POINT DEVICE WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push depression" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEPRESSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "west" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the strange device out in front of you, you trudge ahead for a
Floyd | few minutes, until the rate of blinking slows down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Johnny says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 1, "Southern Exposure", was written by Chris Conley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the strange device out in front of you, you trudge ahead for a
Floyd | few minutes, until the rate of blinking slows down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the strange device out in front of you, you trudge ahead for a
Floyd | few minutes, until the rate of blinking slows down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The device begins vibrating in your hand, as you nearly trip over
Floyd | something buried in the snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  White Out                                             score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "snow" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have anything extremely well-suited to digging, but the snow
Floyd | is fortunately dry and lightly packed. Using a bowl from your
Floyd | supplies, progress is fairly quick. Within half an hour, you are...
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the Antarctic Research Center
Floyd | The only real landmark of any note here is the research center. At
Floyd | last, you have found the site you were searching for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "so what was buried in the snow?"
		DavidW says, "The center, i think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   an arctic gear (being worn)
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "The device."
		Johnny asks, "Buried in the snow at the beginning or what we done dug out?"
		phoenix says, "hmm, no David is right, I think"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x center" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 0
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Barely anything more than a metal shack with a solid door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the research center shack)
Floyd | After some effort, the door to the research center pops open. You are
Floyd | greeted by a blast of stale-but surprisingly not cold-air. Stairs lead
Floyd | downward, and you descend...
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | Your steady search for the research center has not been in vain! The
Floyd | airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and ceiling.
Floyd | The fresh snow that blew in with you melts slowly on the stairs that
Floyd | lead up to the outer door that gapes open above. To the north is the
Floyd | inner door that presumably leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "The device was the shiny at the beginning, the research building is what you unea... unsnow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close outer door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE OUTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | With a satisfying slam, you shut the outer door and a stale warmth
Floyd | fills the airlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the whistling of the outside wind is no longer a distraction, you
Floyd | take a greater stock of your surroundings and note with mounting
Floyd | unease a red smear on the floor leading towards the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "nice. We did something sensible and the game anticipated it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x smear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A dried red-brown smear leads in under the inner door. The sight
Floyd | brings back your fears about the research center's long radio silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Must be tomato ketchup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell smear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL SMEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean right in and inhale deeply. The smear has a sharp iron tang
Floyd | to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "taste smear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TASTE SMEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The smear has a sharp iron tang to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the giant backpack, revealing some survival supplies and a
Floyd | collapsible tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny asks, "Do tomatoes have a lot of iron?"
		DavidW says, "Blood does."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x inner door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INNER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The inner door is narrow, closed and it squats in the northernmost
Floyd | wall of the airlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it could be *contaminated* tomato ketchup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | MREs, granola bars, a small propane stove and a bowl for making soup
Floyd | with melted snow. Nothing glamorous, and there's almost nothing left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to DavidW), "x stove" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I see not many options except to open the inner door."
		borowski says, "Heh, sorry, the coffee is still brewing."
		TheXenographer says, "Yeah, let's go further in."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open inner door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN INNER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is quite fiddly and you won't be able to open it while
Floyd | wearing all these layers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "remove gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove your arctic gear, leaving you holding the sodden garments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The arctic gear lies in a damp creased pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The arctic gear drops with a resounding squelch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weary from the harsh trek through the snowy wastes, but you
Floyd | know you've certainly looked worse. You are currently decked out in a
Floyd | hooded jacket combo and a giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "hm, bug there, I assume."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open inner door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 1
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN INNER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the inner door and are greeted by a warm waft of stale air.
Floyd |
Floyd | A slow dripping alerts you to the fact that the snow on the stairs has
Floyd | now melted completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You step out of the airlock and into a dim, narrow corridor. As you
Floyd | pass the threshold, the strange device that you'd picked up from the
Floyd | snow beeps shrilly before going silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you start to move the device around, a red light on one end starts
Floyd | to flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x red light" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RED LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny hole on the top of one of the broad sides of the device,
Floyd | currently blinking red.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x trail" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail becomes more of a splatter as it moves continues west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close inner door" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE INNER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Follow the trail or go nw instead?"
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we've been in character so why not follow it for now"
		borowski says, "Yeah, save sounds like a good idea."
		DavidW says, "okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the supply room and grow pale.  You know the form
Floyd | sprawled on the floor, that twisted thing that once was Kira Argmanov.
Floyd | Steadying yourself on the doorframe for a second, trying to blink the
Floyd | tears away. You take a deep breath, breathing in the smell of her
Floyd | death, and stop. Your love, dead in Antarctica.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then something rumbles in the locker, and at the same time the strange
Floyd | device beeps once again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Room
Floyd | This room has been thoroughly and methodically searched. Boxes stand
Floyd | open, racks are emptied, balls of plastic wrapping lie on the floor.
Floyd | There is a single locker in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpse of the woman you love lies here, exposed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bear to look at her too long. Looks like someone or
Floyd | something attacked her from behind and cracked her open. You notice a
Floyd | birthmark on her shoulder you used to kiss a thousand miles from here,
Floyd | and somehow that's the worst. There's a bile taste in your mouth, and
Floyd | you can't look anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I can't bear to look, but I can still search."
		TheXenographer exclaims, "well, our dead girlfriend might have been carrying some sweet loot!"
		TheXenographer says, "we can't just let her corpse go unsearched."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kiss corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x locker" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a functional metal locker. It doesn't have a lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully open the locker, prepared for everything - then
Floyd | something jumps out at you! You screech and cover your face - warm,
Floyd | prickly fur on your face, hitting the ground as you stumble backwards.
Floyd | As you regain your senses, something small flees into the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "not much of a locker if it doesn't have a lock is it"
		DavidW asks, "oh, now, why did you people open the locker?"
		phoenix exclaims, "it was clearly suspicious!"
		DavidW says, "Clearly dangerous!"
		TheXenographer says, "oh, come on, it was probably just a cat or something"
		DavidW says, "There might be an armory elsewhere in here. I would've liked the option to be armed."
		borowski) DavidW says, "Now I'll never find my cat."
		phoenix says, "who says it's a cat? Maybe it's a rat"
		DavidW says, "I suppose the device is a warmth or life detector."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search locker" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | In the locker is a blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Sorry, I got distracted by offline people. What does the device do?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an olive emergency blanket, made of olive PET, meant to preserve
Floyd | heat in wounded personnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the blanket)
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Lies."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "How can we avenge our beloved without a cape?"
		phoenix says, "it led us here. Its now pointing us in a direction we can't go"
		borowski says, "heh"
		borowski says, "I wonder where 'outside' leads."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Same way east does, I assume."
		borowski says, "Ah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look outside" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And just 'cause the device points SW doesn't mean something can't be that way if we walk around the rest of the base."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Kira Argmanov)
Floyd | You'd get her blood on you, and ... things ... might slip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ",,ggg ew"
		TheXenographer says, "oh, she has a name"
		phoenix says, "i guess we shoudl check out the rest of the base then"
		DavidW says, "Let's give genericzombiegirl to the mutant rats first."
		DavidW says, "Before we sneeze to death, yes."
		DavidW says, "That cat or rat probably started an illness timer."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x racks" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Empty metal racks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But no, you guys had to open the locker first."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Where's your sense of adventure?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x plastic" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLASTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | These are just bits of plastic, utterly useless.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're starting to feel extremely warm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat plastic" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PLASTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the balls of plastic wrapping)
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "LOL"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blanket
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo (being worn)
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove your hooded jacket combo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | MREs, granola bars, a small propane stove and a bowl for making soup
Floyd | with melted snow. Nothing glamorous, and there's almost nothing left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blanket
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh, theres no more clothing layers to remove"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open tent" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you've reached the base, you no longer have any need for
Floyd | shelter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She stares at you warily with yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I'd rather not run around nude with a crazed cat on the loose."
		TheXenographer says, "ha, I told yo"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Youch! The cat is hot to the touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat sees you, and quickly runs off to the Supply Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "*you"
		DavidW says, "ah. So it was a cat. Probably still infected us."
		phoenix says, "bloody cats"
		phoenix asks, "wait, why is the cat hot?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Can't trust them. Being all cute and stuff."
		genericgeekgirl bats her eyelashes.
		DavidW says, "nw please"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch locker" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the moldy block of cheese)
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Bah."
		phoenix says, "we don't like touching anything do we"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "I can't even look at it?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, ">POKE CHEESE WITH STICK"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open refrigerator" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REFRIGERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the refrigerator, revealing some meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tickle in the back of your throat becomes a cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take meat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat meat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | One smell of that meat is enough to keep you from putting it in your
Floyd | mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x meat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it may have been a good cut of meat once, but now you're
Floyd | not sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "x fridge"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It was probably a functioning refrigerator at one time, but now it's
Floyd | sitting there without the usual hum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe the cat has indeed infected us"
		DavidW says, "If a PC sneezes, assume the worst."
		phoenix says, "fast incubation time..."
		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Cat scratch fever!"
		DavidW says, "Hopefully there's medicine. Maybe even the cold arctic air might help with the heat."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself coughing regularly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this research station so far contains a supply room, kitchen and pantry"
		borowski prays it's only allergies.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open trap door" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TRAP DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the trap door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east. In the center of the
Floyd | basement is a black and white television, currently featuring a
Floyd | screaming man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of phoenix), "I was thinking the same thing. Researching what?"
		borowski says (to phoenix), "And a cozy TV room."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x television" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELEVISION
Floyd |
Floyd | Black and white close-up of a man's screaming mouth, spittle and teeth
Floyd | and lips snarling and shrieking through static snow. A cord runs from
Floyd | the television and into the shadows east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The television is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His teeth are shiny with saliva. His lips are split open and chewed,
Floyd | with unkempt stubble spiking around them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any bets the man is in a room somewhere to the east too?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we aren't sick and the air is just bad in here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cord" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the television.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are consumed by an extreme, hacking cough that leaves you gasping
Floyd | for air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i suppose we had better get on with it before the game kills us"
		DavidW says, "I think so, yes."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | Faint light from the television screen reveals a flickering,
Floyd | inconstant path down the narrow corridor. To the east, impenetrable
Floyd | gloom swallows up the last licks of static reflection. Beneath your
Floyd | feet the cable runs.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "dark doorway or gloomy corridor"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. It doesn't say which direction the cable runs."
		DavidW says, "I pick north."
		phoenix says, "good point"
borowski says (to floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but it's dark and we might be eaten by a grue"
		borowski says, "oops, doorway"
		DavidW says, "or a cat"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You lose track of the cord as you stumble in here. Looking back, you
Floyd | can see no sign of it at all. Odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | The floor is wet with grimy black water. This used to be a storage
Floyd | room until the leaking began. Apathy kind of sets in on a base this
Floyd | remote, so no one ever bothered sealing the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are gripped by a sudden terror. You want to get out of here, to
Floyd | get away from everything, all of this, the entire base.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, the panic passes, but an uneasy feeling of dread
Floyd | remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "noone bothered sealing the cracks in an ANTARCTIC base?"
borowski says (to floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the bare rock wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocky walls seem pretty normal here. Perhaps further down the
Floyd | corridor?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i guess it wants us to go down the corridor"
		DavidW says, "I think so, yes"
		DavidW asks, "may I?"
		phoenix says, "let's go before we cough to death yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | Faint light from the trapdoor to your west. Damp, musty air to your
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | Just a dingy, empty supply room, containing little of note.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrible cough is accompanied this time by a sharp pain in your
Floyd | abdomen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocky walls seem pretty normal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		borowski asks, "Huh, maybe we were supposed to do something to the scary wall?"
		phoenix says, "weird"
Tale arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW asks, "Maybe, but this is a weird research base. Not a single bed or desk?"
		phoenix says, "maybe this is a bioweapon testing base."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west, hitherto
Floyd | overpowered by the light from the television, bathes the corridor in
Floyd | an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards to the
Floyd | utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now it's quiet and you can concentrate properly, there's definitely
Floyd | something odd about the wall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's definitely something wrong with the walls here...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Of course! The corridor is a lot narrower than either the basement
Floyd | or the utility room. Feeling carefully about the rock face, you
Floyd | accidentally push a catch hidden in the bare rock of the corridor. The
Floyd | south wall swings open, revealing a small hidey hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x hidey hole" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HIDEY HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we go south?"
		phoenix says, "ya"
		borowski says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Something squeaks and shuffles in the dark of the Hidey Hole, and you
Floyd | are still unnerved by the other things you saw in the base. Better not
Floyd | go in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "oh, come on"
		borowski asks, "unnerved by the CHEESE?"
		phoenix says, "that was a pretty scary piece of chees"
		TheXenographer exclaims, "what kind of adventurer are we?!"
		DavidW asks, "so, our options are what? Give meat to cat, turn off tv, leave base?"
		phoenix says, "I thought we were supposed to be on some sort of rescue mission too"
		borowski says, "Oh yeah, I forgot about the meat."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some meat
Floyd |   a blanket
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a ascended strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "push the tv?"
		DavidW says, "I suppose the blanket must be useful for something."
		phoenix says, "Wtf is an "ascended" strange device"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange thin silver device, smaller than the palm of your hand.
Floyd | There is a small depression on one end, in which a light is blinking
Floyd | red It is vibrating slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "We could try turning the tv off too."
		DavidW asks, "The device is 'ascended' now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave device" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "silly device."
		phoenix says, "I guess it is bugged"
		phoenix says, "let me see if i can push the TV"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Back to the tv?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push tv east" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TV EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "apparently the TV isn't here anymore... ?"
		DavidW says, "TV is gone!"
		borowski says, "Huh"
		borowski says, "The cheese ate the TV..."
		phoenix asks, "someone travelled to antarctica and killed our girlfriend just to steal this crappy TV?"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe. Where's that cinnamon and cloves scent now?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well whatever took the TV could have gone upstairs"
		phoenix says, "Or be in the hole that we're too scared to check out"
		DavidW says, "sure, let's see if more stuff changed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Room
Floyd | This room has been thoroughly and methodically searched. Boxes stand
Floyd | open, racks are emptied, balls of plastic wrapping lie on the floor.
Floyd | There is a single locker in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She stares at you warily with yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpse of the woman you love lies here, exposed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat sniffs toward you at something in your possession.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i'm suspecting our character is hallucinating this entire episode"
		borowski asks, "Try giving the cat the meat?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give meat to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 3
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MEAT TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You toss the piece of hilarious meat to the gnostak cat, who wolfs it
Floyd | down quickly.  She comes over and gives you a quick rub on your legs
Floyd | as thanks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe cat will follow us to hidey-hole now?"
		phoenix says, "What's so funny about that meat"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blanket on corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLANKET ON CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tactfully put the blanket over her body.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then something catches the cat's attention, and she bounds off to the
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about Kira Argmanov.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by twelve points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd |  There's a bile taste in your mouth, and you can't look anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we can put the blanket on the cheese so it's less scary too."
		borowski says, "heh"
		phoenix says, "follow cat I guess"
		DavidW asks, "Back to the hole? Or at least, the cat?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 15
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by sixteen points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, cable runs east?"
		borowski says, "Wow, those are some points."
		phoenix asks, "I dunno, i thought it disappeared earlier. Are we still on the first author?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 6, "The Best Untold", was written by Joey Jones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Aha, no we're on scene 6 lol"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Something squeaks and shuffles in the dark of the Hidey Hole, and you
Floyd | are still unnerved by the other things you saw in the base. Better not
Floyd | go in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No wonder this feels incoherent"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | Just a dingy, empty supply room, containing little of note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The television cord is plugged in to a dodgy looking power outlet
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but where's the tv"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unplug cable" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNPLUG CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You grasp the cable by the outlet to give it a firm yank, but before
Floyd | you know it thousands of volts of electricity are coursing through
Floyd | your ungrounded body.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died from electrocution! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 31 out of a possible 1023, in 116 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "so it's a naked wire?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The television cord is plugged in to a dodgy looking power outlet
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x outlet" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocky walls seem pretty normal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe the television doesn't have 'tv' as a synonym?"
		phoenix says, "maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x television" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x television" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELEVISION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELEVISION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "sorry"
		phoenix says, "maybe its in the wet north room"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | The floor is wet with grimy black water. This used to be a storage
Floyd | room until the leaking began. Apathy kind of sets in on a base this
Floyd | remote, so no one ever bothered sealing the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cracks" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could probably smash through if you had some kind of tool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a vibrant hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some select survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break cracks with tent" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK CRACKS WITH TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to break the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit cracks with device" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CRACKS WITH DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think you can hit with that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | MREs, granola bars, a small propane stove and a bowl for making soup
Floyd | with melted snow. Nothing glamorous, and there's almost nothing left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the description of the jacket just changed too"
		phoenix says, "I think our character is on drugs"
		DavidW says, "The device is just 'strange'."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain breathable jacket and trousers, with many other layers
Floyd | besides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the TV has mysteriously vanished"
		borowski says, "I wonder if we can exploded the propane."
		phoenix says, "And we got 16 points for wandering back into the basement corridor for no apparent reason."
		DavidW says, "I'm drawing a blank."
		DavidW says, "I wonder where the cat disappeared to."
		phoenix says, "the entrance room maybe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x space" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Something squeaks and shuffles in the dark of the Hidey Hole, and you
Floyd | are still unnerved by the other things you saw in the base. Better not
Floyd | go in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a off-kilter moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "what's with the random adjectives"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the depressed inner door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She blinks at you contently.
Floyd |
Floyd | A disconcerting red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "aha"
		phoenix says, "ca"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cat" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | She jumps out of your arms with practiced elegance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall, sturdy, and probably 50 pounds completely empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the giant backpack are a cat, some survival supplies, and a
Floyd | collapsible tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "could take the cat downstairs in the pack maybe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The quality bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat licks its paws.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a mangy, tortoiseshell cat. Rips poke through her fur, and she
Floyd | limps slightly. However, her yellow eyes are clean and aware. She
Floyd | wears no collar or other identifying marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put cat in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CAT IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the rippling cat)
Floyd |
Floyd | She jumps out of your arms with practiced elegance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Youch! The squeezeable cat is hot to the touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "attack cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal cruelty was never your forte.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the cat)
Floyd | She jumps out of your arms with practiced elegance.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we've had that sinister description about the corpse"
		phoenix says, "so uh"
		DavidW says, "I no longer believe we're on a timer. The messages are repeating."
		phoenix says, "yes but I do think our character is hallucinating or on drugs"
		borowski asks, "Was there anything useful about our 'arctic gear' in the airlock?"
		DavidW asks, "It was sodden; is that useful?"
		phoenix asks, "I don't think we searched it ior anything, maybe there is an ice axe?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 31
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the undulating outer door above. To the north
Floyd | is the inner door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rhythmic cat arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The arctic gear lies in a damp creased pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat paces back and forth in the airlock, seemingly testing the
Floyd | air. Suddenly, she darts underneath the ecstatic airlock stairs and
Floyd | starts chewing on something. After a while she comes to the conclusion
Floyd | that it isn't edible, and starts lapping at the melted snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by thirty-two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "32 points..."
		DavidW asks, "Our points are going up in powers of 2?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 63 out of a possible 1023, in 150 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She blinks at you contently.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leatherbound diary and an arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULL SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Good kitty."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x diary" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's still dusty from where it lay under the stairs. You brush it off
Floyd | and open the first page.
Floyd | I have taken the liberty of starting this private diary - in clear
Floyd | violation of corporation policy - to make sense of the things that
Floyd | have been happening here. It looks like Kira is having some problems
Floyd | with that technician, Dannerham. He's hitting on her, but she has a
Floyd | guy back home. As simple as that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Dannerham is beginning to get on my nerves. He did two tours in
Floyd | Iraq, and he isn't bragging, but he doesn't let me forget for a minute
Floyd | that I'm not American. Kira tells me that his advances get more
Floyd | serious. She is a tough girl and can handle herself, but still, we
Floyd | don't need this sort of tension around the base. I don't feel like
Floyd | having a fistfight with Dannerham to protect her. I think she'd stand
Floyd | a better chance in a fight against him than me, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Darn! One of my rats escaped. I thought it was sedated, but this
Floyd | new strain seems to be reistant not only to cancer, but also to our
Floyd | sedatives. I must try a higher dose tomorrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw, it is a rat."
		genericgeekgirl didn't do it.
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted thing escaped into the walls - I can hear it climbing
Floyd | through the vents. Kira tells me to catch it and report about it to
Floyd | her first thing in the morning. She's getting tense. That's not
Floyd | good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so there's both a cat AND a rat"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dannerham tells me he wants to put me in a movie and grins like an
Floyd | imbecile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		TheXenographer says, "maybe we could get the cat to eat the rat"

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | I have taken the liberty of starting this private diary - in clear
Floyd | violation of corporation policy - to make sense of the things that
Floyd | have been happening here. It looks like Kira is having some problems
Floyd | with that technician, Dannerham. He's hitting on her, but she has a
Floyd | guy back home. As simple as that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "And it repeats."
		borowski asks, "Maybe the rat was the thing making noise in the wall?"
		phoenix says, "as well as dodgy biology research"
		phoenix says, "The cat seemed to be following us now"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a object hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Cats attack rats, usually."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is an moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Something squeaks and shuffles in the dark, and you pull back. The
Floyd | cat, however, jumps to your aid- there is a quick and fierce shuffle
Floyd | in the half-light and the cat emerges with a dead rat in its jaw,
Floyd | which she carries off to the Basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded in a corner lies a small, smooth wooden box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "rat got pwned"
		genericgeekgirl squeaks sadly.
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | There are two hinges along one edge of the box, and a latch on the
Floyd | other side of that face. The wood looks expensive, and the bottom
Floyd | bears a makers mark: Rosado, Portugal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the box, and something clicks. A delightfully carved little
Floyd | ballerina turns on an unseen screw, and tingling, scratchy music plays
Floyd | from somewhere inside the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a glimpse of something white in the depths of the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | why won't the music stop Stop STOP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "That rat was our last hope."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x white" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a corner of something is stuck between the wooden floor
Floyd | and one side of the musical box, behind the ballerina.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something seems off about the musical box, like it was put together
Floyd | all wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the cat arrives from the Subterranean Corridor, licking her
Floyd | maw. She looks at you innocently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet, tingling music accompanies the ballerina on her rounds inside
Floyd | the musical box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take white" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ballerina is in the way. It's too awkward and you can't get a good
Floyd | grip on that corner of... whatever it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | why won't the music stop Stop STOP.
Floyd |
Floyd | The music dies down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take ballerina" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLERINA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Stupid ballerina."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "unscrew ballerina" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNSCREW BALLERINA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pry ballerina with device" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRY BALLERINA WITH DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "Tweezers might help if we can find any."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "break ballerina" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BALLERINA
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | MREs, granola bars, a small propane stove and a bowl for making soup
Floyd | with melted snow. Nothing glamorous, and there's almost nothing left.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Why would we not have a med kit?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Irresponsible."
		DavidW says, "We were gonna save everyone with weak soup."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | There are two hinges along one edge of the box, and a latch on the
Floyd | other side of that face. The wood looks expensive, and the bottom
Floyd | bears a makers mark: Rosado, Portugal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show box to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOX TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the musical box)
Floyd | The cat is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give box to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOX TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ecstatic cat doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull white" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x white" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a corner of something is stuck between the wooden floor
Floyd | and one side of the musical box, behind the ballerina.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open side" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Take the box and go down the ladder."
		phoenix says, "yeah, might as well"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 63
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by sixty-four points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix exclaims, "More points!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bits are strewn about.  There really is nothing of value.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bits are strewn about.  There really is nothing of value.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet every pointage marks a new chapter."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 8, "Music and Words", was written by Tom Blawgus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "this rat made a mess didn't it"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Seems likely."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Closet first?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Closet
Floyd | It is not much more than a small room.  There are shelves lining the
Floyd | walls.  The Laboratory is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the shelves is a sledgehammer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Various bottles of cleaning supplies are scattered on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take sledgehammer" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SLEDGEHAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The billowing cat climbs into the excrutiating giant backpack, digging
Floyd | around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cleaning supplies" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEANING SUPPLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Various shapes, sizes, and colors. If the warning labels are any
Floyd | indication, this is some powerful stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cleaning" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CLEANING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see dust, dust, and more dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some cleaning supplies
Floyd |   a sledgehammer
Floyd |   a musical box
Floyd |     a white something
Floyd |     a ballerina
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     a cat
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a gleaming collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get dust" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DUST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I love that the cat shows up as inventory when it's in the bag."
		phoenix says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | This doorway leads to a staircase that spirals down, eventually
Floyd | opening out into a cavernous area below the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Area
Floyd | This is a very wide cylindrical room, apparently built to the same
Floyd | dimensions as the test chamber above. A dozen or so columns support
Floyd | the ceiling, arranged in a circular pattern. The stone walls almost
Floyd | look carved from natural stone. Stairs lead back up to the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is dripping into a large basin in the center of the room
Floyd | from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A squat, wide cylindrical basin, made of something like smoothed white
Floyd | cement, with a huge bowl cut into the top of it. You have no idea why
Floyd | someone would put this thing here, directly under the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the catchment basin is a scintillating dark pool of liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x liquid" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin layer of some dark liquid has stained the bottom of the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch liquid" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH LIQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | It's some kind of dark, sticky, viscous liquid, but too thin to be
Floyd | worth collecting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "taste liquid" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TASTE LIQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "what test chamber"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x test chamber" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TEST CHAMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "None of the rooms were named that."
		DavidW says, "We haven't been north or east of the lab yet."
		phoenix says, "check East I guess"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x columns" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLUMNS
Floyd |
Floyd | White concrete, unlike the verbal stone walls around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the cupboards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the solid metal door)
Floyd | It doesn't budge. Stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x metal door" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a solid, heavy metal door, apparently made of something like
Floyd | burnished steel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the cupboards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit door with sledgehammer" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT DOOR WITH SLEDGEHAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | The tremendously loud sound of a sledgehammer striking the solid metal
Floyd | door echoes throughout the base. However, it's also accompanied by a
Floyd | cracking sound, and you hear something metal hitting the concrete
Floyd | floor on the other side. You've managed to open the door about half a
Floyd | foot, enough for you to fit through.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side is a gruesome sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have found the missing Antarctic research team. The dark shapes
Floyd | visible within are human bodies... or, at least, they once were.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the perturbed giant backpack, digging around for
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ew"
		phoenix asks, "zombies?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hahahaha"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | Misshapen and broken bodies, distorted into sometimes unrecognizable
Floyd | shapes, all covered in black pustules, dripping, all with the same
Floyd | manic grin on their faces.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hand, propped up against the door, clutching some kind of
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get paper" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the scrawl)
Floyd | You manage to pull the paper from the locked fist, careful not to
Floyd | touch what remains of its oozing skin. The arm flops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The oblong cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the scrawl)
Floyd | Despite its ragged and stained appearance, you recognize this as a
Floyd | page cut neatly from the leatherbound diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dannerham's gone crazy. He must have sabotaged the last
Floyd | experiment. He locked us in this room. He says we brought this on
Floyd | ourselves, that we've created something too terrible to escape, that
Floyd | there's no cure.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wrong, damn it! If I had access to the original carrier, with
Floyd | a few simple blood diagnostics I'm sure I could identify the mutations
Floyd | that make this strain unique and develop a vaccine, or at least
Floyd | antibodies, within days. Days! And with cold storage, I believe the
Floyd | progression of the disease can be greatly slowed or even halted
Floyd | indefinitely. The imbecile will kill us all for nothing, he doesn't
Floyd | listen to the audio comms system the observ.n. window is too high
Floyd | to
Floyd | I just need sth.g. wh.ch
Floyd |
Floyd | ybe destroy the comm. consol. autom.tic send a distr.s signal
Floyd | t
Floyd |
Floyd | If I coud only j.st get out i want get.out.ineedineed
Floyd | ineedgetoutGET OUT GET OU
Floyd |
Floyd | The scrawl becomes illegible beyond this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She blinks at you contently.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "still north and down"
		genericgeekgirl says, "And up from the other room."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs through this doorway climb up to the east, ending in an
Floyd | observation room above the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | This must be where the researchers carried out their work.The southern
Floyd | wall is dominated by a giant window overlooking the test chamber. One
Floyd | side of the room features a console with a few chairs in front of it.
Floyd | Stairs lead back down to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Didn't we do down?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't think so."
		DavidW says, "Down is the same as south from the lab."
		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Oh!"
		phoenix says, "ah"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh. I hate that."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is a drab tan-colored plastic contraption, wide enough to
Floyd | seat three people comfortably, with a lot of displays, knobs,
Floyd | switches, and levers. You don't know what any of it means, most of the
Floyd | displays and digital readouts are blank, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "do we smash the thing"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Spanning the whole width of the room, the window is made from some
Floyd | thick, heavy-duty glass. It adds a hazy white tint to everything on
Floyd | the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's difficult to make out many details in the test chamber. The light
Floyd | panels in that room have apparently failed, and all you can make out
Floyd | are a few large, dark shadows covering most of the polished concrete
Floyd | flooring.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quality cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chairs" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | Perfunctory black chairs, though more comfortable than you might
Floyd | expect. They're fixed in place before the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "This cat is quality."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is a drab tan-colored plastic contraption, wide enough to
Floyd | seat three people comfortably, with a lot of displays, knobs,
Floyd | switches, and levers. You don't know what any of it means, most of the
Floyd | displays and digital readouts are blank, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit in one of the artistic chairs facing the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "This cat is insertrandomadjectivehere."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "litsen" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LITSEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "litsen" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LITSEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. We went north to get here, but the exits are west and down?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ack."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "said it curved east or something"
		DavidW says, "oh"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. They "climbed up to the east.""
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash window" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit console with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CONSOLE WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | A display panel shatters with a satisfying crunch. The
Floyd | console begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire licks at the edges of the destroyed part of the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the base, an alarm begins to sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "There's that cracked wall upstairs, still."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Eeeeee."
		DavidW asks, "Time to go?"
		DavidW asks, "And infect the rest of the planet?" /td>
		genericgeekgirl asks, "I suppose so. Can we undo and save first?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit console with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CONSOLE WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | A display panel shatters with a satisfying crunch. The
Floyd | console begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire licks at the edges of the destroyed part of the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the base, an alarm begins to sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "C'mon, kitty."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stygian cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "aren't we the rescue party"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | The floor is wet with grimy black water. This used to be a storage
Floyd | room until the leaking began. Apathy kind of sets in on a base this
Floyd | remote, so no one ever bothered sealing the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Try closing the backpack once the cat is inside."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha, aw. Ok"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit cracks with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CRACKS WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and swing. The entire wall rolls over, burying
Floyd | you under foul smelling water and heavy bricks. You're pinned,
Floyd | helpless to do anything but feel your lungs swell with gritty black
Floyd | fluid. Then darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 127 out of a possible 1023, in 218 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whoops."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there a rat corpse in the basement?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | Just a dingy, empty supply room, containing little of note.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold on... wasn't there a power generator here before?
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "oh the power generator disappeared too now"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		DavidW says, "I only remember an outlet."

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "i guess the author is implying that the outlet was part of the generator"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "nope, no dead rat"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit cheese with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CHEESE WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Hmm, if we set off the distress signal by brekaing the console, it doesn't strike me that theres anything we HAVE to do"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw hammer at cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW HAMMER AT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "man, this is some seriously scary cheese."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "melt cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > MELT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show cheese to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHEESE TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the moldy block of cheese)
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I object to not being able to show something without taking it first."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly bring yourself to come near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hold nose" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOLD NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we continue to evacuate?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sure."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with savage metal walls, floor,
Floyd | and ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on
Floyd | the stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the
Floyd | inner door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leatherbound diary and an quizzical arctic gear
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the leatherbound diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take diary" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rustling, bumping sound coming from the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehehe"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Is there any place the cat wouldn't go?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too warm to bother with the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a single, tentative scratching sound from inside the giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "cat is not pleased"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to go out into that weather unless you're
Floyd | properly geared up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yow?" asks the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "No, it followed us all over the lab as far as I remember"
		TheXenographer says, "that's sort of adorable"
		genericgeekgirl says, "They clearly meant for us to be able to do this. I just wonder if there's a reason."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the hooded jacket combo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scratching from the giant backpack becomes more insistent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the minimal arctic gear)
Floyd | It's too warm to bother with the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to go out into that weather unless you're
Floyd | properly geared up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black smoke oozes in from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Kitty, you can come out when you solve the puzzle of the music box."
		phoenix says, "maybe we put the box in the pack"
		phoenix says, "and let the cat play with it"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a ascended leatherbound diary
Floyd |   an scrawl
Floyd |   some cleaning supplies
Floyd |   an sledgehammer
Floyd |   a musical box
Floyd |     a white something
Floyd |     a rippling ballerina
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo (being worn)
Floyd |   a rippling strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the bloody smear.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling from somewhere to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Place is filling with smoke and the game won't let us leave."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, maybe. Also.. cleaning supplies, hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink cleaning" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK CLEANING
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cleaning" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEANING
Floyd |
Floyd | Various shapes, sizes, and colors. If the warning labels are any
Floyd | indication, this is some powerful stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

	td> 	
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat leaps out of the giant backpack, shakes her head, and looks
Floyd | around as if nothing had happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is another explosion-you're sure it's an explosion this
Floyd | time-from somewhere to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put music box in pack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MUSIC BOX IN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the musical box into the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "Hmm now the base is exploding?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Whee."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick black smoke fills the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 8, "Music and Words", was written by Tom Blawgus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I guess we still need that white something in the music box."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake box" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the musical box)
Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the musical box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from box" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | ballerina: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | white something: The ballerina is in the way. It's too awkward and you
Floyd | can't get a good grip on that corner of... whatever it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn ballerina" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN BALLERINA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put box in pack" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BOX IN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the musical box into the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "see if the cat messes with it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Room
Floyd | This room has been thoroughly and methodically searched. Boxes stand
Floyd | open, racks are emptied, vicious balls of plastic wrapping lie on the
Floyd | floor. There is a single locker in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick black smoke fills the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kira lies here, covered by a blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat purrs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smoke down here is becoming too thick to breathe.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Room                                           score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat purrs.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should be in the airlock and close the inner door."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick black smoke fills the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick black smoke fills the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close inner" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE INNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the scintillating inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open outer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the outer door, and are met by a fierce breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the jaunty giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | You put on the perturbed arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You came here to investigate the Antarctic Research Center, and you
Floyd | don't intend to leave until your curiosity is satisfied.
Floyd |  That, and it's colder than a brass suppository out there.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "huh. A scream?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We've been hearing that for a while."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Like the whispers."
		DavidW says, "oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't know if it means something other than atmospheric."
		TheXenographer says, "we're probably just hallucinating it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an arctic gear (being worn)
Floyd |   a leatherbound diary
Floyd |   a scrawl
Floyd |   some cleaning supplies
Floyd |   a sledgehammer
Floyd |   a notable hooded jacket combo (being worn)
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a giant backpack (being worn, and closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | The delightful cat rubs against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "LOL"
		phoenix says, "at the cat rubbing against our leg"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean smear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN SMEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smoke here is quickly becoming too much to bear.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Huh. May I smash the music box?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat leaps out of the giant backpack, shakes her head, and looks
Floyd | around as if nothing had happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash box with sledgehammer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH BOX WITH SLEDGEHAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to smash the heavenly musical
Floyd | box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to smash the musical box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smash the musical box into several pieces and you find a note
Floyd | among the pieces, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one hundred twenty-eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whoo."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I can't believe we didn't try that. Too busy smashing windows and consoles."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cat is the carrier. I can't leave this room to tell anybody
Floyd | because the cat is scratching outside. I'm the only one around here
Floyd | who ever paid it any attention and now I'm going to die for it. No gas
Floyd | mask in here, no nothing. Just some lab results like a death warrant."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two hundred fifty-six points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Fantastic."
		TheXenographer says, "aww, kitty, why you gotta do that to us :("
		genericgeekgirl says, "Stupid cat."
		phoenix says, "we figured that bit out already"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kill cat" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal cruelty was never your forte.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Apparently a whole team of scientists couldn't figure it out :P"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit cat with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CAT WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal cruelty is not the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smoke becomes too much for you. You fall to the ground, gasping
Floyd | for air, but never find it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have suffocated ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 263 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Uh oh."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Aren't we out of the smoke?"
		phoenix says, "i thought we cloesd it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Perhaps we're not supposed to hit the console so soon?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You stagger out into the wilderness, smoke billowing from the surface
Floyd | structure behind you. You hear the distant whining drone of the
Floyd | extraction team's transport approaching. Looking up to try to make
Floyd | them out in the sky, you lose your balance and fall back onto the
Floyd | snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool, calming, comforting snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're barely conscious when the team arrives, but are vaguely aware
Floyd | of coughing as the team attempts to move you. Then, only blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Within a week, the plague has reached Europe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have sparked a pandemic ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 263 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl considers that a good ending ;)
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Restore before hitting console and smash music box instead?"
		phoenix says, "i think we have to kill the cat"
		DavidW says, "I suspect we're supposed to cure this thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Kill the cat? I obviously dropped in at just the wrong moment."
		DavidW says, "And no, I think we need the cat to create the antidote."
		phoenix says, "all the lab equipment got trashed, though"
		Jacqueline says, "I *was* going to ask how it's going."
		phoenix says, "but yeah, let's restore"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		TheXenographer says, "yeah, I agree with David"

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smash the musical box into several pieces and you find a note
Floyd | among the pieces, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one hundred twenty-eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cat is the carrier. I can't leave this room to tell anybody
Floyd | because the cat is scratching outside. I'm the only one around here
Floyd | who ever paid it any attention and now I'm going to die for it. No gas
Floyd | mask in here, no nothing. Just some lab results like a death warrant."
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the chairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two hundred fifty-six points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "there was that note we found on the dead scientist..."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x scrawling" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCRAWLING
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite its ragged and stained appearance, you recognize this as a
Floyd | page cut neatly from the leatherbound diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dannerham's gone crazy. He must have sabotaged the last
Floyd | experiment. He locked us in this room. He says we brought this on
Floyd | ourselves, that we've created something too terrible to escape, that
Floyd | there's no cure.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wrong, damn it! If I had access to the original carrier, with
Floyd | a few simple blood diagnostics I'm sure I could identify the mutations
Floyd | that make this strain unique and develop a vaccine, or at least
Floyd | antibodies, within days. Days! And with cold storage, I believe the
Floyd | progression of the disease can be greatly slowed or even halted
Floyd | indefinitely. The imbecile will kill us all for nothing, he doesn't
Floyd | listen to the audio comms system the observ.n. window is too high
Floyd | to
Floyd | I just need sth.g. wh.ch
Floyd |
Floyd | ybe destroy the comm. consol. autom.tic send a distr.s signal
Floyd | t
Floyd |
Floyd | If I coud only j.st get out i want get.out.ineedineed
Floyd | ineedgetoutGET OUT GET OU
Floyd |
Floyd | The scrawl becomes illegible beyond this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe we cna go into the test chamber now"
		DavidW asks, "Is there a test chamber we missed?"
		phoenix says, "the room with the dead bodies that the game wouldn't let us enter"
		DavidW says, "oh. hm."
		phoenix says, "now maybe it will let us since our character knows baout the cat"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No!
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "f s"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | This doorway leads to a staircase that spirals down, eventually
Floyd | opening out into a cavernous area below the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Area
Floyd | This is a very wide cylindrical room, apparently built to the same
Floyd | dimensions as the test chamber above. A dozen or so columns support
Floyd | the ceiling, arranged in a circular pattern. The stone walls almost
Floyd | look carved from natural stone. Stairs lead back up to the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is dripping into a large basin in the center of the room
Floyd | from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small hole-maybe half an inch across-and perfectly round. It seems
Floyd | to serve as some sort of intentional collection outlet for the test
Floyd | chamber above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "we can see if "up" goes to the test chamber"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "no"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | This doorway leads to a staircase that spirals down, eventually
Floyd | opening out into a cavernous area below the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Area
Floyd | This is a very wide cylindrical room, apparently built to the same
Floyd | dimensions as the test chamber above. A dozen or so columns support
Floyd | the ceiling, arranged in a circular pattern. The stone walls almost
Floyd | look carved from natural stone. Stairs lead back up to the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is dripping into a large basin in the center of the room
Floyd | from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "put the cat in there while it's in the backpakc?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think the liquid is an automatic blood tester and analysis machine."
		phoenix says, "I havn't seen one of those though"
		DavidW says, "but I don't have any better idea."
		phoenix says, "or anything we could put the cat in"
		phoenix says, "to test it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put backpack in basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BACKPACK IN BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking it off)
Floyd | You remove your giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the giant backpack into the catchment basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Obviously something ought to go ion the basin."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a scrawl
Floyd |   some serious cleaning supplies
Floyd |   a huggable sledgehammer
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "cleaning supplies?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hug sledgehammer" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG SLEDGEHAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's the only other liquid we've found, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "I keep glancing at this at the wrong moments."
		DavidW says, "oh, not counting the flooded room."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put cleaning supplies in basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEANING SUPPLIES IN BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the cleaning supplies into the catchment basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Area
Floyd | This is a very wide cylindrical room, apparently built to the same
Floyd | dimensions as the test chamber above. A dozen or so columns support
Floyd | the ceiling, arranged in a circular pattern. The stygian stone walls
Floyd | almost look carved from natural stone. Stairs lead back up to the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She blinks at you contently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is dripping into a large basin in the center of the room
Floyd | from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | In the catchment basin are some cleaning supplies, a giant backpack,
Floyd | and a dark pool of liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the stone walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. Blindly
Floyd | you reach out and pet the cat with a trembling hand. It licks your
Floyd | fingers. "There there, kitty kitty." You stay that way until the end.
Floyd | Kind of peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 228 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I kinda need to go eat something."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can clean the muck? Did we try that?"
		phoenix says, "so I don't see a better solution to this game at the moment than trying to kill the cat before we die so it doesn't infect the next rescue team"
		DavidW asks, "muck?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "In the room with the crack, the floor was icky?"
		DavidW says, "Hitting that wall killed us, but I don't think we tried to clean anything there."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "it was an empty room with water on the floor though"
		DavidW says, "Dank Room. North of the Subterranean Corridor."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the ecstatic chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rubs against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the serious giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | The floor is wet with grimy black water. This used to be a storage
Floyd | room until the leaking began. Apathy kind of sets in on a base this
Floyd | remote, so no one ever bothered sealing the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | A layer of muck covers the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning on water" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING ON WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the bleak grimy black water would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "clean muck" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN MUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not here to play janitor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "try searching more things like the smashed equipment in the lab."
		phoenix says, "maybe we can use the death-method here to kill ourselves and the cat if it's trapped in the backpack once we've learned it's responeible"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to smash the musical box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smash the musical box into several pieces and you find a note
Floyd | among the pieces, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one hundred twenty-eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cat is the carrier. I can't leave this room to tell anybody
Floyd | because the cat is scratching outside. I'm the only one around here
Floyd | who ever paid it any attention and now I'm going to die for it. No gas
Floyd | mask in here, no nothing. Just some lab results like a death warrant."
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two hundred fifty-six points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close bag" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rustling, bumping sound coming from the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cat is the carrier. I can't leave this room to tell anybody
Floyd | because the cat is scratching outside. I'm the only one around here
Floyd | who ever paid it any attention and now I'm going to die for it. No gas
Floyd | mask in here, no nothing. Just some lab results like a death warrant."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a single, tentative scratching sound from inside the giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two hundred fifty-six points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit crack with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CRACK WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | The floor is wet with grimy black water. This used to be a storage
Floyd | room until the leaking began. Apathy kind of sets in on a base this
Floyd | remote, so no one ever bothered sealing the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yow?" asks the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit cracks with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CRACKS WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and swing. The entire wall rolls over, burying
Floyd | you under foul smelling water and heavy bricks. You're pinned,
Floyd | helpless to do anything but feel your lungs swell with gritty black
Floyd | fluid. Then darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 223 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dank Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nope"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit backpack with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Dank Room                                             score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: south outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BACKPACK WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | That wouldn't be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scratching from the minimal giant backpack becomes more insistent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "Or we could just try to leave without calling for help"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | The savage cat purrs.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stygian cat licks its paws.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The minimal bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat purrs.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leatherbound diary and an arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the notable giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear arctic gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR ARCTIC GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | It's too warm to bother with the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we leave with the cat in the bag and/or leave the bag behind and leave?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "So it's not loose and/or coming with us?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open outside door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTSIDE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to open outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Or throw the backpack with the cat in it into the flames?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we're sick too, though, but eh."
		phoenix says, "my thought was both us and the cat die of exposure"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to go out into that weather unless you're
Floyd | properly geared up.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the quality giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the hooded jacket combo.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the outer door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear arctic" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR ARCTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | It's too warm to bother with the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to go out into that weather unless you're
Floyd | properly geared up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "well"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open outer door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door won't budge. The way an airlock works is that you have to
Floyd | close one door before you can open the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "close inner door" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE INNER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. After
Floyd | listening to your fever-distorted moans echo through the base for what
Floyd | feels like an eternity, you finally die a lonely death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 236 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "blah - too much fumbling with the door while I tried to figure out why it wasnt letting me leave"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "uno" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNO
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | A nine-pound hammer.  Looks like it might have once been featured in a
Floyd | bluegrass number.  Perfect for hitting things with.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rubs against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. After
Floyd | listening to your fever-distorted moans echo through the base for what
Floyd | feels like an eternity, you finally die a lonely death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 236 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 127
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hit box with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 255
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOX WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smash the musical box into several pieces and you find a note
Floyd | among the pieces, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one hundred twenty-eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cat is the carrier. I can't leave this room to tell anybody
Floyd | because the cat is scratching outside. I'm the only one around here
Floyd | who ever paid it any attention and now I'm going to die for it. No gas
Floyd | mask in here, no nothing. Just some lab results like a death warrant."
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat emerges from the giant backpack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two hundred fifty-six points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "So the generator vanished, right?"
		phoenix says, "I think we were hallucinating it"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "That it was gone, or that it existed?"
		phoenix says, "that it ever existed in the first place"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Because the note said something about cold storage, so maybe if we could cool everything down again, we'd last longer."
		phoenix says, "there's no one alive to have moved it, apparently"
		phoenix says, "Hmm we can't break the cracks nor can we let the outside air past the airlock"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm. One second."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavenly cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | Just a dingy, empty supply room, containing little of note.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold on... wasn't there a power generator here before?
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the plug.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocky walls seem pretty normal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x plug" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLUG
Floyd |
Floyd | The television cord is plugged in to a dodgy looking power outlet
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I'm not sure if the tv stuff isn't just badly coded because it doesn't make sense that the cord would still be here"
		genericgeekgirl says, "A cord, but no tv."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The television cord is plugged in to a dodgy looking power outlet
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "And it claims to be plugged in."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I think it's just borked."
		phoenix asks, "shall we try leaving with the cat again?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Sure?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rhythmic cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a expectant moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a delicious leatherbound diary and an ticklish arctic
Floyd | gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. Blindly
Floyd | you reach out and pet the cat with a trembling hand. It licks your
Floyd | fingers. "There there, kitty kitty." You stay that way until the end.
Floyd | Kind of peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 228 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "some pretty tight timer here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vibrant cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You briefly hear something scratching in the wall beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the trap door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jaunty cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with droning metal walls, floor,
Floyd | and ceiling. The delightful fresh snow that blew in with you is now a
Floyd | puddle on the stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the
Floyd | north is the inner door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leatherbound diary and a arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "close inner" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE INNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the perturbed giant backpack, digging around for
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open outer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the outer door, and are met by a fierce breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | This sudden chill makes you feel strangely at ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "close pack" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the billowing giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rustling, bumping sound coming from the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the hooded jacket combo.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a few words of whispered conversation, but when you turn --
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a single, tentative scratching sound from inside the giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear arctic" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR ARCTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | You put on the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yow?" asks the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You stagger out into the frozen waste, blinking in the setting sun.
Floyd | You take a few trudging steps forward before you remember that you
Floyd | don't have enough supplies to make the weeks-long trek back to the
Floyd | dropoff site-and there will be no one there waiting for you, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are alone ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 227 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "hmm - no"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | IF Whispers 5
Floyd | An Interactive Collaboration by The IF Whispers Team
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120310 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Type "about" for more information on this project.
Floyd | Identification number: //087C77C8-3EA1-4517-9798-6E70297032E0//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Exit Lister version 10 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but we stopped dying"
		phoenix says, "or at least, immediately dying"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the stygian outer door that gapes open above.
Floyd | To the north is the inner door that leads into the research center
Floyd | proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leatherbound diary here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scratching from the giant backpack becomes more insistent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "but i'm not sure what we can do"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an arctic gear (being worn)
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a scrawl
Floyd |   some cleaning supplies
Floyd |   a sledgehammer
Floyd |   a hooded jacket combo (being worn)
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a serious giant backpack (being worn, and closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere above.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shake device" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | The device blinks fastest when pointing southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ticklish cat purrs.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the delicious inner door)
Floyd | The door won't budge. The way an airlock works is that you have to
Floyd | close one door before you can open the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close outer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE OUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | With a satisfying slam, you shut the outer door and a stale warmth
Floyd | fills the airlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open inner" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN INNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is quite fiddly and you won't be able to open it while
Floyd | wearing all these layers.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove your arctic gear, leaving you holding the sodden garments.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open inner" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN INNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You wont be able to open the door while holding all these wet clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ew. I guess we're about to die again."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the inner door)
Floyd | You wont be able to open the door while holding all these wet clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The arctic gear drops with a resounding squelch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the inner door)
Floyd | You open the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat licks its paws.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rubs against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude gloomy
Floyd | markings adorn the walls. A secret ignoble panel in the ground is
Floyd | open, and a ladder leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the perturbed giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe exposure to the outside air reset our timer"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe."
		genericgeekgirl says, "That would be useful."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs through this doorway climb up to the east, ending in an
Floyd | observation room above the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | This must be where the researchers carried out their work.The southern
Floyd | wall is dominated by a giant window overlooking the test chamber. One
Floyd | side of the room features a console with a few chairs in front of it.
Floyd | Stairs lead back down to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the quality giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "clean console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver involuntarily for a full minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning on console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING ON CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dump the contents of the bottles of cleaning supplies onto the
Floyd | console, which begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat licks its paws.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire licks at the edges of the destroyed part of the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the base, an alarm begins to sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. After
Floyd | listening to your fever-distorted moans echo through the base for what
Floyd | feels like an eternity, you finally die a lonely death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 246 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm. That also destroys it."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P47 (at paragraph 1127 in the source text):
Floyd | Phrase applied to an incompatible kind of value.
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a constant yowling coming from inside the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. After
Floyd | listening to your fever-distorted moans echo through the base for what
Floyd | feels like an eternity, you finally die a lonely death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 246 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "the only other thing I can think of pouring the cleaning fluid into the basin but I'm not sure why that would help"
		phoenix says, "it's not like cleaning ourselves or the cat should stop the virus"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "I think we tried that earlier?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room (on the chairs)
Floyd | This must be where the researchers carried out their work.The southern
Floyd | wall is dominated by a giant window overlooking the test chamber. One
Floyd | side of the room features a console with a few chairs in front of it.
Floyd | Stairs lead back down to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is here. She blinks at you contently.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rubs against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning on console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING ON CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dump the contents of the bottles of cleaning supplies onto the
Floyd | console, which begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire licks at the edges of the destroyed part of the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the base, an alarm begins to sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit console with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CONSOLE WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You bash another section. The flames grow higher.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You bash another section. The flames grow higher.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You bash another section. The flames grow higher.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You bash another section. The flames grow higher.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the giant backpack, digging around for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Closet                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Closet
Floyd | It is not much more than a small room.  There are shelves lining the
Floyd | walls.  The Laboratory is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a faint ticking sound coming from a distant part of the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wheeze once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The blunt cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | This doorway leads to a staircase that spirals down, eventually
Floyd | opening out into a cavernous area below the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Area
Floyd | This is a very wide cylindrical room, apparently built to the same
Floyd | dimensions as the test chamber above. A dozen or so columns support
Floyd | the ceiling, arranged in a circular pattern. The stone walls almost
Floyd | look carved from natural stone. Stairs lead back up to the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is dripping into a large basin in the center of the room
Floyd | from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "A ha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning in basin" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING IN BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pour the cleaning supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning on cat" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Area                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING ON CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the expectant cat would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search counters" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the counters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | NO
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | nO
Floyd | Your arm itches unbearably. You pull up your sleeve to scratch it, and
Floyd | the feeling stops immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | ~no~
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere above.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hack once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I like that the response changes a tiny bit."
		genericgeekgirl says, "~no~"
		phoenix says, "yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell test chamber" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL TEST CHAMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look through door" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shadows" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHADOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Misshapen and broken bodies, distorted into sometimes unrecognizable
Floyd | shapes, all covered in black pustules, dripping, all with the same
Floyd | manic grin on their faces.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. Blindly
Floyd | you reach out and pet the cat with a trembling hand. It licks your
Floyd | fingers. "There there, kitty kitty." You stay that way until the end.
Floyd | Kind of peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 228 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "maybe destroy console first before taking the cat outside with us"
		phoenix says, "I dont think we had it the first time"
		phoenix says, "maybe if we get rescued and have the cat they can cure us"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit console with hammer" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT CONSOLE WITH HAMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | A display panel shatters with a satisfying crunch. The
Floyd | console begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire licks at the edges of the destroyed part of the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the base, an alarm begins to sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cleaning on console" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR CLEANING ON CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dump the contents of the bottles of cleaning supplies onto the
Floyd | console, which begins to spark and smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Might as well be thorough ;)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |

		phoenix says, "wouldn't do to leave an item unused"

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a flippant scrawl
Floyd |   a sledgehammer
Floyd |   a blunt hooded jacket combo
Floyd |   a strange device
Floyd |   a illuminating giant backpack (being worn, and open)
Floyd |     some survival supplies (running low)
Floyd |     a delicious collapsible tent (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You shiver uncontrollably once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tent" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the collapsible tent.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm sure it'll crawl in at some point"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Observation Room                                      score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chairs)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | Cupboards are hanging open and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot
Floyd | left.  The counters are strewn with broken glass and pieces of broken
Floyd | lab equipment.  There are doors to the north, east and south.  A
Floyd | closet lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the ladder dangles from a hole above.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hidey Hole                                            score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north down outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidey Hole
Floyd | A small and cramped space, with no exits except the one you came
Floyd | through. It's cavelike, damp, dusty and unpleasant. Crude markings
Floyd | adorn the walls. A secret panel in the ground is open, and a ladder
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something sinister about the excrutiating ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | The dodgy light panel from the basement to the west bathes the
Floyd | corridor in an anemic glow. Beneath your feet the cable runs eastwards
Floyd | to the utility room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall hangs open, revealing a space beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | More obviously, a dark doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "did you try getting in the tent as an isolation chamber?"
		phoenix says, "can't open tent indoors"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Utility Room                                          score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | Just a dingy, empty supply room, containing little of note.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold on... wasn't there a power generator here before?
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Subterranean Corridor                                 score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Subterranean Corridor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Basement                                              score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | Dark and bare with a corridor leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | Light shines in through the kitchen door as you take in the room.  The
Floyd | shelves are bare and show signs of vandalism, and you cannot see
Floyd | anything of interest left on the shelves.  You can see a trap door in
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gasp once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                                score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is strewn about in here as well.  The cupboards have been
Floyd | left open and there appears to not be anything left in them.   A
Floyd | refrigerator stands forlornly in the corner. Doorways lead to the east
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a moldy block of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are suddenly overcome by an extreme sense of vertigo. You steady
Floyd | yourself, and the dizziness passes as quickly as it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Corridor                                       score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Corridor
Floyd | Claustrophobia gropes at your mind with feral claws in this corridor.
Floyd | It leads northeast and west from here. The functional, bolted metal of
Floyd | the walls continues from the airlock. It's warm in here, far too warm.
Floyd | The bloody trail leads to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot. Hot. Burning up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | The airlock is a cool dank chamber, with metal walls, floor, and
Floyd | ceiling. The fresh snow that blew in with you is now a puddle on the
Floyd | stairs that lead up to the outer door above. To the north is the inner
Floyd | door that leads into the research center proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red smear is splattered beneath the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a serious leatherbound diary and an fulminating
Floyd | arctic gear here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black smoke oozes in from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Piercing pain jets through your body like flashes of lightning,
Floyd | subsiding to a dull ache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close inner" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE INNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the inner door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough up ropy black spatters of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | It's too warm to bother with the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat climbs into the ecstatic giant backpack, digging around for
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close bag" 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open outer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling from somewhere to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rustling, bumping sound coming from the elysian giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump to the floor, coppery drool oozing from your lips. After
Floyd | listening to your fever-distorted moans echo through the base for what
Floyd | feels like an eternity, you finally die a lonely death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 511 out of a possible 1023, in 228 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Airlock
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open outer" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the outer door, and are met by a fierce breeze.

		genericgeekgirl says, "Not enough turns."

Floyd |
Floyd | You hear what sounds like a scream, coming from somewhere to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | This sudden chill makes you feel strangely at ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "close bag" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch a fleeting scent of cinnamon and cloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rustling, bumping sound coming from the giant backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear gear" 		

Floyd ]  Airlock                                               score: 511
Floyd ]  Exits: north up
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the arctic gear)
Floyd | You put on the arctic gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a single, tentative scratching sound from inside the giant
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, good."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Antarctic Research Center                  score: 1023
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stagger out into the wilderness, smoke billowing from the surface
Floyd | structure behind you. You hear the distant whining drone of the
Floyd | extraction team's transport approaching. Looking up to try to make
Floyd | them out in the sky, you lose your balance and fall back onto the
Floyd | snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool, calming, comforting snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're barely conscious when the team arrives, but are vaguely aware
Floyd | of coughing as the team attempts to move you. Then, only blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat, clinging to your body, protected inside the arctic gear, is
Floyd | the second and last to be rescued from the Antarctic Research Center.
Floyd | By isolating the sample taken from her, the team is soon able to find
Floyd | a treatment for the plague. You and Kira may not be so lucky, but at
Floyd | least, perhaps, your efforts were not in vain.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have brought hope ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 1023 out of a possible 1023, in 231 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay!"
		DavidW says, "wow"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess no one comes to get us if we don't cause chaos."
		phoenix says, "so, erm"
		phoenix says, "the extraction team can get here in hours"
		phoenix says, "by direct helicopter"
		DavidW asks, "What did you do differently from what I saw earlier?"
		phoenix asks, "and we have to trek ages to get here?"
		phoenix says, "previously we left after destroying console, and left with cat without destroying console"
		phoenix says, "this time we both took the cat and destroyed console"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, when we left earlier, it told us no one was coming to get us. So I guess the fire draws their attention, so they pick us up. Presumably we die otherwise from the disease/cold."
		phoenix says, "we don't have a radio/satphone either which is odd."
		phoenix says, "yeah... I guess the plague was loose on the outside world"
		phoenix says, "Which wasn't really very clear"
		phoenix says, "but that's why we had to save the cat to get full points"
		phoenix says, "Up until the end I thought that the plague had been created (purposely or accidentally) at the lab"
		TheXenographer says, "Yeah, that was what I thought too"
		DavidW says, "good session"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		phoenix says, "i felt like we started off trying to solve a crime and then it turned into something else entirely"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sting of the Wasp by Jason Devlin
As played on ifMUD on July 22, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Sting of the Wasp written by Jason Devlin. Sting of the Wasp was originally released as part of the 2004 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took fourth place. It went on to win Xyzzy Awards for Best NPCs and Best Individual PC (for Julia). You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear.
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		Jacqueline says, "Excellent, a clear winner, and a game I love. I'll look forward to reading this one."
		Johnny says, "I pronounce it the way it's spelled."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll get Sting of the Wasp loaded. One moment."
Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		DavidW says, "I've always been curious about this one."
Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load stingofthewasp" 		

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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

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Floyd | "Oh, Julia! Where did you learn that?" Keith whispers breathlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | All tongue and fingers, he kisses the milky skin above your breasts,
Floyd | while your hands slide their way up and down his sculpted chest, so
Floyd | eager with lust that your watch occasionally snags on a stray chest
Floyd | hair. Your lips, glistening like two fresh strawberries laced with dew,
Floyd | hungrily roam across his neck. And your hips! Well, that's better left
Floyd | to the imagination.
Floyd |
Floyd | Normally, you wouldn't even consider seeing Keith at Pine Meadows, but
Floyd | Frank's in Boston and won't be back until tonight's banquet.  And when
Floyd | the cat's away...
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then, a low shelf wedges itself in to your back, jarring you from
Floyd | your reverie. That's when you hear it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A click. A flash. The tell-tale tapping of heels on concrete.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sting of the Wasp
Floyd | Interactive Damage-Control
Floyd | by Jason Devlin.
Floyd | (First time players should type ABOUT)
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 040622 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11
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Floyd | The next few minutes are a blur.  Keith juts his tongue down your
Floyd | throat, but, without you reciprocating, it feels like he's searching
Floyd | for cavities. The rhythms of your body no longer coincide with his. In
Floyd | fact, the only rhythm left in your body is the pounding of your heart,
Floyd | the warm throbbing of blood in your ears. He must notice your
Floyd | discomfort as soon he backs off and starts buttoning his shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I gotta get back to the Pro Shop, babe,"  he says, grabbing his
Floyd | shades. "Stop by later." With that, he takes off down the hall, leaving
Floyd | you, still stunned, slumped against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility closet
Floyd | This is the first time you've been in this closet, and hopefully it
Floyd | will be the last. Keith assured you that no one ever comes down here.
Floyd | And now you can see why.  The concrete walls are oppressively close,
Floyd | made more so by the smell of bleach and chemicals coming from a filthy
Floyd | shelf against the far wall. Various brooms clutter the room, displaying
Floyd | none of the pleasant tidiness characteristic of the rest of Pine
Floyd | Meadows. All this can be escaped through a door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tossed to the side in the throes of passion, your bag, a fabulous Louis
Floyd | Vuitton original, lays on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh my."
		Johnny says, "You can tell from the writing that the Vespers guy wrote this."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh. I can add to my collection of eyes."
		Jacqueline says, "Enjoy - this is a great piece of IF."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd | A Louis Vuitton original, your purse can practically carry anything,
Floyd | which comes in handy but is absolute hell when you have to find your
Floyd | keys.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Your lipstick is smeared, your cheeks are flushed, and your mascara is
Floyd | running. At least the fact that your blouse is open should draw
Floyd | attention away from your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "button blouse" 		

Floyd | You hastily button up your blouse, careful not to break a nail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |   your ensemble (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "fix makeup" 		

Floyd | Using your compact, you carefully apply your makeup, adding a little
Floyd | more powder than usual to your cheeks to hide the flush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ensemble" 		

Floyd | Nothing but the best for you.  Pumps from Prada, skirt by Yves Saint
Floyd | Laurent, a gorgeous silk blouse from the much-coveted Vera Wang
Floyd | collection.  Too bad it'll all have to be replaced in two weeks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Why replaced?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		

Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd | A Louis Vuitton original, your purse can practically carry anything,
Floyd | which comes in handy but is absolute hell when you have to find your
Floyd | keys.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in bag" 		

Floyd | In the Louis Vuitton bag are your make-up and a pair of banquet
Floyd | tickets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x watch" 		

Floyd | Frank felt so guilty after spending a month in Tokyo that he bought you
Floyd | this. Honestly, you enjoyed the time apart, but that didn't stop you
Floyd | from playing up the guilt. So far, that little ploy has gotten you a
Floyd | mink stole, a diamond necklace, and a Bentley, but this watch takes the
Floyd | cake. Whoever said that flagrant displays of wealth were tacky must not
Floyd | have seen this. Exquisitely crafted from platinum and diamonds, the
Floyd | only downfall this watch has is that the gems tend to obstruct your
Floyd | view of its face, making it somewhat difficult to read the actual time.
Floyd | Still, it's a small price to pay to be seen sporting such a piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is sometime before five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "what is this?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sting of the Wasp."
		Fang says, "ah, played it"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x makeup" 		

Floyd | Survival gear for the modern woman; you never leave home without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x brooms" 		

Floyd | Do people even still use these things? They're so dirty and
Floyd | utilitarian. Like those who use them, you suppose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take broom" 		

Floyd | Brooms are for witches, and despite accusations to the contrary, you
Floyd | are not one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hahahaha."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | There's nothing special about the walls.  Except that they're unadorned
Floyd | concrete, a rarity in Pine Meadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pumps" 		

Floyd | Nothing but the best for you.  Pumps from Prada, skirt by Yves Saint
Floyd | Laurent, a gorgeous silk blouse from the much-coveted Vera Wang
Floyd | collection.  Too bad it'll all have to be replaced in two weeks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Pure dynamite! Not bad for twenty thousand. Your ass is high, your
Floyd | tummy is tight, and your skin hasn't a line or blemish. It's a shame
Floyd | you'll have to do it all over again in a year. Oh well, no one said
Floyd | beauty was easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "South?"
		borowski says, "Yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Access hall
Floyd | A short, dimly lit hallway between the utility closet to the north and
Floyd | the stairs to the rest of the club leading south and up. While the
Floyd | dominant smell here is, as in the closet, chlorine, some other
Floyd | fragrance, a sweeter one, is mingled with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Turning up your nose ever so slightly, you sniff the air.  Although it
Floyd | is almost entirely wiped out by the smell of chlorine, you definitely
Floyd | detect the hint of something.  Chanel #5?  Dior Addict Eau Fraiche?
Floyd | Something. Whoever it was now has you in quite an awkward position, and
Floyd | likely a picture of the same. If only you had something to put you back
Floyd | on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd | Nothing happens. Guess if you want to travel someplace exotic, you'll
Floyd | have to do it the old-fashioned way and sleep with Frank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl snrks.
		genericgeekgirl says, "I am digging this so far."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Onward?"
		DavidW says, "sorry, was pulled afk by roommate."
		borowski says, "Onward and upward"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The stairs turn sharply north as you ascend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Putting the club's best foot forward is clearly the purpose of the
Floyd | foyer. A stately crystal chandelier scatters daylight into
Floyd | kaleidoscopic patterns. Two verdant plants stand next to a set of
Floyd | double doors to the north, their leaves extended as if to usher people
Floyd | in to the banquet hall. To the south, next to the exit to the gardens,
Floyd | is a bulletin board. The hall continues to the west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Don't want to check out the office?"
		borowski says, "That works too. I just picked a direction."
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo. n." 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't, since the door to Charles's office is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You might've tried to follow the scent back a room, to see which way our photog went."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd | What do you want to knock on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | There's no reply. Charles must be out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Spa? Since it's probably a deadend, and the hallway leads to more branches."
		DavidW says, "back a room, I said"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Oh. Spa first?"
		DavidW says, "Western wing"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Desperately trying to look important, a receptionist peers down a
Floyd | hawkish nose at a log book, scribbling in corrections at a furious
Floyd | speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sigh"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We were in the western wing."
		genericgeekgirl says, "That's the room we just came from."
		DavidW says, "you were in Foyer, I thought."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Nope."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "See?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Desperately trying to look important, the receptionist peers down a
Floyd | hawkish nose at a log book, scribbling in corrections at a furious
Floyd | speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, I'm confused what the geography is. Going too fast."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Western wing, with the spa to the west and office to the north. And an unexplored hallway to the east."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | A stainless steel and mahogany monstrosity, the desk reflects the
Floyd | gentle light coming in through the skylight. Surprisingly, or maybe not
Floyd | seeing as the spa's popularity has fallen with plastic surgery's
Floyd | resurgence, there is no computer on the desk; its job instead being
Floyd | done by a simple log book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x log book" 		

Floyd | The client list for Pine Meadows Spa, it contains the names and locker
Floyd | information, as well as "beauty profiles," of practically every full
Floyd | member, part member, and former member of the club. If you want to find
Floyd | anyone in particular, you'll have to look them up individually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Bah."
Fang says (to Floyd), "look up me in log book" 		

Floyd | "I'm sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but that is confidential," she says, "If
Floyd | you've forgotten your combination you can ask me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we'll need to distract her once we have names to look up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x receptionist" 		

Floyd | Tall, thin, and oh so Madison Avenue, the spa receptionist serves as a
Floyd | living advertisement for her business's services. And like most
Floyd | advertisements, she grossly misrepresents the truth. Her looks come
Floyd | from the tried and true: surgery, make-up, and anorexia. Not the herbal
Floyd | wraps and mud baths she pushes on her customers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about combination" 		

Floyd | "Could you please tell me my locker combination?" you ask, trying to be
Floyd | as pleasant as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One moment, Mrs. Hawthorne," she says, flipping through the log book.
Floyd | "Yes, it's right here. Locker #11, combination 38-25-34."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about beauty profile" 		

Floyd | "I'm really very sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but I am incredibly busy," she
Floyd | says in a questionably trendy accent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Wonder if that combo is also Julia's measurements?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show watch to receptionist" 		

Floyd | You better watch out: people knowing about you and Keith is enough for
Floyd | them to think you're a Democrat. If you start giving things to the
Floyd | working class, it'll only look worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about logbook" 		

Floyd | "I'm really very sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but I am incredibly busy," she
Floyd | says in a questionably trendy accent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "haha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take logbook" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take log" 		

Floyd | That belongs on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I wonder if we can get into the men's room."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | "Umm, Mrs. Hawthorne?" the receptionist says, giving you an odd look.
Floyd | "That's the men's change room."
Floyd |
Floyd | You mumble something about allergies and come back to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw, boo."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "North to our locker?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Oh that's a nice blend: kelp and sandalwood. Really now, if you wanted
Floyd | to vomit you would just make love to Frank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ew."
		borowski says, "We don't need to go in the men's locker room. We make the men come to us."
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't actually know what sandalwood smells like."
		inky says, "this game is swell"
		DavidW says, "Sandalwood is a very common incense smell."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I think it smells OK."
		borowski says, "Maybe not mixed with kelp."
		genericgeekgirl | Sandalwood smells somewhat like other wood scents, except it has a bright and fresh edge with few natural analogues.
		DavidW says, "yeah, dunno about the kelp"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Northward?"
		borowski says, "Sure"
		DavidW says, "yeah, hope this isn't on a timer."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is sometime before five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "That's what it said earlier. I guess we'll see if it changes."
		DavidW asks, "We're not using sleepmask today?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, I didn't notice that. Yeah, I don't know if that was deliberate, or if she just forgot."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Women's change room
Floyd | Your heels click loudly on the tiles, echoing down the banks of lockers
Floyd | that line the sides of the room. With the pool closed until summer and
Floyd | tennis verging on the passé, the only use the women of Pine Meadows
Floyd | have for this room is the lockers. The showers lie, unused, to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your locker, #11, sits against the left wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd | (your locker)
Floyd | 38 left, 24 right, 34 left, just like your measurements. Inside is a
Floyd | change of clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says (to DW), "Good call."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd | While the thought of changing without your vanity desk and six angled
Floyd | mirrors is by no means appealing, you've kept a spare set of clothes in
Floyd | your locker since last year when Frank spilled red wine all over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd | Besides from a little sweat, your ensemble is in good condition.
Floyd | There's no need to change right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search locker" 		

Floyd | (your locker)
Floyd | In your locker is a change of clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd | (your locker)
Floyd | You close your locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "Apparently 36-24-36 is a safe combination in Zork Nemesis."
		DavidW says, "y'know, if the pool isn't in use, we might be able to access the men's change room by going through the pool area."
		borowski asks, "Check out the shower?"
		borowski asks, "It says the pool is closed. Can we still go there?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "The room might be accessible still, yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You don't have the time to shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking east and not seeing a flock of members coming to use the spa,
Floyd | the receptionist sighs and drops her shoulders a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "so she's basically a perfect hourglass?"
		Fang says, "(Now I'm wondering if the Sherlock writers played this)"
		DavidW says, "Julia is 38-25-34. Bust is bigger than hips."
		Fang says, "oh I misread"
		DavidW says, "yeah, she's got more sand. :)"
		inky says, "also, you saw what johnny said -- figure mapping to combination is a pretty standard joke, I think"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Into the spa?"
		borowski asks, "To the eastern hallway?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "South?"
		borowski says, "Oh I forgot about the spa."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | "I'm sorry, Mrs. Hawthorne, but there is a pilates class until five,
Floyd | you'll have to wait until then," the receptionist says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Argh. Ok."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is sometime before five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Eastern, I guess."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't like this woman."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Also.. the entire spa is off limits because there's a single fitness class going on?"
		Johnny says, "It's a big class."
		DavidW says, "I guess so. Small club, maybe."
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Putting the club's best foot forward is clearly the purpose of the
Floyd | foyer. A stately crystal chandelier scatters daylight into
Floyd | kaleidoscopic patterns. Two verdant plants stand next to a set of
Floyd | double doors to the north, their leaves extended as if to usher people
Floyd | in to the banquet hall. To the south, next to the exit to the gardens,
Floyd | is a bulletin board. The hall continues to the west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe Mrs. Ritz van Wealthiburg is sponsoring the pilates class."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd | Exquisitely crafted from quartz and brass, the chandelier has a stately
Floyd | charm reminiscent of Romanov Russia, before the rabble rose with all
Floyd | their drab olives and fireless reds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x plants" 		

Floyd | Normally you aren't all that fond of plants, but these two have a
Floyd | subdued elegance that you find pleasing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search plants" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "smell plants" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "east?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd | Although seemingly impossible, somehow this cork bulletin board, with
Floyd | its oak border and brass inlay, manages to appear elegant. I guess all
Floyd | it takes to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear is money. A fact
Floyd | illustrated by many of Pine Meadows's patrons. On the bulletin board is
Floyd | an announcement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read announcement" 		

Floyd | This note announces the charity banquet going on tonight. It's supposed
Floyd | to be the gala event of the season and, as such, you bought your
Floyd | tickets months in advance. The doors open at six-thirty followed by the
Floyd | "Opening speech by Julia Hawthorne; Philanthropist of the Year" at
Floyd | quarter to seven. The donation seemed like a good idea at the time but
Floyd | with all that's happened today, you're kind of regretting it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"
		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "We have to give a speech!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we'd better find that photo :("
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You make your way through the east wing to the garden path.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, there's the pool."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I was thinking indoor."
		genericgeekgirl says, "But I guess indoor pools don't close for the season."
		inky says, "maybe it's just gauce to visit it now"
		inky says, "er, gauche"
		DavidW says, "rah-ther"
inky says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | The pool is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Ugh, that's what roses smell like? Where's the benzaldehyde? the
Floyd | phenetol?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ha."
		DavidW says, "The smell responses in this game are excellent."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tennis court
Floyd | Since tennis became passé, this court is mainly used by those few
Floyd | members who actually enjoy the game. In fact, due to the reduced use,
Floyd | the club has even begun letting non-members play on it. You've never
Floyd | been that fond of tennis and with the rabble about, you're loath to
Floyd | even stay on the court. Hardly a big loss. The net droops, the benches
Floyd | are peeling, and the rubber floor sticks to your pumps. Although you
Floyd | are fenced in on most sides, thankfully, you can still leave to the
Floyd | more agreeable outside dining areas to the northwest and north, or the
Floyd | garden path to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly Winters, a long time member of the club, hops from foot to
Floyd | foot, waiting for a ball to come out of a serving machine at the other
Floyd | end of the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barely turning, Beverly starts talking. "Well, hello, Julia," she says,
Floyd | still not facing you. "Tonight's banquet should be interesting. No?"
Floyd |
Floyd | In a strangely crude move, Beverly shifts her bra uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, I thought that might be blocked."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I misread why tennis wasn't common. It's just passe, not closed."
inky says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd | Once top of the line, the serving machine has seen better days. Its
Floyd | turning mechanism has broken, so now it just shoots out balls at the
Floyd | same speed and same course every time. Good for Beverly's score, bad
Floyd | for everyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell beverly" 		

Floyd | The smells of antiperspirant and sweat battle it out over Beverly.
Floyd | Unfortunately the antiperspirant is winning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x Beverly" 		

Floyd | Just a couple of years your senior, Beverly joined the club a few
Floyd | months before you. This was back in the prime of Pine Meadows, before
Floyd | the computer boom, before the stock market became a playground for
Floyd | anyone with a couple thousand, before peasant blouses and the anti-fur
Floyd | movement; those were the days. Back then, the only thing to do was
Floyd | engage in dramatic rivalries. And what a rivalry you formed. Playful at
Floyd | first, it soon degenerated in to a spat worthy of the Hatfields and
Floyd | McCoys, that is if the two of you were troglodytic mountain folk. After
Floyd | dying down for a couple of years, the rivalry flared up again when you
Floyd | caught her flirting with Frank at one of last year's charity auctions.
Floyd | Normally you would have been happy to have his hands occupied for a few
Floyd | hours, but the insult was too great to ignore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x net" 		

Floyd | The net droops, and your spirits with it. It's fashioned from cheap
Floyd | rayon, not the delicate silk it was made of back when you used to play.
Floyd | You feel trapped just looking at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly pauses between serves, tucking her hair behind her ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bra" 		

Floyd | Beverly's chest looks lumpier than usually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search bra" 		

Floyd | Beverly's chest looks lumpier than usually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "aha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask beverly about bra" 		

Floyd | "Oh dear, Beverly," you say, glancing at her chest, "you're not going
Floyd | to let your surgeon get away with that, are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says nothing but shifts her bra again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Beverly is suspect #1."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bra" 		

Floyd | Beverly wouldn't appreciate that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take beverly's eyes" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the bra.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "fix Beverly's chest" 		

Floyd | Beverly wouldn't appreciate that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x benches" 		

Floyd | The only thing sadder than playing a sport that's passed its prime is
Floyd | watching a sport that's passed its prime. Judging from the thick layer
Floyd | of grime on the benches, it seems that the people of Pine Meadows might
Floyd | not be as sad as you thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | (the floor)
Floyd | Soft with the heat, the rubber floor of the tennis court sticks to your
Floyd | heels, leaving little impressions after your steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly pauses between serves, tucking her hair behind her ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask beverly about frank" 		

Floyd | "You haven't seen Frank in a while, have you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No I haven't. How is your husband, anyway? We have so much catching up
Floyd | to do."
Floyd |
Floyd | In a strangely crude move, Beverly shifts her bra uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask beverly about keith" 		

Floyd | "I guess you know about Keith and I,"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, I heard about that. Poor Frank. Of course, he'll never believe
Floyd | any of the gossip. Unless someone shows him proof..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "remember what it said about Frank spilling a drink on you? Can we spill a drink on Beverly?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Mayhaps."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch beverly" 		

Floyd | You two prefer more subtle ways of expressing your rivalry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask beverly about photo" 		

Floyd | "Someone took a photo of Keith and I in the basement."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A photograph, you say? How very Enquirer of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "accuse beverly" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beverly about lump" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. Sometimes you are such a whore," Beverly mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What was that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I said: 'Really, Julia. Sometimes you are such a bore.'"
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly pauses between serves, tucking her hair behind her ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "if you can get her to turn around, maybe the ball machine will hit her"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "distract beverly" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Johnny says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd | (Beverly)
Floyd | Beverly isn't afraid of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a strangely crude move, Beverly shifts her bra uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">turn machine to 11"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show watch to beverly" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. Why would anyone be interested in that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly pauses between serves, tucking her hair behind her ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is sometime before five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "point machine at beverly" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Johnny says (to Floyd), "pull hair" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd | Once top of the line, the serving machine has seen better days. Its
Floyd | turning mechanism has broken, so now it just shoots out balls at the
Floyd | same speed and same course every time. Good for Beverly's score, bad
Floyd | for everyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mechanism" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fix machine" 		

Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "See what's in the dining area"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "?"
		DavidW says, "I suppose Bev and her lumpy bra will stay put."
		borowski says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Beep beep" My God! Digital watches at Pine Meadows? Cartier must be
Floyd | rolling over in his grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia Fordham, a woman whose wrath makes even you cringe, sits in a
Floyd | high back chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently someone lacked the willpower to stick to their diet, as a
Floyd | bowl of half-eaten salad sits on the table, forgotten.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I told you, I ordered Coquille Saint Jacques half-an-hour ago. What
Floyd | are you, deaf?" Cynthia screams at a cowering waiter who then flees to
Floyd | the safety of the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then, she glances over to you. "Oh, there you are, Julia," she
Floyd | says, her voice dripping with saccharine venom. "I hear you have a way
Floyd | with the help." --she winks, a little too obviously-- "Perhaps you
Floyd | could work your charm on that waiter for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x salad" 		

Floyd | Little more than limp, wilted lettuce leaves and sour vinegar, the
Floyd | salad looks like it was picked at slightly, and then discarded. Nice
Floyd | way to spend twelve bucks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amongst the lettuce is a pair of cucumber slices.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So I was up at the golf course and do you want to know what I heard
Floyd | Roger say?" one of the bridge players says dramatically.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No," another replies, "but I'm sure you'll tell us anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cucumber" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He said 'No grandson of mine is going to be a doper.' And then he
Floyd | disowned him," the first one says, waiting for a gasp. When she sees
Floyd | none is forthcoming, she continues, "I mean, it was just a little pot,
Floyd | nothing to freak out over."
Floyd |
Floyd | The second rolls her eyes incredulously. "Really, now. Why don't you
Floyd | just stop shaving your legs and move to British Columbia already?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Awesome."
		genericgeekgirl says, "We shall put them on our eyes."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cucumber" 		

Floyd | Just two round slices of cucumber, about the size of silver dollars.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She was in the basement?" one asks, horrified.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess that's what passes for courting among the help," says another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Classy."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Still, you'd think she'd be a little more discrete. I mean Frank's
Floyd | only been gone for a day."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Personally, I think she wanted to get caught. She always has enjoyed
Floyd | the limelight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "perhaps an avacado dip for a facial?"
		borowski says, "I hope 'slap' is a recognized verb."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "slap woman" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Sadly, no."
Tale arrives, full of fun and funk. 		borowski says, "I guess we're more of the passive-aggressive type."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about roger" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia, can't we talk about something a little more
Floyd | interesting?".
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh well. Did you see what Cissy was wearing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "How could you miss it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about keith" 		

Floyd | "So you must have heard and Keith and I."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes. I know a woman must have her hobbies," Cynthia says
Floyd | coquettishly. "It's a shame yours will destroy your marriage."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about photo" 		

Floyd | "Have you heard anything about a photo today?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, I heard someone took a picture of you. What a shame."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Looks like we have more than one rival to sort out."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about beverly" 		

Floyd | "How do you feel about Beverly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She's a little manipulative, even for my tastes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell beverly" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell cynthia" 		

Floyd | Careful not to look like a bloodhound, you raise your nose and sniff
Floyd | delicately. Amidst the smells of wine and food, you detect the faint
Floyd | scent of Bellagio. Definitely not the scent from hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah, maybe we can play them off each other."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take salad" 		

Floyd | "Come now, Julia," Cynthia clucks. "I heard Frank cut up your platinum
Floyd | card, but must you really resort to taking leftovers?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You ignore her and take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay."
		borowski says, ">DUMP SALAD ON CYNTHIA"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about cissy" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Cissy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm just glad she's not talking to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "Maybe we'll need to distract a guard bunny."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dump salad on cynthia" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put salad on cynthia" 		

Floyd | Putting things on Cynthia would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder who Cissy is."
borowski says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia glares at the nouveaus surrounding her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x women" 		

Floyd | (the bridge players)
Floyd | A group of women sit around a table, playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But at least we're getting names to look up in the log book later."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask women about roger" 		

Floyd | (the bridge players about that)
Floyd | "Really, Julia," one of them says, "we're a little busy right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask women about keith" 		

Floyd | (the bridge players about that)
Floyd | "Really, Julia," one of them says, "we're a little busy right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh fine."
borowski says (to floyd), "x salad" 		

Floyd | Little more than wilted lettuce leaves and vinegar, the salad looks
Floyd | like is was picked at slightly, and then discarded. Nice way to spend
Floyd | twelve bucks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "East or west?"
		DavidW says, "Remind me who Roger is>"
		DavidW says, "East. West is the servant's entrance."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Roger is our husband."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, Frank."
		DavidW says, "I thought Frank was."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Roger is no one, then."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't know where I got that from."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about frank" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of my husband?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Frankly," she pauses, thinking herself the funniest person in the
Floyd | world. "I never got what you saw in him. I mean he's pale, he's flabby,
Floyd | he's a bad dresser. He's not even that rich."
Floyd |
Floyd | How dare she. Sure the first part is true, but not rich? What is she
Floyd | suggesting, you married out of love?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw :("
		DavidW says, "gasp"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "But you don't think we can sneak into the servant's entrance?"
		DavidW says, "With Cynthia right there? No."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Fair enough."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. I think all that time on your back has interfered with
Floyd | your sense of direction," Cynthia says as you bump in to a low wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "What? It says the rest of the room is to the east."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia waits impatiently for her meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x low wall" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd | That is beneath your concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. I think all that time on your back has interfered with
Floyd | your sense of direction," Cynthia says as you bump in to a low wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps it's northeast?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, off to see Keith, are we?" Cynthia says, eyes burrowing in to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Normally, you wouldn't be cowed by Cynthia's acid tongue but with that
Floyd | film floating around, you don't want to chance it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ne must be the Pro Shop"
		DavidW asks, "se then?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. I think all that time on your back has interfered with
Floyd | your sense of direction," Cynthia says as you bump in to a low wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. I think all that time on your back has interfered with
Floyd | your sense of direction," Cynthia says as you bump in to a low wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia. I think all that time on your back has interfered with
Floyd | your sense of direction," Cynthia says as you bump in to a low wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww, leaving so soon? Well we must do this again sometime," Cynthia
Floyd | calls out after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Odd."
		borowski says, "Huh."
		genericgeekgirl says, "One sec"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the kitchen)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A waiter bustles about, tray of wine glasses in hand, trying
Floyd | desperately to keep up with drink orders from demanding patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh great, Cecilia Winnecott is here, the most frightfully irritating
Floyd | woman you have ever had the displeasure to meet. You attempt to duck
Floyd | out before she sees you but it's too late.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yoohoo, Julia! Over here." As if you could miss her. Her bright
Floyd | fuchsia pantsuit practically sears your retinas. Cissy sashays up to
Floyd | you, her jacket barely able to contain those three Danishes you saw her
Floyd | wolf down this morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok.. That's the other room."
		borowski says, "Ah."
inky says (to Floyd), "x cecilia" 		

Floyd | A hundred-eighty pound woman packed in a hundred-sixty pound Chanel
Floyd | reject. You've got to hand it to her though, all that fuchsia really
Floyd | does detract from what it covers.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Julia. It's been ages. You simply must see our pictures from
Floyd | Tuscany," she says, and before you can decline, she pulls a stack of
Floyd | photos from her purse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x photos" 		

Floyd | Why does anyone think people want to see their pictures? Well, since
Floyd | you're looking, I guess that's a stupid question.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here's my eldest, Tyler, isn't he handsome?" Cissy croons, showing you
Floyd | a photo of a rather dirty little boy with a finger up his nose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get photo" 		

Floyd | You can see them as much as you like from here, which isn't much at
Floyd | all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh ooh, here's Madison. Isn't she darling?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She's absolutely breathtaking," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search photos" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And this is our villa, isn't it just to die for?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankly, you agree. You'd die before setting foot in such a dismal
Floyd | little hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell cissy" 		

Floyd | Your nose is overrun with both Dolce and Gabbana.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww, look at little Aidan. Isn't he a treasure?"
Floyd |
Floyd | My God, doesn't this woman ever stop breeding?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about cynthia" 		

Floyd | "So what do you think of Cynthia?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She's a dreadful gossip, that woman." Cissy leans in a bit closer,
Floyd | "Who, by the way, is going back for another collagen treatment in a
Floyd | week."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about beverly" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Beverly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She shudders. "Ugh, don't mention that horrible woman to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy recently found out all the bad things Beverly says behind her
Floyd | back. Fortunately, she thinks Beverly is the only one who says them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw :'("
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell cissy" 		

Floyd | Your nose is overrun with both Dolce and Gabbana.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy continues to prattle on about her oh so fascinating life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about outfit" 		

Floyd | Cissy has the memory span of a goldfish. Unless it was related directly
Floyd | to what she's talking about, she would forget her own name.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about frank" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Frank?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, you've got yourself a keeper there. He really does worship the
Floyd | ground you walk on."
Floyd |
Floyd | You must admit: that's nice. It makes him all the easier to walk all
Floyd | over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about keith" 		

Floyd | "I suppose you've heard about Keith and I."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, that. Well, I wasn't going to bring it up; it's vulgar, really.
Floyd | Besides, I don't believe a word of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about photos" 		

Floyd | You subtilely feel Cissy out about the photo, but she doesn't get it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're spectacular, aren't they? I took them all myself," she says,
Floyd | admiring a blurry photo of what looks to be an ape, or her husband.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about kids" 		

Floyd | You make a passing comment about her kids.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Children are an absolute treasure, aren't they?" she says, looking at
Floyd | her photos fondly. "Really Julia, you simply must have one one of these
Floyd | days."
Floyd |
Floyd | Any thought you ever had of having a child went up in smoke after
Floyd | seeing her 'charming' brood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about ape" 		

Floyd | Cissy has the memory span of a goldfish. Unless it was related directly
Floyd | to what she's talking about, she would forget her own name.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "smell cecilia" 		

Floyd | Your nose is overrun with both Dolce and Gabbana.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy continues to prattle on about her oh so fascinating life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about husband" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Frank?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, you've got yourself a keeper there. He really does worship the
Floyd | ground you walk on."
Floyd |
Floyd | You must admit: that's nice. It makes him all the easier to walk all
Floyd | over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about banquet" 		

Floyd | You mention the banquet to Cissy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, you have that speech as Philanthropist of the Year, don't you?
Floyd | Really, Julia, you are such an inspiration. You could really teach
Floyd | these nouveaus," she glances around the dining area disdainfully, "a
Floyd | thing or two about noblesse obligé."
Floyd |
Floyd | Where does she get off with that tone? Her family made its money from
Floyd | inventing the egg carton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "ask cecilia about egg carton" 		

Floyd | "Didn't your family make its money in egg cartons?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well you know my great-grandfather, Sir Arthur Chesterbald Winnecott,
Floyd | invented them, right? Oh he was a brilliant man."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy proceeds to relate to you how the modern egg-carton evolved
Floyd | through a series of steps. First in boxes, then in little cardboard
Floyd | cups, and finally the styrofoam ones we've grown to know and love.
Floyd | Somehow, through the magic that is Cissy, she manages to make it more
Floyd | boring than you thought possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you HAD to ask"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about receptionist" 		

Floyd | Cissy has the memory span of a goldfish. Unless it was related directly
Floyd | to what she's talking about, she would forget her own name.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x waiter" 		

Floyd | Tuxedoes aren't active wear, and the waiter exemplifies perfectly why
Floyd | this is so. His cummerbund prevents him from turning his waist; his
Floyd | whole ensemble clings to him with sweat. In fact, his bow tie seems so
Floyd | tight that his eyes bug out and his face is flushed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy continues to prattle on about her oh so fascinating life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should ask the 'gossip', Cynthia, about the receptionist. See if there's something to use against her."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cissy about gossip" 		

Floyd | "I suppose you've heard about Keith and I."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, that. Well, I wasn't going to bring it up; it's vulgar, really.
Floyd | Besides, I don't believe a word of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "East?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Back to Cynthia."
		DavidW says, "sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | "Umm, Julia, hon. That's the kitchen," says Cissy, giving you a
Floyd | peculiar look. You can't blame her. Most people, if they want to
Floyd | complain, just scream at the waiters in front of everyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Outside dining (next to the kitchen)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Curious."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm dreadfully sorry, Cissy, but I have some things to do," you say,
Floyd | rubbing your temples in attempt to ward off the migraine you know is
Floyd | coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ciao!" Please, one month in Tuscany and she thinks she's Monica
Floyd | Bellucci.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia glares at the nouveaus surrounding her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I guess the room description got messed up."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about receptionist" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia, can't we talk about something a little more
Floyd | interesting?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about spa" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia, can't we talk about something a little more
Floyd | interesting?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "No, Cynthia. We cannot."
		DavidW says, "ask cynthia about club manager"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about club manager" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Pine Meadows?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a shame what's happened to the place," she says, almost
Floyd | wistfully. "Nouveaus." She rolls her eyes in the direction of the
Floyd | diners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about charles" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Charles?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really, Julia. The only thing worse than being a bore is talking about
Floyd | one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, is that his name?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yup"
		DavidW says, "I missed that."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is just after five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We can get into the spa now."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Although there's still the garden."
		borowski asks, "Ah, right. I wonder if we advanced the time by doing something?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Which is on the way."
		DavidW says (to borowski), "perhaps"
		DavidW says, "sure, let's explore more."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww, leaving so soon? Well we must do this again sometime," Cynthia
Floyd | calls out after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Melissa Stratham, wife to Johnathan Stratham, sits here on a bench,
Floyd | delicately leafing through a paperback novel.
Floyd |
Floyd | As she sees you enter, she looks up and grins impishly. "Oh, Julia,"
Floyd | she says, closing her book for a moment. "I'm surprised to see you
Floyd | here. I thought you preferred to do your hoeing in the basement."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell melissa" 		

Floyd | You raise your nose ever so slightly and sniff. Chanel #5, definitely
Floyd | the same as in the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh, ha ha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about frank" 		

Floyd | "So what do you think of my husband?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well he will certainly spice up the banquet. He is going to be there,
Floyd | isn't he? It just won't be any fun without him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hooray!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about keith" 		

Floyd | "I suppose you heard about Keith and I."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh that, you know how this place is. News spreads fast."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about photo" 		

Floyd | "Have you heard of a certain photo making it about the club?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, I heard someone had taken a photo of you as you were,
Floyd | indisposed. There's just no privacy any more is there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about perfume" 		

Floyd | "That's a charming fragrance, Melissa. Whatever is it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's Chanel #5, do you like it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, no. But then again, I have taste," you reply snidely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to ask), "melissa about hall" 		
borowski says (to floyd), "ask melissa about hall" 		

Floyd | "What were you doing in the basement? And don't deny it, it reeked of
Floyd | Chanel, just like you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really, Julia. This paranoia is most unbecoming. A lot of people wear
Floyd | Chanel #5," Melissa says, shifting in her seat slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd | It's the latest Danielle Steel: something about a wealthy heiress and a
Floyd | stableboy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search julia" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search melissa" 		

Floyd | You're not a lady cop, and this isn't Cinemax After Dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl chuckles.
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about book" 		

Floyd | "That's quite a book you have there."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you like it? I thought you might. It's about a wealthy heiress and
Floyd | her affair with the stableboy." She pauses, thoughtfully. "Hey, perhaps
Floyd | you could write your own. You know, update it for the modern world. I'm
Floyd | sure you have enough material."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about charles" 		

Floyd | "That Charles is something else, isn't he?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't get me started. That man is such a bore. I dread each time I
Floyd | have to pay my dues and listen to him speak."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about beverly" 		

Floyd | "You've taken quite a shine to Beverly, haven't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well yes I have. It was so kind of her to take me under her wing. Now
Floyd | there's a woman who knows how to get what she wants."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about cynthia" 		

Floyd | "What do you know of Cynthia?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'd watch your step around her. She's a sly one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about cissy" 		

Floyd | "My God, did you see what Cissy was wearing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, that woman. She just does not know interesting photography.
Floyd | Cynthia on the other hand..." Melissa lets her words trail off
Floyd | deliberately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Likely that Beverly has the film."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about receptionist" 		

Floyd | "Please, Julia. I'm trying to read." Melissa says, barely glancing up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Melissa continues to read her book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd | Hedges of rose bushes frame the sides of the path, their little pink
Floyd | flowers swaying in a cool breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Back to the spa? I wonder if we can get into the banquet hall early."
		DavidW says, "y'know, even if we get the film/photos back, everyone (but Frank) already knows all about the affair."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. But maybe he loves us so much he won't believe it without proof."
		genericgeekgirl says, "You know how petty rich country club folk can be."
		DavidW says, "Good ol' flabby pale rich Frank."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Putting the club's best foot forward is clearly the purpose of the
Floyd | foyer. A stately crystal chandelier scatters daylight into
Floyd | kaleidoscopic patterns. Two verdant plants stand next to a set of
Floyd | double doors to the north, their leaves extended as if to usher people
Floyd | in to the banquet hall. To the south, next to the exit to the gardens,
Floyd | is a bulletin board. The hall continues to the west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hall is closed until tonight's banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | There's no reply. Charles must be out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The receptionist glances around and sighs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We can probably ask her about stuff, although I guess she won't give up locker combos freely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about herself" 		

Floyd | "How are you today?" you ask, trying to be as nice as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm fine. A little tired, but you know how it is."
Floyd |
Floyd | Is she actually suggesting you've ever looked tired? It's definitely
Floyd | time to see Dr. Rickers again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about beverly" 		

Floyd | You ask about one of the spa patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but the stylist-client relationship is one
Floyd | of strictest confidence."
Floyd |
Floyd | True, they are the priests and therapists of the new millenium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh fine."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show salad to receptionist" 		

Floyd | "I couldn't possibly. Too fattening," she says, waving the salad away
Floyd | with the bones she calls fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show cucumbers to receptionist" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a half-eaten salad
Floyd |   a pair of cucumber slices
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |     a pair of banquet tickets
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |   your ensemble (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show cucumber to receptionist" 		

Floyd | "Oh that would be perfect for Ms. Williams facial. We ran out of out
Floyd | supply ages ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to receptionist" 		

Floyd | "Oh that would be perfect for Ms. Williams facial. We ran out of out
Floyd | supply ages ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a half-eaten salad
Floyd |   a pair of cucumber slices
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |     a pair of banquet tickets
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |   your ensemble (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Bah."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Take the cucumbers and go away."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "S?"
		DavidW says, "yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD. Already, your hair is going limp from all the humidity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Williams, face covered in mud, sits at the hairdresser's station
Floyd | waiting for her weekly colouring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Who's Ms Williams, I wonder."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x williams" 		

Floyd | (Ms. Williams)
Floyd | A fearsome sight, Ms. Williams has opted for a peculiar strategy in
Floyd | fighting the ravages of time: none. When she smiles, a rare event, the
Floyd | crow's feet (although ostrich might be more fitting by comparison) lace
Floyd | across her face like webs. If it weren't for her weekly dye job you
Floyd | might think she were over a hundred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell williams" 		

Floyd | (Ms. Williams)
Floyd | Mothballs and ribbon candy. Guess even money can't ward off the smell
Floyd | of the elderly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat cucumber" 		

Floyd | Half-eaten food isn't quite your idea of fine dining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to williams" 		

Floyd | (Ms. Williams)
Floyd | "I thought you could use some cucumber to complete your facial," you
Floyd | say, handing her the slices.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh thank you, Julia," Ms. Williams croons. "These will be perfect for
Floyd | my eyes. That idiot at the desk doesn't know half as much about beauty
Floyd | as you," she says, laying the slices on her eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "We made a "friend"?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "And now she can't see ;)"
		DavidW says, "so now Ms Williams won't see what we do next."
inky says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd | Heated by some unknown source, the rocks cause the air above them to
Floyd | shimmer like a mirage. On the floor beside the bed of rocks is a bucket
Floyd | of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(I hope we have a next)"
inky says (to Floyd), "x bucket" 		

Floyd | Trying to capture some of the supposed ambience of colonial America,
Floyd | this bucket is constructed of well-fitted oak panels. Hooked on to the
Floyd | side of the bucket is a ladle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "pour water on rocks" 		

Floyd | You plunge the ladle in to the bucket and pour the water on to the
Floyd | rocks. A loud hiss ensues as a cloud of steam fills the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "That probably didn't help our already limp hair."
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jungle image is now complete as steam wraps its way around the
Floyd | plants, partially obscuring your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Williams, face covered in mud, sits at the hairdresser's station
Floyd | waiting for her weekly colouring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "S to whirlpool?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x station" 		

Floyd | An all-in-one sink, chair, and hair dryer, the hairdresser's station is
Floyd | a testament to the fact that the spa doesn't service enough people to
Floyd | get the standard banks of equipment that more profitable ones do. While
Floyd | in itself an adequate piece of equipment, you would rather have one
Floyd | machine do each job and do it right.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the brim of the sink rests a bottle of dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask williams about receptionist" 		

Floyd | (Ms. Williams about that)
Floyd | "What's with that receptionist? Who does she think she is?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know, but she was supposed to be in here ages ago to do my
Floyd | hair."
Floyd | As fast as it appeared, the steam dissipates, allowing you to see
Floyd | clearly again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, in a second."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dye" 		

Floyd | You would die before being caught putting this in your hair. As to
Floyd | whether you would actually put it in or not, only your stylist knows
Floyd | for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take dye" 		

Floyd | You would die before being caught putting this in your hair. As to
Floyd | whether you would actually put it in or not, only your stylist knows
Floyd | for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd | An all-in-one sink, chair, and hair dryer, the hairdresser's station is
Floyd | a testament to the fact that the spa doesn't service enough people to
Floyd | get the standard banks of equipment that more profitable ones do. While
Floyd | in itself an adequate piece of equipment, you would rather have one
Floyd | machine do each job and do it right.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the brim of the sink rests a bottle of dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd | Heated by some unknown source, the rocks cause the air above them to
Floyd | shimmer like a mirage. On the floor beside the bed of rocks is a bucket
Floyd | of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Could we dye Williams' hair?"
inky says (to Floyd), "pour water on rocks. take dye" 		

Floyd | You plunge the ladle in to the bucket and pour the water on to the
Floyd | rocks. A loud hiss ensues as a cloud of steam fills the room.
Floyd | You would die before being caught putting this in your hair. As to
Floyd | whether you would actually put it in or not, only your stylist knows
Floyd | for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lobby" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put dye on williams" 		

Floyd | (Ms. Williams)
Floyd | You need to be holding the dye before you can put it on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Except we can't take the dye."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dye williams" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "> dye, williams, dye."
		DavidW asks, "Put dye in bucket?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We can't take the dye to put it in or on anything."
		DavidW says, "I think we need to explore more."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put dye in bucket" 		

Floyd | You need to be holding the dye before you can put it into something
Floyd | else.
Floyd | As fast as it appeared, the steam dissipates, allowing you to see
Floyd | clearly again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock over dye" 		

Floyd | You do manual labour? Get real.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't, since the door to the whirlpool is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | The whirlpool is currently occupied. Besides, if you wanted to lie in a
Floyd | pool of someone else's filth, you'd have a bath with Frank and make his
Floyd | day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lobby" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x n" 		

Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | From here you can easily see the receptionist at the desk, but now,
Floyd | without you there, she's gone on to filing her nails.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "A ha."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x log book" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe she'll walk off at some point?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | Looking closely at your watch, you see that it is sometime after five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "well, we could ask the receptionist about the dye, and maybe she'd leave her desk?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x plants" 		

Floyd | These plants have seen better days. All the steam from the whirlpool
Floyd | and all the heat from the rocks have taken their toll. It's probably
Floyd | for the best. When will people learn that nature belongs outside?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The receptionist glances around and sighs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about dye" 		

Floyd | "Shouldn't you start doing Ms. Williams's dye job?" Hey, if you don't
Floyd | keep the help in line, who will?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll get to her colouring just as soon as I finish this," the
Floyd | receptionist says, although you can't imagine what is so important. She
Floyd | probably just enjoys making her squirm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about nails" 		

Floyd | "I'm really very sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but I am incredibly busy," she
Floyd | says in a questionably trendy accent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Does steaming up the room prevent us from seeing into the lobby?"
		DavidW says, "I think so, or vice versa."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about dye" 		

Floyd | "Shouldn't you start doing Ms. Williams's dye job?" Hey, if you don't
Floyd | keep the help in line, who will?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll get to her colouring just as soon as I finish this," the
Floyd | receptionist says, although you can't imagine what is so important. She
Floyd | probably just enjoys making her squirm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "So, we need her to go in there, and then block her from seeing us take the book."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about important" 		

Floyd | "I'm really very sorry Mrs. Hawthorne, but I am incredibly busy," she
Floyd | says in a questionably trendy accent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "And maybe we can duck into the men's room for some reason, if she's not watching."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Williams, face covered in mud, sits at the hairdresser's station
Floyd | waiting for her weekly colouring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh. Can we go back down to the basement? I have an evil idea."
		DavidW asks, "hm?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "There was bleach in the closet, I think."
inky says (to Floyd), "dye williams hair" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put dye in hair" 		

Floyd | You need to be holding the dye before you can put it into something
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh my."
		DavidW says, "sure, go get the bleach."
		genericgeekgirl says, "The smell of bleach, anyway."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The receptionist glances around and sighs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | The stairs turn sharply north as you descend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Access hall
Floyd | A short, dimly lit hallway between the utility closet to the north and
Floyd | the stairs to the rest of the club leading south and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell lingers in the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Evil, but fitting our character I think."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Utility closet
Floyd | The concrete walls of this closet are oppressively close, made more so
Floyd | by the smell of bleach and chemicals coming from a filthy shelf against
Floyd | the far wall. Various brooms clutter the room, displaying none of the
Floyd | pleasant tidiness characteristic of the rest of Pine Meadows. All this
Floyd | can be escaped through a door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bleach" 		

Floyd | Nah, let the cleaning staff handle that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Wah."
		DavidW says, "drat"
		borowski says, "Aw"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd | A filthy metal shelf hangs on the far wall, sagging from the weight of
Floyd | the cleaning supplies it struggles to support. Although most of them
Floyd | are foreign to you, you do recognize one bottle as bleach.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bleach" 		

Floyd | (the bleach)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bleach" 		

Floyd | (the bleach)
Floyd | Although cleaning has never been your forte, judging by the label and
Floyd | its numerous warnings, you would say this bottle contained bleach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell bleach" 		

Floyd | (the bleach)
Floyd | The pungent smell of chlorine fills your nostrils, burning the delicate
Floyd | membranes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "> pass out"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Access hall
Floyd | A short, dimly lit hallway between the utility closet to the north and
Floyd | the stairs to the rest of the club leading south and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell lingers in the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | The stairs turn sharply north as you ascend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Desperately trying to look important, the receptionist peers down a
Floyd | hawkish nose at a log book, scribbling in corrections at a furious
Floyd | speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Women's change room
Floyd | With the pool closed until summer and tennis verging on the passé, the
Floyd | only use the women of Pine Meadows have for this room is the lockers.
Floyd | The showers lie, unused, to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your locker, #11, sits against the left wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "THINK EVIL RULES"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Desperately trying to look important, the receptionist peers down a
Floyd | hawkish nose at a log book, scribbling in corrections at a furious
Floyd | speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Williams, face covered in mud, sits at the hairdresser's station
Floyd | waiting for her weekly colouring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour bleach in dye" 		

Floyd | With Ms. Williams's eyes covered by the cucumber slices, you make your
Floyd | way over to the sink and carefully pour some bleach in to the dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then, the receptionist, who apparently doubles as the hairdresser
Floyd | with the spa's drop in popularity, comes in. "Ready for your colouring,
Floyd | Ms. Williams?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course I am, I've been waiting for hours." Her voice grates on you
Floyd | as it scrapes out past her ancient vocal cords.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am sorry about that, it's just we're so busy, and--."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just get on with it, you don't get paid to talk."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, the hairdresser goes about mixing the dye with some peroxide
Floyd | she brought with her (in addition to the liberal dousing of bleach you
Floyd | put in there) and puts it in Ms. Williams already fragile hair. For a
Floyd | few minutes it seems as though the bleach has no effect, but then, just
Floyd | as you're about the leave, you notice a few strands coming out in the
Floyd | hairdresser's hands until finally it starts coming out in goopy clumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's going on up there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, ah, I don't know. I used the same proportions as always."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You idiot!" the old crone shrieks, fishing a hand through what remains
Floyd | of her hair. "My hair! My hair!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hairdresser apologizes profusely, leading Ms. Williams out with a
Floyd | towel on her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Wow"
		genericgeekgirl says, "It wouldn't happen that quickly."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Well, I guess her hair is ruined from dye."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "There was an RL Stine book, or similar, when I was a kid where your evil twin sister pours bleach into your shampoo and your hair turns bright orange."
		borowski asks, "I guess we can look at the book now?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd | That belongs on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cynthia" 		

Floyd | #18, combination 23-44-46 (if only her measurements were the same).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cissy" 		

Floyd | Cissy doesn't seem to use the spa facilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up beverly" 		

Floyd | Here it is. #3, combination 16-43-81. "Anti-aging treatment, twice a
Floyd | week. Appointment to be verified each Monday."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up melissa" 		

Floyd | #67, combination 33-73-42. "Problem facelift, avocado cream mask
Floyd | recommended." Hah! So much for that summer in Napa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up williams" 		

Floyd | "Brittle hair, only use 30 millilitres of peroxide each treatment." She
Floyd | doesn't seem to have a locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up frank" 		

Floyd | Since Frank is rarely at the club, he never bothered to get a locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up keith" 		

Floyd | The help don't get lockers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "I think that's all the names we have?"
		borowski says, "I can't think of any others."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Checking first to make sure no one is looking, you enter the men's
Floyd | change room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's change room
Floyd | Despite everything you've heard about men's bath and change facilities,
Floyd | this room is remarkably similar to the women's one you're more familiar
Floyd | with. Same tiles, same lockers. In fact, if it weren't for the
Floyd | direction you entered through, you wouldn't be able to tell the
Floyd | difference.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Not useful, I guess."
borowski says (to floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd | What is it about locked things that makes them so irresistible?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can go only east or out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe later?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up charles" 		

Floyd | Here it is. #32, combination 62-34-42. "Standing appointment each day
Floyd | from three o'clock to five-thirty. May be used by Mr. Burton or Scott."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We need a locker number and combo, I think"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Checking first to make sure no one is looking, you enter the men's
Floyd | change room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's change room
Floyd | Despite everything you've heard about men's bath and change facilities,
Floyd | this room is remarkably similar to the women's one you're more familiar
Floyd | with. Same tiles, same lockers. In fact, if it weren't for the
Floyd | direction you entered through, you wouldn't be able to tell the
Floyd | difference.
Floyd |
Floyd | There it is, Charles's locker, #32.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl:)
		borowski asks, "Who was Charles again?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't know why, but sure."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Club manager."
		borowski says, "Ah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd | (Charles's locker)
Floyd | You check to see you're alone and then enter 62-34-42 on the
Floyd | combination lock. Inside is Charles's clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd | Looking at Charles's clothes baffles you. Despite being all top of the
Floyd | line, on Charles they look cheap and out-of-place. Some people just
Floyd | aren't meant to be rich.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search clothing" 		

Floyd | You begin fishing through the pockets of Charles's clothes. Just when
Floyd | you think you've gone through every pocket three times, you find it:
Floyd | the key to Charles's office. You pocket it quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Neat."
		borowski says, "Huzzah!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd | You don't want them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Women's change room
Floyd | With the pool closed until summer and tennis verging on the passé, the
Floyd | only use the women of Pine Meadows have for this room is the lockers.
Floyd | The showers lie, unused, to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Melissa's locker, #67, against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly's locker, #3, sits in the banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's locker, #18, stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your locker, #11, sits against the left wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "not closing his locker?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Whoops."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Checking first to make sure no one is looking, you enter the men's
Floyd | change room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's change room
Floyd | Despite everything you've heard about men's bath and change facilities,
Floyd | this room is remarkably similar to the women's one you're more familiar
Floyd | with. Same tiles, same lockers. In fact, if it weren't for the
Floyd | direction you entered through, you wouldn't be able to tell the
Floyd | difference.
Floyd |
Floyd | There it is, Charles's locker, #32.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd | (Charles's locker)
Floyd | You close Charles's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Women's change room
Floyd | With the pool closed until summer and tennis verging on the passé, the
Floyd | only use the women of Pine Meadows have for this room is the lockers.
Floyd | The showers lie, unused, to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Melissa's locker, #67, against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly's locker, #3, sits in the banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's locker, #18, stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your locker, #11, sits against the left wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Gonna go in order, I guess."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open melissa" 		

Floyd | You flip the dial through 33-73-42 and the locker swings open to reveal
Floyd | a small bottle of pills.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pills" 		

Floyd | Ah, this takes you back. The bottle contains a number of small white
Floyd | pills. On the side is a label that says: "Percodan. Highly addictive.
Floyd | Do not take for longer than five days or dependency may result." Below
Floyd | that is a date for several months ago and the name and phone number of
Floyd | one Dr. Ferguson. Curiously, the name of the patient is scratched out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmmmm."
		borowski says, "I wish we had a camera."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pills" 		

Floyd | (putting the half-eaten salad into the Louis Vuitton bag to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, Melissa's locker, Beverly's locker, Cynthia's
Floyd | locker, your locker or the lockers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close melissa" 		

Floyd | You close Melissa's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open beverly" 		

Floyd | You turn the dial to 16-43-81 and here a small click as the door swings
Floyd | open and reveals some of Beverly's trademark clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I wonder where we should plant these, if at all."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bottle of Percodan
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   some bleach
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     a half-eaten salad
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |     a pair of banquet tickets
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |   your ensemble (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We have more bleach, incidentally."
		DavidW says, "heh. I was thinking about that."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour bleach on clothes" 		

Floyd | Careful not to completely ruin them, you pour a little of the bleach on
Floyd | to the clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close beverly" 		

Floyd | You close Beverly's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, I figured you would put them in someone's coffee or something"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cynthia" 		

Floyd | Turning the dial to 23-44-46, you hear a gentle click. The swings open
Floyd | to reveal a small camera sitting in the bottom of the locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take camera" 		

Floyd | (putting the bleach into the Louis Vuitton bag to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd | It's a small, instant camera.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Mine now."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, Melissa's locker, Beverly's locker, Cynthia's
Floyd | locker, your locker or the lockers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close cynthia" 		

Floyd | You close Cynthia's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Manager's office?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put all in bag" 		

Floyd | camera: Done.
Floyd | bottle of Percodan: Done.
Floyd | key: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we open the camera?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "It's an instant camera."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take camera" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open camera" 		

Floyd | You flip open the small hatch on the side where the film is supposed to
Floyd | go. It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search camera" 		

Floyd | You flip open the small hatch on the side where the film is supposed to
Floyd | go. It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We'll need film to take more pictures, but there's no film to destroy."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put camera in bag" 		

Floyd | You put the camera into the Louis Vuitton bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So Melissa took the photo with Cynthia's camera and Beverly has the film in her bra?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "The actual picture, but yeah, probably."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe she'll come to change, find her clothing destroyed and we'll so kindly offer her ours."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You don't have the time to shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd | There is nothing on the reception desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd | Bending over has already gotten you in to one awkward position today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha, aw."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd | You unlock the door to Charles's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You open the door and walk in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office of the Registrar
Floyd | You haven't seen this room since you joined the club years ago. Frank
Floyd | handles all the dues, and Charles isn't your first choice among people
Floyd | to socialize with. The office itself seems to be a lot more luxurious
Floyd | than before. Maybe last time you were just distracted by the fear of
Floyd | your application being denied, or, more likely, Charles's perpetually
Floyd | tacky air just drained all the class out of the place. Either way, you
Floyd | have to say that now you like its bold charm, so unlike its owner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearly the focus of the layout, a magnificently restored antique oak
Floyd | desk stands near the back of the room, illuminated by a spacious window
Floyd | overlooking the golf course. Somewhat less impressive, a wise move
Floyd | considering they might detract from the desk, are a row of cabinets
Floyd | leading from the door to the south, along the wall, to the window at
Floyd | the far side of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Charles could come back any minute. Better make it quick.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Charles's desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lock door" 		

Floyd | (with the key)
Floyd | The door clicks gently as the key turns in the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I bet we could call the doctor about the pills, find out whose they are."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Or at least "not hers.""
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Phone Dr Ferguson"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call doctor" 		

Floyd | Better not, someone might hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd | You don't want it. Besides, there's only one jack in Pine Meadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "dial doctor" 		

Floyd | Better not, someone might hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinets" 		

Floyd | If you want to dig up some dirt on someone, look them up by name.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cynthia" 		

Floyd | Cynthia's financial records are boring, even for accounting forms;
Floyd | however, towards the end, you find a health notice. Well, well, it
Floyd | looks like someone's allergic to peanuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you close the cabinet, you hear faint footsteps outside the
Floyd | door. "Who's in there?" You hear Charles call as he thuds on the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Office of the Registrar
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up beverly" 		

Floyd | What's this? A note from Beverly's mother to Charles reminding him of
Floyd | Beverly's fiftieth birthday that is approaching soon. Well it's about
Floyd | time: she's been forty-five for six years now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hide under desk?"
		borowski asks, "Maybe we won't get in too much trouble?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cissy" 		

Floyd | Cissy's records are as bloated and boring as she is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up melissa" 		

Floyd | The cheques are made out from her husband. She may be young, but at
Floyd | least she knows how to work it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up roger" 		

Floyd | Roger's files list him as the primary shareholder of the club, giving
Floyd | him the ability to make membership decisions completely at his own
Floyd | discretion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Wait, where did I get the name ROger from, if it's a real person."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I picked it up somewhere."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I keep forgetting his name is Frank."
		DavidW says, "I forget who mentioned Roger."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, a bridge player mentioned him."
		genericgeekgirl says, "About the pot."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up frank" 		

Floyd | Hmm, what's this? The account Frank has been using to pay for dues
Floyd | isn't anyone that you recognize. How dare he? A marriage is supposed to
Floyd | be about trust!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up me" 		

Floyd | That name doesn't seem to be on file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up julia" 		

Floyd | Hmm, what's this? The account Frank has been using to pay for dues
Floyd | isn't anyone that you recognize. How dare he? A marriage is supposed to
Floyd | be about trust!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up charles" 		

Floyd | Eighty thousand dollars a year. Well now you see why it costs three
Floyd | dollars for a glass of Perrier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up williams" 		

Floyd | Ms. Williams's cheques go back to the fifties, when the club first
Floyd | opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Ok, anyone else before we look up Cynthia and figure out how to deal with Charles?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up ferguson" 		

Floyd | That name doesn't seem to be on file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | The window provides a wonderful view of the golf course. In fact, from
Floyd | up here, you can barely see how ill-kept the green is or how polluted
Floyd | the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Office of the Registrar
Floyd | Clearly the focus of the layout, a magnificently restored antique oak
Floyd | desk stands near the back of the room, illuminated by a spacious window
Floyd | overlooking the golf course. Somewhat less impressive, a wise move
Floyd | considering they might detract from the desk, are a row of cabinets
Floyd | leading from the door to the south, along the wall, to the window at
Floyd | the far side of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Charles's desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | Absolutely gorgeous and without a scratch on it. Which is to be
Floyd | expected, seeing as very little work actually gets done at it. Most
Floyd | members have their banks automatically pay their dues for them and
Floyd | since country clubs have declined in popularity recently, new members
Floyd | are few and far between. Why Charles would have been granted a new desk
Floyd | is beyond you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd | You quickly rifle through the desk but find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd | With rules against cell phones and a desire for leaving the outside
Floyd | world outside, this is the only phone at Pine Meadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide under desk" 		

Floyd | You try crawling under the desk, but figure that if Charles does come
Floyd | in, your face will be where only cater-waiters and hustlers have been
Floyd | before. Then, you climb on top of the cabinets, but realize that
Floyd | Charles isn't quite that short. Finally, you try hiding behind a
Floyd | pencil, but you have a few more months on your diet before you can pull
Floyd | that off. Dejected, you go about finding a better way to avoid getting
Floyd | caught.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd | You open the office window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb out window" 		

Floyd | After all the trouble you've gone through getting in here, you better
Floyd | make sure you have everything you need from here before leaving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cynthia" 		

Floyd | Cynthia's financial records are boring, even for accounting forms;
Floyd | however, towards the end, you find a health notice. Well, well, it
Floyd | looks like someone's allergic to peanuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you close the cabinet, you hear faint footsteps outside the
Floyd | door. "Who's in there?" You hear Charles call as he thuds on the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb out window" 		

Floyd | As soon as your head ducks below the windowsill, you hear Charles
Floyd | (obviously with some assistance) break open the door and shriek: "The
Floyd | window, they've gone out the window!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Quickly, you begin to climb down the trellis, careful not to get your
Floyd | heels snagged in the ivy. However, you're more adept at navigating a
Floyd | concrete jungle than a real one, and soon one of your pumps gets caught
Floyd | on a particularly nasty weed. You kick wildly for a few moments, but
Floyd | it's to no avail; you lose your balance and tumble in to the bushes
Floyd | below, dragging the wreckage of the trellis with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the club (in the thorn bushes)
Floyd | Ow! While the bushes cushion your fall, preventing any serious damage,
Floyd | their thorns still manage to tear at your clothes and cling at your
Floyd | hair. As you pluck the spikes from your face, you hear Charles
Floyd | screaming from the window above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess window exit is our choice."
		borowski says, "Luckily we have a change of clothes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | You get out of the thorn bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the club
Floyd | Yours are probably the first feet to tread here since the trellis was
Floyd | installed. The bushes have none of the carefully manicured branches or
Floyd | unnaturally bright flowers of their cousins in the garden. Instead,
Floyd | they are twisted with many sharp little thorns. They thin a little to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without the cover of the bushes, Charles easily sees you. The criminal
Floyd | charges are no big deal, but being seen by the whole club being pulled
Floyd | from the bushes by the police is almost too much to bear.
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You've been stung by a wasp ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 8 out of a possible 20, in 301 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Debutante.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Behind the club
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh I get the wasp thing now."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yipes."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Who is Scott, incidentally? Charles shares his locker with him."
		DavidW asks, "Not sure. Son?"
		borowski says, "I missed that."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a key (which opens the broken door)
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     a camera
Floyd |     a bottle of Percodan
Floyd |     some bleach
Floyd |     a half-eaten salad
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |     a pair of banquet tickets
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |   your ensemble (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you see them?" You hear a voice ask from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, they're in the bushes," Charles replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Should we restore and look up Scott?"
		DavidW asks, "hm. wait?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Although the thorns continue to poke in to your soft skin, you decide
Floyd | you'd rather put up with that for a few minutes than let Charles see
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well is there any more you want me to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nah, go back to the whirlpool, I'll take care of things here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Although the thorns continue to poke in to your soft skin, you decide
Floyd | you'd rather put up with that for a few minutes than let Charles see
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's it! I'm going to call the police," you hear Charles call to you
Floyd | from above. At least he's gone from the window now.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | You get out of the thorn bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the club
Floyd | Yours are probably the first feet to tread here since the trellis was
Floyd | installed. The bushes have none of the carefully manicured branches or
Floyd | unnaturally bright flowers of their cousins in the garden. Instead,
Floyd | they are twisted with many sharp little thorns. They thin a little to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x thorns" 		

Floyd | Although the same kind grow in the garden in front of the club, those
Floyd | ones are kept in check with meticulous grooming. These, without a
Floyd | gardener to tend to them, have grown wildly, as if making up for the
Floyd | complacency of their sisters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search thorns" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trellis" 		

Floyd | The trellis lies in a mangled heap at the base of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | You battle your way through the underbrush for what must literally be
Floyd | minutes until you arrive in the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Melissa continues to read her book.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My, my. First the basement, now the bushes? Ever heard of a bed?"
Floyd | Melissa says, smirking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er, you want to run away, no?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "There could have been something useful."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about scott" 		

Floyd | "Please, Julia. I'm trying to read." Melissa says, barely glancing up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about burton" 		

Floyd | "That Charles is something else, isn't he?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't get me started. That man is such a bore. I dread each time I
Floyd | have to pay my dues and listen to him speak."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We need to fix our makeup and change clothes, I think."
borowski says (to floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | The fall took its toll on your appearance. Your skirt was ripped, but
Floyd | you managed to capitalize on that by tearing it a little more and
Floyd | turning it in to a fashionable slit. Although you tried, you failed to
Floyd | get all the twigs and thorns out of your hair. Still, you look a lot
Floyd | better than most of the people around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ensemble" 		

Floyd | It's tragic really, the damage done by the fall. Oh well, these clothes
Floyd | were two weeks old; it's about time they were replaced.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Definitely before the banquet."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | If you leave the club without getting that film you'll be ruined.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Putting the club's best foot forward is clearly the purpose of the
Floyd | foyer. A stately crystal chandelier scatters daylight into
Floyd | kaleidoscopic patterns. Two verdant plants stand next to a set of
Floyd | double doors to the north, their leaves extended as if to usher people
Floyd | in to the banquet hall. To the south, next to the exit to the gardens,
Floyd | is a bulletin board. The hall continues to the west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You make your way through the east wing to the garden path.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh, lost."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Women's change room
Floyd | With the pool closed until summer and tennis verging on the passé, the
Floyd | only use the women of Pine Meadows have for this room is the lockers.
Floyd | The showers lie, unused, to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Melissa's locker, #67, against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly's locker, #3, sits in the banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's locker, #18, stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your locker, #11, sits against the left wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open my locker" 		

Floyd | 38 left, 24 right, 34 left, just like your measurements. Inside is a
Floyd | change of clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd | Although those bushes took their toll, the worst might be yet to come.
Floyd | You should probably save these clothes for the banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, Melissa's locker, Beverly's locker, Cynthia's
Floyd | locker, your locker or the lockers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close my locker" 		

Floyd | You close your locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You don't have the time to shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix makeup" 		

Floyd | Sometimes less is more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What was that about whirlpool?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we can get into the whirlpool now."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Timing."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD.
Floyd |
Floyd | Strands of gray hair form a trail through the spa, left after you gave
Floyd | Ms. Williams the Sinéad O'Conner look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You open the door and walk in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Whirlpool room
Floyd | Cramped and humid, the whirlpool room is dominated by a large tub of
Floyd | bubbling water. The steam coming from it is almost unbearable; it
Floyd | flattens your hair and clings to your skin. Even worse, there seems to
Floyd | be no ventilation other than from the door to the north, beside which
Floyd | is a row of hooks for hanging clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young man reclines in the pool, naked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some clothes hang on one of the hooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man sits up with a start but does nothing to conceal his nudity.
Floyd | "Who the hell are you?" he demands. Without waiting for a reply, he
Floyd | lies back. "Nevermind. I don't care. Charles said I could stay here all
Floyd | afternoon, so fuck off."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe this is Scott?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd | With his bleached hair and chiseled features, this guy looks like he
Floyd | stepped right out of Honcho.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about charles" 		

Floyd | "Fuck off, I don't have to talk to you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd | My God! A poly-cotton blend in this place? What is Pine Meadows coming
Floyd | to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd | "Hey, cut that out!" You ignore him but find nothing of interest
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd | (first taking the clothes)
Floyd | "Hey, what are you doing? I need those," the man cries.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ignore him and take the clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Not what I meant, but yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter whirlpool" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, the door to the spa or the whirlpool?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scott" 		

Floyd | With his bleached hair and chiseled features, this guy looks like he
Floyd | stepped right out of Honcho.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Bye bye, naked man."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | "Listen!" you hiss, holding the clothes out of the young man's reach.
Floyd | "Either you tell me what I want to know or I walk out with these
Floyd | clothes right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? You're crazy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Am I?" You walk towards the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ok, wait, wait. Alright, what do you want to know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, who the hell you are, for starters."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ok, I'm Scott. Charles's new 'assistant.' I'd shake your hand, but I'm
Floyd | a little indisposed at the moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll let it slide," you say, politely averting your eyes. "Do you
Floyd | always bathe naked with your employers?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bathe naked, sleep naked, play Parcheesi naked," he shrugs his
Floyd | shoulders. "Whatever they pay me for. It's all the same to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | You knew it. Charles was always a little well-manicured, even for Pine
Floyd | Meadows. "So he pays you for your services?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, you have seen him, haven't you?" The two of you share a
Floyd | collective shudder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Alright, that's enough." Satisfied you have enough information, you
Floyd | hang his clothes back on the hooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anytime."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We have blackmail material."
		DavidW says, "ah. Scott is Charles' boy toy."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Go talk to Charles? Maybe we can use his phone to call the dr."
		inky says, ">BLACKMAIL EVERYONE"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa
Floyd | Just two years ago, this place would have been packed at this time of
Floyd | day. Now hardly anyone comes in here, and you can hardly blame them. It
Floyd | feels more like some hellish jungle than a spa. The smell is subtle but
Floyd | gnaws at you nonetheless. A bed of rocks, heated to drive up sweat and
Floyd | drive out impurities, gives the room a heavy, fevered feeling, making
Floyd | you wonder why they even bothered considering there is already a
Floyd | whirlpool to the south. For those club members who have given up on
Floyd | trying to hide the fact that they dye their hair, a hairdresser's
Floyd | station sits to one side, from which you have a clear view of the lobby
Floyd | and its desk to the north. And all this set to some "Sounds of Nature"
Floyd | CD.
Floyd |
Floyd | Strands of gray hair form a trail through the spa, left after you gave
Floyd | Ms. Williams the Sinéad O'Conner look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "BLACKMAIL ALL THE CLUB THINGS"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can go only north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Spa lobby
Floyd | Pine Meadows's most recent addition, the spa was built during the
Floyd | natural beauty craze of the late nineties, when holistic was in and
Floyd | plastic surgery was out. Frankly, you never could understand why it was
Floyd | so popular. The smell of damp seaweed and aromatherapy float in from
Floyd | the south, where the actual spa lies. To the north and west, with a
Floyd | functionalism that seems out of place next to the distinctively modern
Floyd | architecture of the spa, are the women's and men's change facilities,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowning achievement of some hack designer, a desk, dominates the
Floyd | room, trying to give some sense of purpose to the poor soul whose job
Floyd | it is to man it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You open the door and walk in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office of the Registrar
Floyd | Clearly the focus of the layout, a magnificently restored antique oak
Floyd | desk stands near the back of the room, illuminated by a spacious window
Floyd | overlooking the golf course. Somewhat less impressive, a wise move
Floyd | considering they might detract from the desk, are a row of cabinets
Floyd | leading from the door to the south, along the wall, to the window at
Floyd | the far side of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Charles sits at his desk, pushing some papers around to at least give
Floyd | the impression that he's worth the money the club pays him.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Charles's desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Julia!" Charles says nasally. "So good to see you. Can I help you with
Floyd | anything?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charles about scott" 		

Floyd | "So I was talking to Scott, and he had some of the most interesting
Floyd | things to say."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, ah." Charles tugs at his bow tie. "I don't know what you're
Floyd | talking about."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blackmail charles" 		

Floyd | Try typing BLACKMAIL (someone) WITH (some words).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blackmail charles with scott" 		

Floyd | "My, my Charles, you look absolutely flushed. Have you been in the
Floyd | whirlpool?" you ask gently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes I have, Julia." --his cheeks get a little redder-- "It's
Floyd | marvelous. You really must try it sometime."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Were you in for long? I saw the door and it said you were signed up
Floyd | for the whole afternoon. I'm only asking because prolonged exposure can
Floyd | be terrible for the skin, let alone the health." Your lips pout out a
Floyd | little with feigned concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, well, I was only in for an hour or so, I'm letting my assistant
Floyd | use the rest of my time." Charles tugs a little at his bow tie.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, so you finally found someone to work 'under' you?" you ask, your
Floyd | emphasis almost tacky.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, his name's Scott. He's worth every penny the club pays him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes, Scott. I spoke to him." Charles face drops. "He has some very
Floyd | interesting things to say."
Floyd |
Floyd | Charles face glistens with sweat. "Please, Julia. Don't tell anyone,
Floyd | I'll give you anything you want." He pleads.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Alright, let me in to those cabinets and let me use your phone."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But that is-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Or I could just go talk to Mr. Knowles."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ok, ok. Just as long as you don't tell anyone I let you," Charles says
Floyd | resignedly and goes back to working on his papers, even less believably
Floyd | than before.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hooray!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call doctor" 		

Floyd | Suspicious about those pills, you call up doctor Ferguson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi, Dr. Ferguson. This is Angie from Dr. Leeds office," you say in as
Floyd | nasal a voice as you can muster. "I'm calling in regards to a patient
Floyd | of yours, one Melissa Stratham."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, what can I do for you?" he asks, more than a little perturbed to
Floyd | be disturbed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Mrs. Stratham told us that you gave her a prescription for
Floyd | Percodan to be renewed indefinitely and--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? She's still taking them? They're highly addictive!" he says with
Floyd | concern, more likely from fear of malpractice than genuine compassion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Alright, Dr. Ferguson. I'll notify Betty Ford right away."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, you hang up the phone and ignore Charles's odd looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "this seems to just be an alternate solution to getting in his office with the key, doesn't it?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We couldn't get into the whirlpool while he was there."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Presumably we have to look up Cynthia with the key in order to get caught first."
		DavidW says, "I think so."
		DavidW says, "But this lets us continue to have access to the cabinets"
		borowski asks, "I guess more blackmail?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up knowles" 		

Floyd | Roger's files list him as the primary shareholder of the club, giving
Floyd | him the ability to make membership decisions completely at his own
Floyd | discretion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "ask charles about banquet" 		

Floyd | "Please, Julia. I've let you look at the records, isn't that enough?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charles about frank" 		

Floyd | "Please, Julia. I've let you look at the records, isn't that enough?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I suppose."
		DavidW says, "we should find peanuts for Cynthia's salad, I guess."
		borowski says, "Maybe if we blackmail Melissa she'll give us some dirt on Beverly."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Western wing
Floyd | This is the newest addition to Pine Meadows, built to house the new spa
Floyd | to the west. In stark contrast to the well-lit, tan stucco walls, a
Floyd | dingy concrete stairwell descends to south.  To the north, a rather
Floyd | uninspired doorway leads to the office of the club manager. The hall
Floyd | itself extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, good idea"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Putting the club's best foot forward is clearly the purpose of the
Floyd | foyer. A stately crystal chandelier scatters daylight into
Floyd | kaleidoscopic patterns. Two verdant plants stand next to a set of
Floyd | double doors to the north, their leaves extended as if to usher people
Floyd | in to the banquet hall. To the south, next to the exit to the gardens,
Floyd | is a bulletin board. The hall continues to the west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hall is closed until tonight's banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Getting to a particularly steamy passage, Melissa fans her neck
Floyd | vigorously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about pills" 		

Floyd | You tell Melissa about your little conversation with Dr. Ferguson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So they're mine. No one but the most backwards fossil would care about
Floyd | my little indulgence."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blackmail melissa with pills" 		

Floyd | You tell Melissa about your conversation with Dr. Ferguson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, please. This is the new millenium. Who cares if I indulge in a
Floyd | little Percodan now and then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), " blackmail melissa with addiction" 		

Floyd | "Now why would that scare me?" Melissa says, and returns to her book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Huh. Maybe tell someone else about them?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show pills to melissa" 		

Floyd | (first taking the bottle of Percodan)
Floyd | You tell Melissa about your little conversation with Dr. Ferguson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So they're mine. No one but the most backwards fossil would care about
Floyd | my little indulgence."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We need to get into the kitchen probably. So we'd need to get rid of Cissy."
		DavidW says, "hm."
		inky says, "well, so the question is, who's the backwards fossil who would care"
		inky asks, "does Melissa have a husband? or maybe Roger?"
		DavidW asks, "We never learned Melissa's husband's name, did we?"
borowski says (to floyd), "ask melissa about husband" 		

Floyd | "So where is your husband, anyway?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's gone to London for business until the end of the month. It's like
Floyd | I never get to see him any more. How is a girl supposed to stay
Floyd | faithful?" --she glances at you-- "Well I guess I'm asking the wrong
Floyd | person."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't think so."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I tried asking someone about their husband, and it asked them about Frank."
		DavidW says, "hm. Melissa's surname is Stratham."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell melissa about scott" 		

Floyd | "Please, Julia. I'm trying to read." Melissa says, barely glancing up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask melissa about roger" 		

Floyd | "So what do you know of Roger Knowles?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ugh," she says, wrinkling her nose, "that man is an ogre."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe tell Cynthia about gossip?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Gossip meaning Scott and Charles?"
		borowski says, "Yeah and the pills."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As if you never left, Cissy starts back on her photos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the kitchen)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter takes a sip from one of the finished drinks and seems to
Floyd | calm down a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy stands here in all her fuchsia splendour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not leaving already are you?" Cissy asks, lips pouted. "Oh
Floyd | well, you must come back to see the rest of my photos soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia waits impatiently for her meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell cynthia about pills" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Percodan?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't done it in years. Oh, well that explains how you're able to
Floyd | let Frank touch you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps the pills are for someone other than Melissa."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell cynthia about charles" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Charles?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really, Julia. The only thing worse than being a bore is talking about
Floyd | one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell cynthia about scott" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia, can't we talk about something a little more
Floyd | interesting?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about roger" 		

Floyd | "Really, Julia, can't we talk about something a little more
Floyd | interesting?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww, leaving so soon? Well we must do this again sometime," Cynthia
Floyd | calls out after you.
Floyd | As if you never left, Cissy starts back on her photos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the kitchen)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. However,
Floyd | despite all that, the outside dining offered by Pine Meadows is really
Floyd | the only thing that interests you at the club. The tables are full; the
Floyd | place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all that much
Floyd | though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet tonight. To the
Floyd | west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all manner of food
Floyd | is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to the south and
Floyd | southeast are the garden path and tennis court respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A waiter bustles about frantically, trying desperately to keep up with
Floyd | drink orders from demanding patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy stands here in all her fuchsia splendour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x waiter" 		

Floyd | Tuxedoes aren't active wear, and the waiter exemplifies perfectly why
Floyd | this is so. His cummerbund prevents him from turning his waist; his
Floyd | whole ensemble clings to him with sweat. In fact, his bow tie seems so
Floyd | tight that his eyes bug out and his face is flushed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy continues to prattle on about her oh so fascinating life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask waiter for peanuts" 		

Floyd | "I'm sorry, Mrs. Hawthorne, but we don't serve peanuts here. There
Floyd | might be some sauce in the kitchen though."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy tells you about another 'famous' relative's accomplishments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "order drink" 		

Floyd | "Here you go, Mrs. Hawthorne," he says, handing you a glass of wine,
Floyd | his experience such that barely a ripple passes across its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cissy continues to prattle on about her oh so fascinating life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "spill wine on cissy" 		

Floyd | Pretending to catch your heel on a crack, you launch yourself forward
Floyd | towards Cissy, spilling the deep, red wine over her clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My clothes!" she cries, trying desperately to sop up the rapidly
Floyd | setting wine. "This was a gift from my husband." You guess he bought it
Floyd | as a not so subtle hint.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry Cissy, a little club soda and that will come right out." A
Floyd | lie, sure, but you have to stop her from sobbing somehow. Besides, you
Floyd | did her a favour, that monstrosity wasn't helping anyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | When Cissy sees that nothing she can do here will stop the stain, she
Floyd | begins to walk out. "Oh dear, guess I'll go home to change. I'll see
Floyd | you at the banquet tonight. Ciao."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Bye bye, Cissy."
		borowski says, "Ah nice."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Into the kitchen."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | For all the years you've been a member of Pine Meadows, you've never
Floyd | had a reason to visit the kitchen before today. And you are thankful
Floyd | for that. If you had been here years ago you certainly wouldn't have
Floyd | been so quick to eat the food. Gray slabs of meat lie along the
Floyd | counters and hang from cupboards; enormous pots, some empty, some full,
Floyd | sit on stoves. All this under a barrage of pedestrian smells that
Floyd | assault your nose. A set of large, locked doors lead west to the
Floyd | banquet hall and a smaller opening on the opposite wall leads back out
Floyd | to the dining area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amongst the many exotic dishes, you see a steaming plate of Coquille
Floyd | Saint Jacques.
Floyd |
Floyd | When he thinks you aren't looking, one of the cooks spits in to a
Floyd | steaming plate of something.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "why did you spill wine on cissy?"
		DavidW says, "oh!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "And there's Cynthia's order of.. whatever that is."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cupboards" 		

Floyd | The cooks look at you suspiciously but say nothing. You're well known
Floyd | among the kitchen staff for your temper. The cupboards are packed with
Floyd | a bewildering array of foodstuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search cupboards" 		

Floyd | Here we go, Thai peanut sauce. You slip it in to your pocket while the
Floyd | cooks aren't looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Add suace to jacques?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Scallops?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put sauce on coquille" 		

Floyd | "Please, Mrs. Hawthorne," says one of the cooks, "leave the food to
Floyd | us."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cook" 		

Floyd | Harried and hurried, the cooks rush about the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pots" 		

Floyd | Balanced on the stove, several pots stand dangerously close to falling
Floyd | over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, ">HIDE CYNTHIA'S EPIPEN."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock pot" 		

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push pot" 		

Floyd | Pretending to move with a complete lack of grace, you clumsily lurch in
Floyd | to a large pot, sending it crashing to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Momentarily, the cooks are shocked by the crash, but after that wears
Floyd | off they proceed to clean up the mess you made, casting dirty looks
Floyd | your way but remaining silent nonetheless. Being feared certainly has
Floyd | its advantages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put sauce on coquille" 		

Floyd | With the cooks distracted, you sneak the peanut sauce in to Cynthia's
Floyd | food and discard the bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently you made quite a mess. The cooks are still cleaning it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We're a terrible person."
		DavidW says, "we are so evil. :)"
		inky says, "totally"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> whistle and wander off"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the kitchen)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. The tables
Floyd | are full; the place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all
Floyd | that much though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet
Floyd | tonight. To the west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all
Floyd | manner of food is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to
Floyd | the south and southeast are the garden path and tennis court
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A waiter bustles about frantically, trying desperately to keep up with
Floyd | drink orders from demanding patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. The tables
Floyd | are full; the place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all
Floyd | that much though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet
Floyd | tonight. To the west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all
Floyd | manner of food is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to
Floyd | the south and southeast are the garden path and tennis court
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You arrive just as Cynthia sits down to eat her Coquille Saint-Jacques.
Floyd | Your glee can barely be contained as she raises a slimy piece of
Floyd | shellfish to her lips and delicately nibbles at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few minutes pass while Cynthia eats her meal and when she is done,
Floyd | she finishes it off with a delicate licking of her lips. That's when
Floyd | she notices what you have been seeing the whole time. Her lips,
Floyd | reacting furiously to the peanut sauce, have begun to swell, ballooning
Floyd | up to twice their regular size with no sign of stopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Myb bwips, bwat's bappebing?" she blubbers. Oh well, at least she
Floyd | won't need that collagen anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon the paramedics arrive to take her away from the crowd of gawking
Floyd | club members and elated waiters, leaving you to resume your business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wow"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Does this mean we can visit the Pro Shop now if we want to?"
borowski says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. The tables
Floyd | are full; the place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all
Floyd | that much though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet
Floyd | tonight. To the west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all
Floyd | manner of food is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to
Floyd | the south and southeast are the garden path and tennis court
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, with her gone, we can try going north again."
		genericgeekgirl says, "ne, rather"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You walk down the paved path until you come to the Pro Shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pro Shop
Floyd | Since Pine Meadows instituted the policy of allowing day memberships,
Floyd | the shop has been enjoying a lot more business. Well, enjoying is
Floyd | probably the wrong word. The only people who frequent the shop are
Floyd | amateur social climbers trying to impress clients or lonely housewives
Floyd | eager to get a little attention from Keith. Luckily, none of them seem
Floyd | to be around, leaving you to see how cramped the shop actually is. All
Floyd | manner of rackets, clubs, and balls crowd the walls; an obtrusive
Floyd | counter divides the room arbitrarily, and to the north a door leads to
Floyd | the driving range, too small to open up the place at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keith smiles up at you as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey babe, good to see ya," Keith says, smiling. "I was beginning to
Floyd | think you might not make it."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keith" 		

Floyd | Tall, well-muscled, and the most sexually virile man you've ever known,
Floyd | Keith rubs his hand across his chest absently when he catches you
Floyd | looking at him. You suppress a shudder and involuntarily lick your
Floyd | lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You better be careful with those around Mr. Knowles," Keith says,
Floyd | glancing at the pills and jerking his thumb towards the driving range.
Floyd | "He's in a huff ever since he found out about his grandson."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell keith" 		

Floyd | Whatever smell is there is overpowered by your characteristic
Floyd | fragrance: Self-Obsession, by Calvin Klone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah..."
		genericgeekgirl says, "We can tell Roger about Melissa and the pills."
		inky says, "there we go"
		borowski says, "Oh right."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell keith about photo" 		

Floyd | "Listen, Keith, someone was in the access hall while we were in the
Floyd | closet and they took a photo."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You mean someone took a picture of us while we were fucking?" You
Floyd | cringe at his vulgarity. "Shit, what are we going to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, I'll take care of it," you say, hoping it's not a lie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell keith about frank" 		

Floyd | "About Frank..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't you leave him already? Then we could finally be together.
Floyd | Just don't tell him about us, he'd ruin me." With that, he leans
Floyd | forward dramatically. "I could give you the moon."
Floyd |
Floyd | No, what he could give you would be more painfully trite lines like
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell keith about charles" 		

Floyd | "What do you think of Charles?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That guy freaks me out. Always brushing up against me and stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I've always wanted the moon."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "North?"
borowski says (to floyd), "tell keith about scott" 		

Floyd | "Sorry, babe. I don't know nothing about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "sounds good"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Driving range
Floyd | With the banquet just a few hours away, most people aren't willing to
Floyd | work up a sweat. As such, the driving range is all but uninhabited.
Floyd | While most of the course is just grass, the range has concrete walks,
Floyd | sparing you from the torture that is walking on grass in heels. The Pro
Floyd | Shop lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roger Knowles, a man who puts the 'old' in old money, stands here,
Floyd | occasionally hitting a ball off in to the green.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Julia, it's you," Roger says, looking up. As he returns his
Floyd | concentration to the game, he continues, "What do you want?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't notice there was a north."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell roger about pills" 		

Floyd | You carefully feel Roger out about drugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Damn junkies," he spits, "they're ruining this country and this club.
Floyd | I will not have those people at Pine Meadows."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell roger about melissa" 		

Floyd | You better not, blackmail only works if you haven't actually revealed
Floyd | the information.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roger sights up and smacks a ball clear across the green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah, good."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x roger" 		

Floyd | While Pine Meadows's members have never been known for their
Floyd | progressive politics, Roger Knowles is considered a little
Floyd | old-fashioned even here. You'd be wise to watch your step around him;
Floyd | he's never liked you and, being a primary shareholder of the club, is
Floyd | likely to expel you should you disturb him too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask roger about frank" 		

Floyd | "Julia, I have no need of your gossip."
Floyd |
Floyd | Roger sights up and smacks a ball clear across the green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I guess now we can blackmail Melissa?"
		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yeah!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Pro Shop
Floyd | Since Pine Meadows instituted the policy of allowing day memberships,
Floyd | the shop has been enjoying a lot more business. Well, enjoying is
Floyd | probably the wrong word. The only people who frequent the shop are
Floyd | amateur social climbers trying to impress clients or lonely housewives
Floyd | eager to get a little attention from Keith. Luckily, none of them seem
Floyd | to be around, leaving you to see how cramped the shop actually is. All
Floyd | manner of rackets, clubs, and balls crowd the walls; an obtrusive
Floyd | counter divides the room arbitrarily, and to the north a door leads to
Floyd | the driving range, too small to open up the place at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keith paces back and forth, absentmindedly fiddling with things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outside dining (next to the Pro Shop)
Floyd | This is what it's all about: stale food and staler gossip. The tables
Floyd | are full; the place is busy. The members don't seem to be eating all
Floyd | that much though, no doubt saving their appetites for the banquet
Floyd | tonight. To the west is the server's entrance to the kitchen where all
Floyd | manner of food is prepared. The dining area extends to the east, and to
Floyd | the south and southeast are the garden path and tennis court
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of women sit here playing bridge and chatting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can go only northeast, west, southwest, or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tennis court
Floyd | Since tennis became passé, this court is mainly used by those few
Floyd | members who actually enjoy the game. In fact, due to the reduced use,
Floyd | the club has even begun letting non-members play on it. You've never
Floyd | been that fond of tennis and with the rabble about, you're loath to
Floyd | even stay on the court. Hardly a big loss. The net droops, the benches
Floyd | are peeling, and the rubber floor sticks to your pumps. Although you
Floyd | are fenced in on most sides, thankfully, you can still leave to the
Floyd | more agreeable outside dining areas to the northwest and north, or the
Floyd | garden path to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly hops from foot to foot, waiting for a ball to come out of a
Floyd | serving machine at the other end of the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly smacks a ball across the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Melissa continues to read her book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "We meet again."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blackmail melissa about pills" 		

Floyd | "Oh, Melissa," you say, smiling, "I was just talking to Roger Knowles,
Floyd | you know, primary shareholder of the club, the man with the power to
Floyd | make or break? Well, he had some of the most interesting things to say
Floyd | about, how did he put it, oh yes, 'junkies.' I just thought you
Floyd | might--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cut the crap, Julia, what do you want?" she says, her boldness
Floyd | replaced by anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, now. No need for such language," you say, enjoying your moment.
Floyd | "Just give me the film and no one need know your dirty little secret."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine, take it," she says, pulling a roll of film from her handbag and
Floyd | tossing it at you. With that, she stomps off from the garden. However,
Floyd | as she does, she calls back to you, a hint of satisfaction in her
Floyd | voice. "But if you want the photo itself, you might want to talk to the
Floyd | person who's behind all this."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who?" you ask, painfully aware of how little time is left until the
Floyd | banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who do you think? Who stands to gain the most by you and Frank
Floyd | splitting up? Besides Frank of course." And with that, she's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "So, we can take photos now."
		genericgeekgirl says, "And it leads us back to Beverly, I suppose."
		DavidW asks, "yes. Another drink to spill?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x film" 		

Floyd | Here it is: the film. Now you just need to get your hands on that photo
Floyd | and this whole mess will be over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Being this far out in the country, the garden is really the only place
Floyd | at Pine Meadows where nature exists, yet isn't out of control. The
Floyd | topiary is subtle, no garish animals or ambitious creations. Flowers
Floyd | line the drive to the south, down which the valet service lies. A path,
Floyd | hedged with rose bushes, curves round the club to the northeast, and
Floyd | the club itself lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour bleach on film" 		

Floyd | You need to be holding the bleach before you can put it on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "What are you doing??"
		DavidW asks, "oh, we're not going to destroy the film?"
		borowski asks, "Put film in camera?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "You know what an instant camera is, right?"
		inky says, "I'm not sure we can take more pictures with this film"
		DavidW says, "I guess I don't know."
		DavidW says, "A camera is a camera is a camera to me."
		borowski asks, "A Polaroid type camera?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Beverly has the actual photo."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Let's go have a chat with her."
		DavidW says, "oh. so put film in camera? And Bev's secret is her advanced age, apparently. Almost as old as me."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Garden path
Floyd | Serving as little more than a junction, the path here leads from the
Floyd | garden in the southwest to the outside dining area in the north and
Floyd | northeast. The club itself lies to the west and the tennis court to the
Floyd | east. To the southeast is the pool, but it is closed for the season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tennis court
Floyd | Since tennis became passé, this court is mainly used by those few
Floyd | members who actually enjoy the game. In fact, due to the reduced use,
Floyd | the club has even begun letting non-members play on it. You've never
Floyd | been that fond of tennis and with the rabble about, you're loath to
Floyd | even stay on the court. Hardly a big loss. The net droops, the benches
Floyd | are peeling, and the rubber floor sticks to your pumps. Although you
Floyd | are fenced in on most sides, thankfully, you can still leave to the
Floyd | more agreeable outside dining areas to the northwest and north, or the
Floyd | garden path to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly hops from foot to foot, waiting for a ball to come out of a
Floyd | serving machine at the other end of the court.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a strangely crude move, Beverly shifts her bra uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show film to bevely" 		

Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I bet that'll get her to turn around"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show film to beverly" 		

Floyd | "I guess this is what you're after," Beverly says, fishing in to her
Floyd | shirt and pulling out a photo. "Sorry about all I've put you through
Floyd | today, it's just I couldn't afford to let you know I had it until the
Floyd | banquet. You've proved quite resourceful so far. Who knows? Had you
Floyd | known it were me from the start, you might have just been able to stop
Floyd | me." She puts the photo back in her blouse. "Really, Julia, Frank and
Floyd | all his money deserve to be with someone a little more faithful than
Floyd | you. And once he sees this photo he'll realize who that is. Men are so
Floyd | easy to bend when vulnerable, don't you agree?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh well," she says, turning off the machine and wiping the sweat from
Floyd | her brow. As she does, Beverly glances at her watch. "My, my. Look at
Floyd | the time. I must be getting ready for the banquet. Oh yeah, I forgot to
Floyd | tell you. I talked to Charles and told him about how it had been so
Floyd | long since I had seen Frank and he was more than willing to seat us all
Floyd | together. Isn't that wonderful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "See you there," she says, throwing her purse over her shoulder and
Floyd | walking off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly was right, the banquet is almost starting, which means Frank
Floyd | will be arriving soon. You run as fast as you can without breaking a
Floyd | sweat to the bathroom, toss your stuff in your locker, and go about
Floyd | making yourself look as presentable as possible. Quickly, you get the
Floyd | extra clothes from your locker, put them on, and go about fixing your
Floyd | makeup. Within twenty minutes (a Pine Meadows record) you are ready and
Floyd | speed your way to the banquet hall, drawing more than a little bit of
Floyd | attention: running is as rare as running shoes amongst these people.
Floyd |
Floyd | Luckily, your speed pays off and you get to the banquet just in time.
Floyd | Frank is just arriving and Beverly is nowhere to be seen, apparently
Floyd | your tampering with her clothes slowed her down long enough. Just as
Floyd | the doors open, Beverly comes racing down the hall with a sweater tied
Floyd | around her waist, casting you a dirty look as she does. With that, you
Floyd | are all ushered in to the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Banquet hall (at your table)
Floyd | Well, here you are, seated at a table in what amounts to the most
Floyd | horrifically uncomfortable chair you have ever been upon. An
Floyd | ostentatious centerpiece, surrounded by candles with a program leaning
Floyd | against it, sits in the middle of the table, its baby's breath bouncing
Floyd | perilously close to the flames. All around you, the din of diners
Floyd | talking, plates clunking, and air-conditioners whirring, fade in to the
Floyd | background, allowing you to concentrate on the problem at hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank sits to one side, gazing fondly at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly eyes you suspiciously and pulls her purse a little closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously flip the menu over in your hands, absent-mindedly
Floyd | pretending to read.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, I guess not"
		DavidW asks, "Did we put the film in the camera?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "No. There's no reason to, I think."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I guess the empty camera was just a hint that we needed to find the film."
borowski says (to floyd), "score" 		

Floyd | You have so far scored 18 out of a possible 20, in 403 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Dowager.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We don't want a pic of Beverly?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Why?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x menu" 		

Floyd | The situation is enough to make you lose your appetite. And if it
Floyd | weren't, having seen the kitchen earlier certainly would.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly takes a sip of her drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, as a memento when her outfit falls apart."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a menu
Floyd |   a change of clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd | I guess Charles thinks that if the banquet is lit with these, people
Floyd | won't be able to see how tacky the whole thing is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank sips at his drink nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x centerpiece" 		

Floyd | Egad, from a cursory glance, the centerpiece appeared to be fresh-cut
Floyd | flowers, but on closer inspection, it's plastic! You knew this place
Floyd | was going down hill, but plastic?
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing up towards the stage, you see Charles preparing the podium for
Floyd | the speakers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x program" 		

Floyd | With black calligraphy on goldenrod, the program look like an angry
Floyd | wasp. It announces the "Opening speech by Julia Hawthorne,
Floyd | Philanthropist of the Year" that you have to make at quarter to seven.
Floyd | Whatever you're going to do, you better do it quick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set menu on fire" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to set the menu.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn menu" 		

Floyd | Trying to make it look as accidental as possible, you put the menu in
Floyd | to the flame. Within seconds it is flaring away, causing quite a scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your menu!" Frank shouts, jumping to his feet, surprisingly gallant.
Floyd | Quickly, he grabs one of the glasses from the table and dashes water
Floyd | over the burgeoning fire. It goes out with a hiss, leaving a puddle of
Floyd | ashy water and charred paper. "That was close," he wheezes, wiping the
Floyd | sweat from his forehead.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, a little too close," Beverly mutters, eyeing you suspiciously and
Floyd | moving her purse beneath her chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | A team of waiters, hitherto immobilized with shock, move in to action.
Floyd | Within a few moments, the table is restored and people start getting
Floyd | back to waiting for their meals and gossiping amongst themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take purse" 		

Floyd | It's not her purse you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look under chair" 		

Floyd | Bending over has already gotten you in to one awkward position today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take photo" 		

Floyd | "Tut, tut, Julia," Beverly whispers, "you needn't provoke me, I'll show
Floyd | Frank in due time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Drat."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn program" 		

Floyd | Better not, you already look like enough of a pyro.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, from the stage, the ceiling, and behind, speakers screech to
Floyd | life. "Testing." Charles voice sounds out from all corners of the room,
Floyd | a good deal less servile when pumped out at a hundred and ten decibels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Beverly, go away."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn beverly" 		

Floyd | Better not, you already look like enough of a pyro.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, to say a few words before the banquet, here's Julia Hawthorne,
Floyd | this year's philanthropist of the year," Charles says, gesturing to you
Floyd | with a wide sweep of his hand while an enormous circle of light falls
Floyd | on you from a spotlight above. "Let's give her a hand, everybody!" A
Floyd | round of applause ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe if we wait and burn it as they applaud? (I saved right before)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no other choice. The time for action is over. Dejected, you
Floyd | make your way to the stage, hoping that Beverly chooses to prolong your
Floyd | anxiety for awhile longer and not show Frank the photo. Of course, hope
Floyd | is all you can do.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you reach the stage, you cast a glance towards your table, just
Floyd | long enough to see Beverly showing something to Frank. As you begin
Floyd | your speech, Frank leaves the table, and your life, forever.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Your marriage is ruined ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 18 out of a possible 20, in 415 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Dowager.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		borowski says, "Yeah, let's try it."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly takes a sip of her drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank sips at his drink nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x frank" 		

Floyd | Looking at Frank, you wonder what ever attracted you to him in the
Floyd | first place. His skin is pale, his hair is limp, his body is flabby,
Floyd | and his clothes are outdated. Then you glance down at the bulge in his
Floyd | pants and remember: it was the size of his wallet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing up towards the stage, you see Charles preparing the podium for
Floyd | the speakers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "spill drink" 		

Floyd | What do you want to spill the drinks in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "purse" 		

Floyd | You need to be holding the drinks before you can put them on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x beverly" 		

Floyd | For all her bravado on the tennis court, Beverly seems to be a tad
Floyd | nervous. It's a lot easier to threaten to cause a scene and ruin a
Floyd | marriage than to actually do so. But if she's held on this long,
Floyd | there's no way she'll bow out now. In fact, you can see her hand
Floyd | dangling below the table, ready to fish out the photo from her purse at
Floyd | any moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank gulps down the rest of his drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get drink" 		

Floyd | You don't want to anger either of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Draining her glass, Beverly licks the rim with relish. She always was a
Floyd | bit of a lush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd | I guess Charles thinks that if the banquet is lit with these, people
Floyd | won't be able to see how tacky the whole thing is.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here, Beverly, let me get that for you," Frank says, taking the empty
Floyd | glasses and calling over the waiter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Frank. You're such a gentleman. How does Julia ever keep her hands
Floyd | off of you?" she says, handing him her glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank chuckles. He always does that when he's nervous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put pills in beverly's drink" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x menu" 		

Floyd | The situation is enough to make you lose your appetite. And if it
Floyd | weren't, having seen the kitchen earlier certainly would.
Floyd |
Floyd | A waiter comes by and removes the empty glasses, ignoring all requests
Floyd | for new drinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd | Me me me me!
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, from the stage, the ceiling, and behind, speakers screech to
Floyd | life. "Testing." Charles voice sounds out from all corners of the room,
Floyd | a good deal less servile when pumped out at a hundred and ten decibels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, to say a few words before the banquet, here's Julia Hawthorne,
Floyd | this year's philanthropist of the year," Charles says, gesturing to you
Floyd | with a wide sweep of his hand while an enormous circle of light falls
Floyd | on you from a spotlight above. "Let's give her a hand, everybody!" A
Floyd | round of applause ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn menu" 		

Floyd | Trying to make it look as accidental as possible, you put the menu in
Floyd | to the flame. At first, no one notices the small flame, and by the time
Floyd | they do, it's too late for them to do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your menu!" Frank shrieks, pointing frantically and lurching back from
Floyd | the table. His foot catches on the leg of his chair, and he is sent
Floyd | sprawling in to a dessert cart. Another time and you might have found
Floyd | that funny, but you've had your fill of schadenfreude for today.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly, for once losing her icy composure, scrabbles away from the
Floyd | table as fast as she can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire begins to spread.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take photo" 		

Floyd | With everyone distracted by the raging fire, you grab the photo. Damn
Floyd | it's hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire spreads to the centrepiece, the cheap plastic leaves curling
Floyd | and spouting out plumes of foul-smelling smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn photo" 		

Floyd | With a rather dramatic flourish (hey, you deserve it) you crumple up
Floyd | the photo and toss it in to the fire. As it burns, so does Beverly's
Floyd | hope of destroying your marriage. Not that she stops trying, though.
Floyd | Frank tells you later that week about a phone call from her, but
Floyd | without any proof, his blind adoration of you wins out over suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire that resulted during the banquet ended up destroying a good
Floyd | portion of the building. Good riddance, you say, the club was past its
Floyd | prime and it was more fitting that it go out with flare rather than
Floyd | dwindle away to mediocrity.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 20 out of a possible 20, in 421 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Diva.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hooray"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Have you tried:
Floyd |
Floyd |   Kissing everyone?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Trying all the generally unused verbs?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Eating the salad?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Telling Frank about Keith?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Doing nothing after starting the fire?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Asking Cynthia about nouveaus?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Finding an alternate way of getting into the kitchen?
Floyd |
Floyd |   Finding an alternate way of avoiding Ms. Williams seeing you?
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Arson saves the day!"
		inky says, "I would like to thank all the people we stepped on to get where we are today"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw"
		Johnny says, "ITYM ow"
		DavidW says, "ah, I guess the steam was an alternate to the cucumber slices."
		borowski asks, "I wonder what the other way into the kitchen was?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I want to see what happens if we let the fire go :)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly takes a sip of her drink.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank sips at his drink nervously.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing up towards the stage, you see Charles preparing the podium for
Floyd | the speakers.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank gulps down the rest of his drink.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Draining her glass, Beverly licks the rim with relish. She always was a
Floyd | bit of a lush.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here, Beverly, let me get that for you," Frank says, taking the empty
Floyd | glasses and calling over the waiter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Frank. You're such a gentleman. How does Julia ever keep her hands
Floyd | off of you?" she says, handing him her glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank chuckles. He always does that when he's nervous.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A waiter comes by and removes the empty glasses, ignoring all requests
Floyd | for new drinks.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z.z.z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z.z" 		DavidW asks, "Through the locked banquet hall, maybe?"

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, from the stage, the ceiling, and behind, speakers screech to
Floyd | life. "Testing." Charles voice sounds out from all corners of the room,
Floyd | a good deal less servile when pumped out at a hundred and ten decibels.
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, to say a few words before the banquet, here's Julia Hawthorne,
Floyd | this year's philanthropist of the year," Charles says, gesturing to you
Floyd | with a wide sweep of his hand while an enormous circle of light falls
Floyd | on you from a spotlight above. "Let's give her a hand, everybody!" A
Floyd | round of applause ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "burn menu" 		

Floyd | Trying to make it look as accidental as possible, you put the menu in
Floyd | to the flame. At first, no one notices the small flame, and by the time
Floyd | they do, it's too late for them to do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your menu!" Frank shrieks, pointing frantically and lurching back from
Floyd | the table. His foot catches on the leg of his chair, and he is sent
Floyd | sprawling in to a dessert cart. Another time and you might have found
Floyd | that funny, but you've had your fill of schadenfreude for today.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly, for once losing her icy composure, scrabbles away from the
Floyd | table as fast as she can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire begins to spread.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe, but how do we get into the banquet hall?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat salad" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire spreads to the centrepiece, the cheap plastic leaves curling
Floyd | and spouting out plumes of foul-smelling smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Get another key from Charles? Or Scott's clothing?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flames web across the tablecloth, scorching the table underneath
Floyd | and sending waves of heat in to your face. You feel your nose soften.
Floyd | Dr. Rickers said it would take at least twice this much heat; that son
Floyd | of a bitch is so sued.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "There's nothing in Scott's clothing."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire licks at the table, sending out smoke that makes your head
Floyd | swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table collapses in to a pile of flaming kindling, sending a scent
Floyd | reminiscent of your trip upstate in to the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the smoke finally gets to you. Your mind clouds over for a moment,
Floyd | and your knees buckle from under you. The last thing you remember is
Floyd | pitching headlong in to the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you awaken a few days later, you learn that Frank never saw the
Floyd | photo. But your satisfaction is short lived. With all the scars on your
Floyd | face, that's probably the last photo in which you looked decent. Well
Floyd | maybe not decent.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Too bad, you fell out of the frying pan and in to the fire ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 19 out of a possible 20, in 423 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Dowager.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh 'Dr. Rickers ... is so sued'"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell frank about keith" 		

Floyd | First casting a defiant look at Beverly, you turn to Frank, take his
Floyd | hand in yours, and pinch your thigh to get some authentic tears
Floyd | flowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Frank, I have to tell you something..."
Floyd |
Floyd | After what seems like hours of tears, pleads, and yells, things finally
Floyd | settle down. It's over. Not that it's the worst loss or anything, you
Floyd | just wish you hadn't signed that pre-nupt.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Your marriage is ruined ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 18 out of a possible 20, in 404 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Dowager.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Banquet hall (at your table)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "kiss beverly" 		

Floyd | Ahh, convince Frank you're a complete nympho by kissing Beverly and
Floyd | then maybe he won't consider your affair an act of betrayal and instead
Floyd | carry you off to the sexual-dysfunction clinic in his arms and you'll
Floyd | all live happily ever after, is that your plan? Dream on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly takes a sip of her drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss frank" 		

Floyd | You haven't kissed him in months. To do so now might raise suspicion,
Floyd | and something else you're not too fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yipes"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kiss beverly" 		

Floyd | Ahh, convince Frank you're a complete nympho by kissing Beverly and
Floyd | then maybe he won't consider your affair an act of betrayal and instead
Floyd | carry you off to the sexual-dysfunction clinic in his arms and you'll
Floyd | all live happily ever after, is that your plan? Dream on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank sips at his drink nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, you did that."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a menu
Floyd |   a change of clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   your Louis Vuitton bag (which is open)
Floyd |     your make-up
Floyd |   your watch (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Glancing up towards the stage, you see Charles preparing the podium for
Floyd | the speakers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Where is my salad?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Office of the Registrar
Floyd | Clearly the focus of the layout, a magnificently restored antique oak
Floyd | desk stands near the back of the room, illuminated by a spacious window
Floyd | overlooking the golf course. Somewhat less impressive, a wise move
Floyd | considering they might detract from the desk, are a row of cabinets
Floyd | leading from the door to the south, along the wall, to the window at
Floyd | the far side of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Charles's desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat salad" 		

Floyd | (first taking the half-eaten salad)
Floyd | If you wanted to put something limp and wilted in your mouth... Ok,
Floyd | that one's a little dirty even for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "..."
		DavidW says, "salad, pills, camera, ,,, all lost in the change of clothes."
		genericgeekgirl says, "We threw it all into the locker."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kiss charles" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh Julia. You've had worst things in your mouth than a salad."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, that's a really early save."
		DavidW says, "er worse"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh"
		DavidW says, "And we finished in good time, too. Another plus for the game."
		inky says, "oh, a Jason Devlin game"
		inky says, "I knew I knew who this was by"
		borowski says, "And now you know you know."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swing" 		

Floyd | What do you want to swing?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "swing everybody" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swing" 		

Floyd | What do you want to swing?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swing frank" 		

Floyd | If only Frank were in to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beverly takes a sip of her drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing hips" 		

Floyd | You don't need to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd | [Warning: Since the game menu contains hints (none immediately visible,
Floyd | however) you are given the option to type HINTS OFF to disable it. Type
Floyd | ABOUT again to get to the menu.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh well."
		genericgeekgirl | Additionally, throughout the course of the game you will likely screw over (note that I did not say ~screw~) a variety of people, berate others, and generally be an all around nasty person. If you are not comfortable playing this type of character, you may quit at any time.
		DavidW asks, "huh. The menu crashed the terp?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Seems that way."
		DavidW says, "good game, everyone. That was fun."
		DavidW says, "Excellent play on thinking about getting bleach from the utility closet. That was inspired."
		genericgeekgirl:)
		borowski says, "That was a fun game. I can see why it won awards for PC/NPC's."


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Olivia's Orphanorium by Sam Kabo Ashwell
As played on ifMUD on July 29, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Olivia's Orphanorium written by Sam Kabo Ashwell. Orphanorium was written for the Cover Stories minicomp. N You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask olivia2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | While not particularly graphic in its depiction, this game is
Floyd | centrally about the institutional mistreatment of children, in which
Floyd | the player character is instrumental. That considered, do you wish to
Floyd | continue?

		Binder says, "> HECK YEAH"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "What happens with a 'no'?"
		Jacqueline says, "It just quits."
		Binder says, "Relieved survivors of child abuse give you a hug"
		Jacqueline says, "So, um, consider your answer wisely."
		maga says (to DW), "you get the short but charming tale of Sparklebutt the Unicorn Pony"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "See, this is about Victorian child abuse, and most of those folks are gone now, so that makes it okay."
		DavidW asks, "We don't get a snide comment about being a lazy ne'er-do-well born of an adulterous contretemps?"
		Binder exclaims (at Jacqueline), "hey you WANTED to see a very different tack from yours. I bet you never even thought of saying no here!"
		maga says, "and how little Timmy fails to save him from the glue factory"
		phoenix says, "go on, someone type NO"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "I did say no, actually, the first time."
		Jacqueline says, "Just to see."
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "CURSES"
		Binder says, "Er, not THAT Curses. I'm just saying curses."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | continue?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline says, "Well, that was fun."
		Binder says, "Hey where was our sparklebutt story"
		Binder says, "Someone's a LAIR"
		maga says, "sparklebutt is a lie"
		DavidW says, "I see no unicorn shitting cupcakes here."
		borowski says, "Hooray! Victory!"
		Binder exclaims, "Again, again!"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow, not even into the game yet, and already I'm thinking this transcript gets an adult warning. Nicely done, chaps."
		phoenix says, "we have won by taking a moral stance on the treatment of children in computer games"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask olivia2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | While not particularly graphic in its depiction, this game is
Floyd | centrally about the institutional mistreatment of children, in which
Floyd | the player character is instrumental. That considered, do you wish to
Floyd | continue?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | When young the orphan is commonly sent to an asylum, where by
Floyd | careful cultivation of its rudimentary sense of locality it is taught
Floyd | to know its place. It is then instructed in the arts of dependence and
Floyd | servitude and eventually turned loose to prey upon the world as a
Floyd | bootblack or scullery maid. -- Bierce

		Binder says, "Oh, if we're already in warning territory, I'll take off my blue language mask."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | You have always dreamed of becoming an orphanmaster, and now you are
Floyd | finally getting to live your dream! Can you rise to the challenge and
Floyd | guide Olivia's Orphanorium from humble beginnings to towering success?
Floyd |
Floyd | Olivia's Orphanorium
Floyd | A Casual Simulation by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 120729 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | For further information, see ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old (though with most of them, age is merely a rough guess).
Floyd | Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively low. The Middle
Floyd | House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart, Griselda and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		maga says (to inky), "dammit, you tested this too"
		Binder says, "stinky ol' miasmine"
		vimes says (to maga), "that's what you get for mixing business and pleasure"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are an attractive, capable woman with a sunny disposition, aged
Floyd | 20-35; despite this, your life is sufficiently dull to excite neither
Floyd | unease nor envy in middle-aged ladies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "shouldn't that be orphanmistress then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd | Olivia's Orphanorium was written for Cover Stories, a
Floyd | minicomp in which artists supplied pieces of cover art, after which
Floyd | authors each chose a cover and wrote an appropriate game. The games
Floyd | were coded in three weeks, plus a two-week testing period.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cover image was selected by Rowan Lipkovits, from Google's LIFE
Floyd | magazine photo archive; it is dated May 22, 1886, was taken by Wallace
Floyd | G. Levison in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and depicts one Isabel Harter,
Floyd | who is unlikely to have been an orphan.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Alphatesters
Floyd |  Justin de Vesine, a jaunty and stylish gentleman
Floyd |  Jacqueline A. Lott, an infamous Appalachian cat lady
Floyd |
Floyd |  Betatesters
Floyd | James Eagle, a gin-soaked socialist scrivener of radical
Floyd | pamphlets
Floyd |  Jacques Frechet, an incompetent timpanist
Floyd |  Joey Jones, a third-rate llama rustler
Floyd |  Jacqueline A. Lott, supra
Floyd | Adrienne Mueller, a shameless apologist for the unexpurgated
Floyd | Lung's Forbidden Tales
Floyd |  Andrew Schultz, a pitiful mathematics-addict
Floyd |  Dan Shiovitz, a slovenly bit-twiddler
Floyd | David Welbourn, a moustachioed Canadian collector of
Floyd | curiously composed text adventures
Floyd |
Floyd |  And
Floyd | Emily Short, a notorious lady author, for thinking this was
Floyd | an amusing concept and putting up with my mutterings
Floyd | Andrew Plotkin, a crazy uncle, for wrangling the serial
Floyd | comma
Floyd | Graham Nelson, an obscure producer of questionable gospels,
Floyd | for certain technical contributions
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks are also due to extension authors Michael Callaghan and Jesse
Floyd | McGrew, to the many, many people who have contributed to Inform over
Floyd | the years, and to the various denizens of ifMUD and intfiction.org who
Floyd | have improved my coding by being better than me at it, or made me feel
Floyd | competent by being worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author may be contacted at magadog@gmail.com.

		maga says, "my next game will be tested by everyone who has ever played IF"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow. Lots of HTML."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh"
		DavidW says, "yay crazy uncle Zarf"
		vimes says, "the HTML is, of course, produced by sleepmask to handle italic / bold type and so forth"
		phoenix says, "by the way, how come the game moves in days and each day the orphans grow a year"
		Jacqueline says (to vimes), "Yeah, I just didn't realize his game utilized it so heavily."
		Jacqueline asks (of phoenix), "Age is but a rough guess. And you're evidently really bad at guessing?"
		vimes says, "(speaking for the benefit of future civilizations who might find only this transcript and no further depiction of sleepmask)"
jenrexrode arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		maga says (to phoenix), "orphans do not age up at a constant rate"
		phoenix asks, "it's a relativistic house?"
		Binder says, "no, no relatives here. they're ORPHANS"
		maga says, "it is all wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, okay"
		DavidW asks, "I wonder how sleepmask tells the difference between <i> and <em>?"
		vimes says, "the two-slit box of shame experiment demonstrates that orphans act both as a particle and a horrible, sucking drain on society"
		maga says, "and a petty realism is the hobgoblin of simulations that turn into Dwarf Fortress"
		vimes says (to davidw), "[italic type] versus [bold type], i believe"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "I quit believing anything you said after we didn't get our story about how little Timmy fails to save Sparklebutt from the glue factory, and I have decided to never listen to you again."
Binder oh, so it's to be a playthrough and an author's debate 		DavidW says, "But [bold type] should be <b>, not <em>."
Binder ilac 		maga says (to Jacqueline), "it is called unreliable narrator look it up geez"
		vimes says (to davidw), "for some reason i decided that <em> was a more appropriate tag at the time, i don't recall why"
		Jacqueline goes to look up 'unreliable author husband-type,' fails to find an entry.
		DavidW says, "The Orphanorium formerly called Spaklebutt's Magical Glue Factory Adventure"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x sparklebutt" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart, Griselda and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Crap. Now someone must write that, DW."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orphans" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORPHANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BART
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart Blunkett, secret son of a Basque rake and an ingenue.
Floyd | His discipline is awful, his vigour poor, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale mediocre. If families of good stock do not take their
Floyd | responsibilities seriously, his kind will inherit the earth in a few
Floyd | short generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you found one."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig, child of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. She must make more effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "hunh, that doesn't work? I could swear..."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, pathetic daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a
Floyd | joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. She is a walking argument for compulsory sterilisation.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If it makes things simpler, you can use ALL with most
Floyd | orphan-affecting actions, or STATUS to tabulate the abilities of every
Floyd | orphan in your care.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hooray - we've already found something maga was certain he'd fixed in beta."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x all orphan" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL ORPHAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart Blunkett, son of a Basque rake and an ingenue.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour poor, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor. It falls to you to correct this want of breeding.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Griselda Grimwig, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a
Floyd | Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. If she still had parents, they would have done best
Floyd | to disown her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, haphazardly-conceived spawn of an unwashed
Floyd | goat-butcher and a joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. It falls to you to correct this want of breeding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		vimes says, "yay all, a thing i recall sugesting and maga cursing me for"
		DavidW says, "x all orphan =/= x orphans"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, just use X ALL"
		Jacqueline says, "He's fixing it in another window, but that shan't help us today, lads."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fairy tales" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAIRY TALES
Floyd |
Floyd | First published over a hundred years ago, Lung's Fairy Tales come in a
Floyd | variety of coloured covers, sturdy enough to resist chewing. These
Floyd | appear to form the complete set, and to be mostly first editions;
Floyd | signed bookplates indicate that they were donated to the Waifs and
Floyd | Strays Trust by the author.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skimming briefly through a few of the Tales, you are shocked at how
Floyd | gruesomely inappropriate they are for children; clearly these predate
Floyd | the more pure-minded Revised Edition. You shudder to think what
Floyd | schemes they might put into a child's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Obviously we should sell these books and buy something more appropriate, like a delousing pillory."
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
		Binder says, "We won't be able to sell them until the orphans grow up and become an audience of nostalgic suckers who'll buy anything which reminds them of their joyful childhood."
		vimes says, "an automechanical bowdlerizer"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | First published over a hundred years ago, Lung's Fairy Tales come in a
Floyd | variety of coloured covers, sturdy enough to resist chewing. These
Floyd | appear to form the complete set, and to be mostly first editions;
Floyd | signed bookplates indicate that they were donated to the Waifs and
Floyd | Strays Trust by the author.
Floyd |
Floyd | Against your better judgement, you open the nearest volume at the
Floyd | first page. It tells a story about a king who, in sorrow for his dead
Floyd | wife, "shut himself up in a little room and knocked his head
Floyd | against the walls for grief, until his courtiers were really afraid
Floyd | that he would hurt himself." This seems dangerously likely to
Floyd | give solace to orphans in The Box, and to encourage them to draw
Floyd | impious parallels between themselves and their betters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare
Floyd |   The Compleat Orphanmaster
Floyd |   a gruel order form
Floyd |   a dinner bell
Floyd |
Floyd | Your institutional resources include Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales
Floyd | and some ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are responsible for four orphans and your treasury
Floyd | amounts to 50 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The bestselling guide from the leading authority on the orphan
Floyd | industry. You turn to a well-thumbed page in the first chapter:
Floyd |
Floyd | The Government, firm in its belief that the private sector is
Floyd | best-equipped to reduce waste and deliver results, will pay you a
Floyd | stipend for each orphan and a further bonus for each child placed in a
Floyd | gainful profession. Since the Government wisely abhors handouts and
Floyd | rewarding failure, you will receive no funds for orphans escaped,
Floyd | deceased, or who upon their majority have failed to become productive
Floyd | citizens, ensuring their descent into vice. These are assumed to be
Floyd | the natural fates of the orphan, however, and will incur no penalty.
Floyd |
Floyd | For further reading, consider the entries on discipline, vigour,
Floyd | looks, morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The inventory seems mercifully shorter than I remember."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read discipline" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DISCIPLINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "look up discipline in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DISCIPLINE IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Virtually all orphans have an unnatural want of discipline.
Floyd | Instilling discipline and a sense of the value of hard work is
Floyd | essential if they are ever to become productive members of society,
Floyd | and should be your highest priority. Your orphans must be made to
Floyd | understand that discipline is not just an abstract noun; it is is an
Floyd | active verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "read about vigour" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT VIGOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare):
Floyd | A crucial quality that most orphans lack is vigour. Orphans are
Floyd | by inclination lazy and weak, but this can be remedied with a firm
Floyd | hand. A robust orphan can earn you good money on treadmills, and may
Floyd | get a position doing menial hard labour -- laundries, the infantry,
Floyd | and the like. Never forget, however, that a strong, healthy orphan is
Floyd | better-equipped to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bart about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BART ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Children are impervious to sense and reason. Your interactions with
Floyd | them must be kept simple, emphatic and unambiguous, as if you were
Floyd | training a dancing-bear or particularly stupid dolphin. They respond
Floyd | well to DISCIPLINE, may be tidied up by SCRUBBING, and should be kept
Floyd | occupied by ASSIGNING them to workstations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read about looks" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT LOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare):
Floyd | Of no small importance in this fallen world are looks. Most
Floyd | orphans will resemble a diseased turnip no matter how much you SCRUB
Floyd | them, but a few may become presentable enough to earn posts as
Floyd | housemaids or footmen. A particularly angelic orphan might even be
Floyd | adopted by a respectable family, which is the best racket of all; but
Floyd | such happy providence is not to be relied upon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read about morale" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT MORALE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare):
Floyd | Orphans are an ungrateful, unhealthy lot and may undergo a lack of
Floyd | mental and physical morale; this makes them prone to
Floyd | mischievious acts, such as escaping and dying of malnutrition. Be
Floyd | firm, and remember that without you they have no hope of any kind of
Floyd | true happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Those scamps."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orphanmaster" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORPHANMASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | This handsome duodecimo volume briefly summarises the most important
Floyd | tools in the orphanmaster's trade, as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | ASSIGN a dependent TO some constructive workstation;
Floyd | also UNASSIGN
Floyd | BUY items listed FROM a reputable catalogue
Floyd | CONSULT a catalogue ABOUT the nature and quality of its
Floyd | wares
Floyd | DISCIPLINE a dependent, in a manner not exceeding established
Floyd | standards
Floyd | DISMISS vexing and bootless tasks
Floyd | SELL unprofitable superfluities
Floyd | SCORE yourself on the ephemeral scale of worldly accomplishment
Floyd | RECAP tasks one has promised to undertake, then neglected
Floyd | ROOM NAME, navigation for the navigation-challenged
Floyd | SCRUB someone incapable of taking responsibility for their own
Floyd | filthiness
Floyd | Bureaucratically tabulate the STATUS of all your charges
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | OrphanÂ Â Â Â Â DisciplineÂ Â Â VigourÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â LooksÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Morale
Floyd | BartÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | GriseldaÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | MiasmineÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | RandallÂ Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "whee"
		Jacqueline says, "So, um, yeah, I was wondering if that would work on Floyd."
		Jacqueline says, "Got out answer."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that Sleepmask, though?"
		DavidW asks, "Is that a bunch of [### ] progress bars?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, I don't think so."
		maga says, "it should be spaces"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "scrub me" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already washed. You have particularly clean habits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "although it looks as if the MUD window is too narrow for it to work as a legible table, in any case"
		vimes says, "hm, how odd. nonbreaking spaces of some sort, i take it"
borowski says (to floyd), "x order form" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORDER FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Producing gruel in-house was determined to be inefficient relative to
Floyd | subcontracting, not to mention an incentive to theft. Using this form
Floyd | you can change your standing order with Slophouse & Sons, who offer
Floyd | grades of gruel from 1 to 5, high numbers cheapest. Your current order
Floyd | is for Grade 3, thin gruel; this will cost six coins a day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Looks like we ought to DISCIPLINE RANDALL, whatever else we decide."
		DavidW says, "Randall must be in one of the older orphan rooms."
		borowski asks, "Do we know what workstations are available?"
		TheXenographer says, "I don't think so, no"
		DavidW says, "Fairy tales and tricycles are all we have so far."
		DavidW says, "There's probably a catalogue somewhere."
		maga says (to vimes), "yes"
		borowski asks, "Should we go north to give Randall a good smack about his noggin?"
		Binder exclaims, "Of course!"
		DavidW says, "Randall is sure to be a pox on our fair nation unless we lance him directly."
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some ancient tricycles are littered about the place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, shameful brat of a deserter and a vacuous exotic
Floyd | dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is awful, his vigour poor, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor. His very presence makes you itch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "discipline randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Randall Sharp. His
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, secret son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour bad, his appearance abysmal and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm I thought the status said Randall was abysmal/bad/bad/poor?"
		Binder says, "yeah"
		jenrexrode says, "improved"
		borowski asks, "I guess discipline brought down his vigour and appearance?"
		TheXenographer asks, "Should we scrub him?"
		jenrexrode says, "i feel itchy"
		DavidW says, "Status reports must've been written by Sparklebutt, the lying pony of shameful indulgence."
		borowski asks, "I guess poor > bad > awful?"
borowski says (to floyd), "scrub randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Randall, pinch his cheeks until they take on a healthy red
Floyd | colour, and tell him that he will be spending his break re-ironing his
Floyd | crumpled clothes. This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on
Floyd | the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the
Floyd | lesson is learned; his looks are now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i guess"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, pathetic son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is awful, his vigour awful, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor. He is a perpetual disappointment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "oh no, that made his discipline go down again"
		DavidW says, "We're limited in how much we can be bothered to discipline or scrub in a year/day."
		jenrexrode says, "at least i'm not itchy"
borowski says (to floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The bestselling guide from the leading authority on the orphan
Floyd | industry. You turn to a well-thumbed page in the first chapter:
Floyd |
Floyd | The Government, firm in its belief that the private sector is
Floyd | best-equipped to reduce waste and deliver results, will pay you a
Floyd | stipend for each orphan and a further bonus for each child placed in a
Floyd | gainful profession. Since the Government wisely abhors handouts and
Floyd | rewarding failure, you will receive no funds for orphans escaped,
Floyd | deceased, or who upon their majority have failed to become productive
Floyd | citizens, ensuring their descent into vice. These are assumed to be
Floyd | the natural fates of the orphan, however, and will incur no penalty.
Floyd |
Floyd | For further reading, consider the entries on discipline, vigour,
Floyd | looks, morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should assign someone to the trikes."
borowski says (to floyd), "x Compleat Orphanmaster" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X  COMPLEAT ORPHANMASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | This handsome duodecimo volume briefly summarises the most important
Floyd | tools in the orphanmaster's trade, as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | ASSIGN a dependent TO some constructive workstation;
Floyd | also UNASSIGN
Floyd | BUY items listed FROM a reputable catalogue
Floyd | CONSULT a catalogue ABOUT the nature and quality of its
Floyd | wares
Floyd | DISCIPLINE a dependent, in a manner not exceeding established
Floyd | standards
Floyd | DISMISS vexing and bootless tasks
Floyd | SELL unprofitable superfluities
Floyd | SCORE yourself on the ephemeral scale of worldly accomplishment
Floyd | RECAP tasks one has promised to undertake, then neglected
Floyd | ROOM NAME, navigation for the navigation-challenged
Floyd | SCRUB someone incapable of taking responsibility for their own
Floyd | filthiness
Floyd | Bureaucratically tabulate the STATUS of all your charges
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also, visit Senior House (or whatever it's called) to the north."
		jenrexrode asks, "so did we automatically assign Randall to ironing? I mean is that really going to happen?"
		TheXenographer says, "I assumed that was just flavor"
		DavidW asks, "ironing? what?"
		maga says (to Xenographer), "right"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "When you guys scrubbed him, part of the reply said that you'd instructed him to iron his clothes."
		DavidW says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "But it was just flavor."
		Binder says, "unreliable narration"
		Jacqueline says, "He is idle and possibly should learn that idleness is for the lowest of society."
		DavidW says, "I didn't think ironing was a 'workstation'."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sell randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavens! Orphans are not slaves, to be bartered on the common market!
Floyd | They are wards of the state, which may from time to time see fit to
Floyd | provide incentives for the regulation of their care.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Excessive affection stunts a child's development, and exposes adults
Floyd | to all manner of contagion. Maintain a distance; they will respect you
Floyd | for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "throw manual at randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW MANUAL AT RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though possibly it should be in v3, and children assigned to ironing have a 97% chance of burning themselves horribly, thus marring their appearance."
		maga makes a note
		maga says, "freakin' Voice of Inform"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I dunno, the default's not too bad there."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, we have only 50c to our name; let's see what else is in this dump."
		phoenix says, "it's a 3 room game"
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen --
Floyd | although once a child confined here was discovered, when his birth
Floyd | certificate surfaced, to be a spindly twenty-two. The largest,
Floyd | best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated with
Floyd | inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x murals" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURALS
Floyd |
Floyd | The murals depict sturdy youths and modest maidens, with classic
Floyd | features and somewhat blank expressions, enthusiastically applying
Floyd | themselves to various forms of wholesome industry. The jobs depicted
Floyd | are chiefly of the rustic sort, or at least involve healthy exercise
Floyd | in the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we need 3 rooms? Maybe we could sublet?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sell senior house" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SENIOR HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x dinner bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DINNER BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | This heavy brass bell summons the orphans to their daily meal,
Floyd | signalling the day's end. You prefer to ring it only when all the
Floyd | affairs of the day have been taken care of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "so tricycles are a workstation? any others?"
Guest1 arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "Fairy tales"
		DavidW says, "Just those two so far."
		phoenix says, "we can buy stuff if we have the cash"
Guest1 says, "pen toy catalogue" 		jenrexrode asks, "can they be moved?"
Guest1 says, "open toy catalogue" 		DavidW asks, "Maybe?"
		borowski asks, "Where did we learn about tricycles?"
		phoenix says, "I never thought of moving them"
		jenrexrode asks, "well there's nothing for randall to do, right?"
		DavidW asks, "uh, do we need to talk to the guest?"
Guest1 reads the toy catalogue and fades from view. 		borowski says, "Ah, it was in our inventory."
borowski says (to floyd), "x tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Tricycles are in middle house"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "middle" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MIDDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some ancient tricycles are littered about the place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I don't think the guest was actually part of the game"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Relics of the public-sector days, when it was hoped that regular
Floyd | tricycle use might furnish orphans of the correct age with enmuscled
Floyd | shanks, allowing them to better work a treadmill at a later age. Their
Floyd | designer, Hopfrock Truitt, fondly envisaged a future in which orphans
Floyd | would find gainful employment as cycle-rickshaw pilots, a dream dashed
Floyd | when it was discovered to be extremely stupid.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The tricycles are an activity upgrade; orphans ASSIGNed to them
Floyd | will slowly become more vigorous. Assigning orphans to
Floyd | self-improvement devices is vital if you wish to shape their
Floyd | character.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I guess assign Randall to tricycles?"
		jenrexrode says, "hey, we have tricycle rickshaws downtown"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "I'm a little concerned that we're concentrating entirely on Randall, but I suppose the younger kids can't use the trikes?"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah, the correct age"
		jenrexrode says, "but if you can age the others, they can have an upgrade"
borowski says (to floyd), "assign Randall to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN RANDALL TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Randall Sharp to occupy himself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. He obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Age will happen all too soon, I imagine."
		borowski says, "Youth is wasted on the orphaned."
		jenrexrode asks, "okay, well back to the others?"
		jenrexrode asks, "or look at him?"
		borowski asks, "Is there not a workstation for the senior house? I guess that'll come in time?"
		DavidW says, "yes, although I'm not sure what we can do except to assign one of the younger kids to the tales."
		phoenix says, "when we get cash we can buy stuff"
		jenrexrode asks, "there're multiple volumes, no?"
		DavidW says, "yes, possibly more than one orphan can use the books. I dunno."
		borowski says, "Yeah there were fat stacks of fairy tales."
borowski says (to floyd), "x randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Randall Sharp, regrettable child of
Floyd | a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour awful, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor. It is difficult to remember that he was formed by God.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Maybe the improvement to vigour doesn't occur until the next day."
		jenrexrode says, "well he'll have dinner at the end"
borowski says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart, Griselda and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "Polychromatic Lung?"
		DavidW says, "Like Mother Goose."
		Jacqueline says, "A tip of the hat to Lang's Fairy Tale books."
		Jacqueline says, "Each volume of which came in a different color."
		phoenix says, "ok, never heard of them"
		Jacqueline says, "We have a few volumes here at our place. I collect them."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I've seen those in the library but never owned them."
		Jacqueline says, "They were released around the turn of the twentieth century."
		Jacqueline says, "And they are often hilariously horrid."
		phoenix asks, "hmm were there multiple stories implemented?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales, Athaliah
Floyd | Hertford's Manual of Childcare or The Compleat Orphanmaster?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fairy" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FAIRY
Floyd |
Floyd | First published over a hundred years ago, Lung's Fairy Tales come in a
Floyd | variety of coloured covers, sturdy enough to resist chewing. These
Floyd | appear to form the complete set, and to be mostly first editions;
Floyd | signed bookplates indicate that they were donated to the Waifs and
Floyd | Strays Trust by the author.
Floyd |
Floyd | You select another story. This one, entitled The Two Caskets,
Floyd | tells of a virtuous stepmother who, despite all she can do to teach
Floyd | industry and obedience, is ultimately murdered by her ward, an
Floyd | arsonist cat-lady.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling collections, and a copy of Peter Pan, but none of the fairy books."
		Jacqueline says, "That one is, in fact a summary of a story in one of my books."
		phoenix says, "sounds like another IF plot."
borowski says (to floyd), "assign Bart, Griselda and Miasmine to fairy tales" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN BART, GRISELDA AND MIASMINE TO FAIRY TALES
Floyd |
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales is a passive improvement
Floyd | device: idle orphans in the relevant ward may be improved by it, or
Floyd | not, and there is nothing that God or man may do to affect the
Floyd | outcome. You can only assign orphans to active improvement devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "do we have to order gruel before we ring the dinner bell, or will it tell us we're out of food?"
		DavidW says, "oh"
		phoenix says, "you can "assign all""
		DavidW says, "I think the gruel form lets us dial which gruel we order. The bell simply serves it and ends the day."
		Jacqueline says, "You'll have whatever food the gruel was set to be for that day. You can adjust the setting and it will stay at that order by default until you change it."
		borowski asks, "Should we give them better gruel?"
		Binder exclaims, "not until they're earning us money!"
		DavidW says, "Well, can we afford it? Gruel costs money, I bet."
borowski says (to floyd), "x order form" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORDER FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Producing gruel in-house was determined to be inefficient relative to
Floyd | subcontracting, not to mention an incentive to theft. Using this form
Floyd | you can change your standing order with Slophouse & Sons, who offer
Floyd | grades of gruel from 1 to 5, high numbers cheapest. Your current order
Floyd | is for Grade 3, thin gruel; this will cost six coins a day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x prices" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PRICES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I feel guilty for not giving them decent food, but I'm not sure if that's the right gameplay option."
		DavidW says, "well, Until we can improve our discipline and morale, we probably don't want to raise their vigour too quickly anyway."
		DavidW says, "on the other hand, dead orphans don't earn us any money."
		jenrexrode asks, "do they need scrubbed before the end of the day?"
		DavidW says, "so, I'd keep the gruel setting at 3 for now."
		borowski says, "Ah. I was thinking that better gruel would improve morale."
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe. But improved vigour without discipline will result in escapes or arson attempts or whatever, I think."
		borowski says, "Right."
		phoenix says, "arsonist cat-ladies"
borowski says (to floyd), "x Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BART
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Bart Blunkett, issue of a Basque rake and an ingenue.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour poor, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd sell the fairy tales straight away, though. I dislike letting my charges think."
		borowski says, "I think they need some good state-approved propaganda."
		borowski says, "Though maybe that's what fairy tales are supposed to be."
		borowski asks, "Should we do some scrubbing/disciplining?"
		DavidW says, "If we can. Try."
borowski says (to floyd), "scrub Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB BART
Floyd |
Floyd | Setting the occasional example is one thing, but you would be worn to
Floyd | the bone if you had to groom each and every one of your charges; you
Floyd | are their guardian, not their stable-hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "discipline Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE BART
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Bart Blunkett. His
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BART
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Bart Blunkett, son of a Basque rake and an ingenue.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour bad, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm."
		jenrexrode says, "sounds good to me"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all orphans" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL ORPHANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "x all orphan"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all orphan" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL ORPHAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart Blunkett, son of a Basque rake and an ingenue.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour bad, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor. He is a perpetual disappointment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Griselda Grimwig, daughter of a
Floyd | hog-grease hawker and a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. Until licenses are required to breed, her kind will only
Floyd | proliferate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, product of an unwashed goat-butcher and a joyless
Floyd | seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just >X ALL will work"
		jenrexrode says, "no awfuls or abysmals"
		borowski says, "That's good. I'm thinking we should have dinner."
		DavidW asks, "yeah. Do you want to sell the fairy tales first or no?"
		borowski asks, "Oh right. The orphans might get some benefit from them. Maybe we can do that tomorrow?"
		borowski asks, "Is there anything else we could buy in their place?"
		DavidW says, "We can't buy anything yet. No catalogue."
		borowski asks, "Are you thinking the fairy tales might do some harm?"
		DavidW says, "I think they might."
		DavidW says, "But I'm willing to risk their presence if people prefer them to stay."
		jenrexrode asks, "can we replace them before we sell them?"
		borowski says, "I say we save, keep the fairy tales, and see what, if anything, they do."
		DavidW says, "fine"
borowski says (to floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
borowski says (to floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says (to jenrexrode), "Apparently we need a catalogue to buy new workstations."
		jenrexrode asks, "oh, and we don't?"
		jenrexrode asks, "have one?"
		phoenix says, "you have one"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare
Floyd |   The Compleat Orphanmaster
Floyd |   a gruel order form
Floyd |   a dinner bell
Floyd |
Floyd | Your institutional resources include Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales
Floyd | and some ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are responsible for four orphans and your treasury
Floyd | amounts to 50 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "Hmm."
		jenrexrode asks, "so what is the compleat orphanmaster?"
		Binder says, "command list"
		jenrexrode says, "ah"
		phoenix says, "well, there used to be one"
		DavidW says, "I think we don't have it at first now."
		phoenix asks, "you guys are STILL on day 1?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "Hush. Get out of my head."
		TheXenographer asks, "Why don't we just ring the dinner bell and get it over with?"
		DavidW says, "That is what we're heading towards, yes."
borowski says (to floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Randall Sharp's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 40 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 6 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food. How tiny people can eat so much is beyond
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart Blunkett has grown up a little, and been transferred to the
Floyd | Middle House.
Floyd | (When orphans age up, they abandon any assigned tasks. You may
Floyd | want to reassign them.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "so the assigned fairy tales didn't work?"
		DavidW says, "The fairy tales are not an assignable task, apparently."
		borowski says, "It said the fairy tales may or may not give a passive improvement."
		Jacqueline says, "The author appears to be napping, so I shall put forth that sometimes stuff works, sometimes they don't. There's some probability involved behind the scenes. They *are* an assigned task."
		Jacqueline says, "Same with trikes and other stuff you end up buying."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | OrphanÂ Â Â Â Â DisciplineÂ Â Â VigourÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â LooksÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Morale
Floyd | BartÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | GriseldaÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | MiasmineÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | RandallÂ Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: Tympanic Panic
Floyd | The popular music-hall ensemble Fariq Nasty and his Timpani Five is
Floyd | due to appear at the local auditorium. According to this leaflet,
Floyd | distributed by the Solemn Order of Platypii Ladies' Moral Auxiliary,
Floyd | Mr. Nasty's lyrics promote street grammar, kissing one's fiancee,
Floyd | regicide, Palestinian independence, bro-hugs, jeepform RPGs,
Floyd | immoderate use of snuff and sacrificing virgin blood to Bel-Marduk.
Floyd | The good Ladies intend to mount a campaign of protest, and as its
Floyd | centrepiece they need a child who has been ruined by Fariq's
Floyd | lascivious kettledrums, or at least appears so. Improving the moral
Floyd | tone of your community should, they imply, be reward enough. (Use
Floyd | RECRUIT on a suitable orphan.)
Floyd | (If you don't like this task, you can dismiss it with the verb
Floyd | DISMISS.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's kind of like how you make some kids study and they seem to get smarter, and with other children it takes longer."
		phoenix says, "lol that description"
		DavidW asks, "Recruit Bart, maybe?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Of what, the task?"
		Jacqueline says, "(That was to phoenix.)"
borowski says (to floyd), "recruit Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECRUIT BART
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bart is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "recruit Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECRUIT BART
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ladies' Moral Auxiliary are in a hurry to put their campaign
Floyd | together, and have no time to question your choice. Bart is escorted
Floyd | to Platypus Hall to prepare for his first appearance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "woo"
		DavidW says, "I guess we find out what shenanigans occur at day's end."
		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes quests take a day or two, yes."
borowski says (to floyd), "x Bart" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BART
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "Randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is abysmal, his vigour bad, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale bad. This is largely due to a lazy and perverse nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I pretty much adore the little footnote commentary on the orphan descriptions."
borowski says (to floyd), "discipline Randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Randall Sharp. His
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Randall" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RANDALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour bad, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "poor Randall. Disciplined two days running."
		borowski says, "It seems like we have plenty of money as far as the gruel budget goes."
borowski says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Griselda Grimwig, daughter of a
Floyd | hog-grease hawker and a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, haphazardly-conceived offspring of an unwashed
Floyd | goat-butcher and a joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. She must apply herself and try to please her keepers and
Floyd | her Creator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yeah, it's not saying they're assigned"
borowski says (to floyd), "assign Griselda to fairy tales" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN GRISELDA TO FAIRY TALES
Floyd |
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales is a passive improvement
Floyd | device: idle orphans in the relevant ward may be improved by it, or
Floyd | not, and there is nothing that God or man may do to affect the
Floyd | outcome. You can only assign orphans to active improvement devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Did I say earlier that kids could be assigned to the books? I meant they could be improved by them, that's all."
		borowski says, "Ah, OK."
borowski says (to floyd), "scrub Griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Griselda, delouse her scalp with equal parts pomatum and
Floyd | mercurial ointment (just in case), and make her walk around with a
Floyd | book on her head. This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on
Floyd | the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the
Floyd | lesson is learned; her looks are now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x Griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Griselda Grimwig, issue of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour poor, her appearance mediocre and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There are things you can buy for the younger whippersnappers, though."
		borowski says, "Yay, 2 mediocres."
		Jacqueline says, "And I should probably shut up and just answer questions, not offer unsolicited information."
		Jacqueline says, "And what's more, your author is awake now."
		Jacqueline says, "So I can go back to full time transcript mode."
		DavidW asks, "Did we try visiting the mailbox and reading the leaflet?"
		borowski says, ">COUNT ORPHANS"
		borowski says, "I'm going to see how much good gruel costs."
		DavidW says, "Bet those wiley orphans will try to escape through the laundry chute again."
		borowski says, "Laundry chute? I'm not paying for clean clothes."
borowski says (to floyd), "x order form" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORDER FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Producing gruel in-house was determined to be inefficient relative to
Floyd | subcontracting, not to mention an incentive to theft. Using this form
Floyd | you can change your standing order with Slophouse & Sons, who offer
Floyd | grades of gruel from 1 to 5, high numbers cheapest. Your current order
Floyd | is for Grade 3, thin gruel; this will cost six coins a day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "set gruel to 1" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET GRUEL TO 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You amend your order to request grade 1, thick porridge. A gruel finer
Floyd | than any orphan deserves, this stodgy mix contains steel-cut oats,
Floyd | crab-apples, molasses and lumps of beef fat. Any orphan capable of
Floyd | keeping it down will surely grow up big and strong. Your daily food
Floyd | bill is now twenty coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "set gruel to 2" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 2 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET GRUEL TO 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You amend your order to request grade 2, substantial gruel. This grade
Floyd | of gruel is somewhat thicker than the basic product, but otherwise
Floyd | much the same stuff. Your daily food bill is now twelve coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Grade 1 gruel seems pretty expensive. Though I'm not sure at this point what else we'll need to spend money on."
		borowski asks, "Ring the bell?"
		DavidW says, "I guess so."
		jenrexrode asks, "are the young ones doing anything?"
		borowski says, "Apparently the books are a passive thing."
borowski says (to floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Randall Sharp's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 40 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 12 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been awarded custody of two orphans of Middle House age: Lynn
Floyd | Cotter and Lloyd Anderson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Shame we can't order in some heavy cranks for them to turn."
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd and Lynn are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "uh oh, extra orphans"
borowski says (to floyd), "x orphans" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORPHANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Randall Sharp, son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour bad, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Lynn Cotter, brat of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Lloyd Anderson, offspring of a
Floyd | shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour poor, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "scrub lloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB LLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Lloyd, pinch his cheeks until they take on a healthy red
Floyd | colour, and scrub him all over with turpentine and a pumice-stone.
Floyd | This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and
Floyd | bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; his
Floyd | looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ack. Pumice stone."
borowski says (to floyd), "discipline lloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lloyd Anderson. His
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That is the most abusive thing I've seen in this game thus far."
borowski says (to floyd), "x lloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd Anderson, son of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian
Floyd | safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour bad, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor. And this is what you have to work with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "assign lloyd to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LLOYD TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Lloyd Anderson to occupy himself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. He obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "discipline lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lynn Cotter. Her discipline
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | An official Ministry courier delivers a large brown-paper package.
Floyd | Within is a doorstop of a book: the famed industry catalogue
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney's. There is a cover letter from Mr. Fobberfish
Floyd | himself, congratulating you on your appointment, expressing pleasure
Floyd | at the prospect of working together and solidarity as a
Floyd | fellow-contracter, drawing your attention to the superior,
Floyd | competitively-priced products supplied by his humble business, and
Floyd | suggesting that they might be brought into fruitful conjunction with
Floyd | your Ministry funds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yay"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | A respected specialist catering to the orphan management trade,
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney provides a wide variety of goods at virtually
Floyd | affordable rates. Bowing to the decadence of the age, this
Floyd | once-respectable publication now features many vain luxuries that you
Floyd | can safely ignore, such as fair-trade gruel, artisanal wildflower
Floyd | soap, and smallpox vaccines. The few items of real utility have been
Floyd | circled in red pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruritanian Mastiffs (400 coins)
Floyd | The Box (300 coins)
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill (400 coins)
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath (350 coins)
Floyd | Spinal Corrective Corsets (450 coins)
Floyd | Dr. Pranger's Lithium Water (700 coins)
Floyd | triple-barred windows (350 coins)
Floyd | The Harvest of Sin (700 coins)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x mastiffs" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MASTIFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "we better get earning"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read about mastiffs" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT MASTIFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Too ugly to love and too foul-tempered to suborn, Ruritanian Mastiffs
Floyd | form an essential part of any professional orphan-retention system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read about mastiffs" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT MASTIFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Too ugly to love and too foul-tempered to suborn, Ruritanian Mastiffs
Floyd | form an essential part of any professional orphan-retention system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read about box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Recommended by veterans of the profession, The Box is the surest way
Floyd | to instil discipline in an orphan. Adjustable to fit children of all
Floyd | ages. Includes installation costs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Eek. I think that's the worst thing so far."
		borowski says, "Unless it's a hug box. But I'm thinking not."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "read about harvest of sin" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT HARVEST OF SIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Much-beloved Christian artist Stowey Downard's previous works include
Floyd | Chartists: Vanguard of Lucifer, Whorish Shame and
Floyd | the fifty-panel series Christ's Vengeance. Now he has been
Floyd | inspired to create his most morally instructive work yet, The
Floyd | Harvest of Sin, a series of 35 anatomical diagrams depicting the
Floyd | shocking consequences of pre-marital flirting. Highly scientific
Floyd | lithographs illuminate the diseased body's foulness in unflinching
Floyd | detail, and may be depended upon to foster a healthsome disgust of the
Floyd | sexual acts. Do not, in moral timorousness, shrink from letting your
Floyd | child know where sin must lead: order The Harvest of Sin
Floyd | today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, sounds like smut to me."
		TheXenographer says, "sounds more like my middle-school sex-ed class, really."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read about water" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | The world-renowned Dr. Pranger has discovered that pathological and
Floyd | criminal behaviours are rooted in patterns of thought established in
Floyd | childhood. Attempts to improve society will inevitably fail,
Floyd | therefore, without a bold application of behavioural pharmacology from
Floyd | earliest youth, particularly in those classes that produce the
Floyd | overwhelming mass of the criminal and insane. His patented Lithium
Floyd | Formula, added to the drinking-water of your orphanage, juvenile
Floyd | prison, refugee camp or poor-house, is the necessary first step to a
Floyd | brighter future.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hooray, now Randall can be less bipolar."
borowski says (to floyd), "x lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, daughter of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "assign lynn to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LYNN TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Lynn Cotter to occupy herself with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd | She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp, son of a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour bad, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale bad. It is difficult to remember that he was formed by God.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, daughter of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. She must apply herself and try to please her keepers and
Floyd | her Creator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd Anderson, progeny of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian
Floyd | safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour poor, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read about bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath introduces the young child to the painful,
Floyd | demeaning concept of personal hygiene. With regular use, it is
Floyd | guaranteed to remove all but the most deeply-embedded skin parasites.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You can also, should you desire, >ASSIGN ALL TO X"
		borowski says, "Ah OK."
		maga says, "there are meant to be reminders to that effect, but I think you haven't tripped them somehow"
		vimes says, "ASSIGN ALL TO OVEN. CACKLE. GET FROSTING. REDECORATE HOUSE WITH IT"
borowski says (to floyd), "assign all to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Randall, Lynn and Lloyd to the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Thus far, zero orphans have passed through your hands, of whom zero
Floyd | have made anything of themselves. Your treasury has 112 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I can't think of anything else to do today. Ring bell?"
		borowski says, "I wonder how much they're worth."
borowski says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "sell fairy tales" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL FAIRY TALES
Floyd |
Floyd | You flog off Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales for the knock-down price
Floyd | of 350 coins, cash in hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh not bad."
		borowski asks, "Now, what to buy. I guess it also matters in which house we place it?"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "well, costwise, we ought to consider either the box or the bath."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read about treadmill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT TREADMILL
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill produces a negligible quantity of
Floyd | electrical power, but (more importantly) its persistent use
Floyd | strengthens the thighs, calves and buttocks of older children, while
Floyd | teaching them the value of a hard day's work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And as for house, I think we've been neglecting the Junior House, although I wonder how long they'll stay there."
		DavidW says, "oh, I didn't see the treadmill. That might do too."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I was thinking that a bath or treadmill might be good there."
borowski says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | What you do outside work hours and the Orphanorium is not the concern
Floyd | of this story. (The Middle House is to the north.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, secret daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a
Floyd | joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour awful, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Can we not tell how old they are?"
		jenrexrode says, "you have to guess"
		jenrexrode asks, "there's nothing to do in this room now?"
		DavidW says, "nothing"
		borowski says, ">HIRE CARNY TO GUESS AGE"
		jenrexrode asks, "is that a problem?"
		borowski says, "We're thinking about buying something for the room."
		jenrexrode says, "well the treadmill is for older children, so I don't think it's appropriate for this room"
		borowski asks, "Ah I didn't notice that. The bath then?"
		jenrexrode says, "sure"
		borowski says, "Since we can only scrub one per day."
borowski says (to floyd), "buy bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You reluctantly part with 350 coins, mail in your order, and in due
Floyd | course receive delivery of My First Delousing Bath; it is installed in
Floyd | the Junior House.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The bath can be used by all of them, I think."
		jenrexrode asks, "well it looks like it goes in the room we order it from?"
borowski says (to floyd), "assign all to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 3 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Griselda and Miasmine to My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah, it looks like it's a workstation"
borowski says (to floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Griselda Grimwig's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Miasmine Grimes's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Randall Sharp's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lloyd Anderson's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 60 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 18 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Lloyd Anderson has gained
Floyd | vigour, and Miasmine Grimes, Randall Sharp and Lynn Cotter have
Floyd | improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "ok"
borowski says (to floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale mediocre. She is a drain on the character of this
Floyd | establishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, pathetic daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a
Floyd | joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance mediocre and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sheltered by the guardian wings of the Orphanorium, it is unlikely
Floyd | that Bart Blunkett had encountered the works of Fariq Nasty before
Floyd | this campaign. In the lax moral environment of the outside world,
Floyd | however, the Ladies' Auxiliary was unable to protect him. With
Floyd | animalistic cunning and impulse control, he managed to elude his
Floyd | guardians, sneak into a Tympanic Five event, and the tale's end can
Floyd | scarcely be imagined. If he has not already had his organs plucked
Floyd | forth and flung wetly before the altar of Astarte, he is doubtless
Floyd | cavorting like a latter-day satyr in a marihuana-smogged omnibus.
Floyd | Infamy! infamy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ladies' Auxiliary, desperately embarrassed, pays you rather more
Floyd | compensation than is strictly necessary, with the understanding that
Floyd | regarding this matter you will shut your pie-hole henceforth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, at least you got paid."
		jenrexrode says, "oops. that may be the worst"
		phoenix says, "haha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, I don't think it's bad - had it worked they were only willing to pay you in the satisfaction of making the community a better place, which don't exactly buy the gruel, y'know?"
jenrexrode wanders off. 		borowski says, "True that."
		Jacqueline says, "Though, I guess we'd get to retain the orphan."
		Jacqueline asks, "But... how much money did you get?"
		borowski says, "120"
jenrexrode arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "60 for the orphan, 60 from the state."
		borowski says, "I suppose that's fair."
		Jacqueline says, "So, a day's pay. Some orphans just run off, so 60 is far better than a stick in the eye."
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd, Lynn and Randall are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Randall Sharp, issue of a deserter and a vacuous exotic
Floyd | dancer.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour mediocre, his appearance poor and
Floyd | his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, daughter of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour mediocre, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Lloyd Anderson, son of a shittenly
Floyd | bagpipe-player and a Sicilian safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour mediocre, his appearance poor and
Floyd | his morale poor. This is largely due to a lazy and perverse nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "indeed; Stick in the Eye costs only 55"
		phoenix asks, "'shittenly'?"
		borowski says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "Keep in mind who wrote this."
		borowski says, "Speaking of improving vigour, I'm going to go for a walk and enjoy the below 90 weather."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So has everyone decided to go for a walk?"
		maga says, "Orphanorium: promotes healthy exercise away from your computer"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm still working on back-dated transcripts, so I'll leave this open for you guys to tinker with until I get back from game day at lpsmiths."
		TheXenographer says, "I just got distracted."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at maga), "You could put that on the box when this is sold by Zynga in WalMarts!"
		Jacqueline says, "I knew I married you for money. I was sure of it."
		DavidW says, "I suffered a bout of wanderlust towards the lav, and now must needs recline my body in repose."
		phoenix says, "DavidW increased cleanliness and lost vigour"
		maga says (to Jacq), "the 'for' is nicely ambiguous there"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm assigned to latrine duty today."
		DavidW says, "anyway, I do have to lie down."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd, Lynn and Randall are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd, Lynn and Randall are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda and Miasmine are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks
Floyd | of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all orphans" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL ORPHANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 4 Children: 5                                   Treasury: 274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig, accidental offspring of a hog-grease hawker and a
Floyd | Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Miasmine Grimes, discarded whelp of
Floyd | an unwashed goat-butcher and a joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour bad, her appearance mediocre and her
Floyd | morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski saved Latin. What did you ever do? 		
borowski has disconnected. 		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring dinner bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING DINNER BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Miasmine Grimes's looks, which
Floyd | are now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Randall Sharp's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lloyd Anderson's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randall Sharp has conspired with an outside associate and escaped!
Floyd | Without a steady moral compass nobody can prosper, and you are not
Floyd | surprised when, later, you receive reports that he has become a
Floyd | prize-fighter. (High vigour in an orphan aids in escape attempts; high
Floyd | discipline and morale protect against it).
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 40 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 12 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Griselda Grimwig and
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been awarded custody of two orphans of Junior House age:
Floyd | Paige Cruft and Dick Kennedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick and Paige are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda and Miasmine are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks
Floyd | of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: Little Hands
Floyd | An engine in the local textile mill has suffered a catastrophic
Floyd | blockage, and none of the mill-workers are small enough to wriggle
Floyd | inside its workings to unclog it. While child labour laws forbid the
Floyd | mill from employing minors, there is a certain degree of ambiguity
Floyd | about whether it can contract them. If you can lend them a
Floyd | particularly small orphan to crawl about in machinery for a few hours,
Floyd | the foreman is willing to extend a little cash. (Use RECRUIT on a
Floyd | suitable orphan.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Dick Kennedy, ill-fated son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking
Floyd | garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour abysmal, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x paige" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Paige Cruft, cast-off spawn of a miserable consumptive
Floyd | hunchback and a diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour abysmal, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. You only hope that she never breeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, unwanted issue of an unwashed goat-butcher and a
Floyd | joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour awful, her appearance adequate and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Griselda Grimwig, superfluous whelp of a hog-grease hawker and
Floyd | a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "recruit griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECRUIT GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig appears sceptical about the proposition, but the
Floyd | foreman describes it as a sort of grand game, while keeping a firm
Floyd | grip on her arm. They depart to the mill, to return once the engines
Floyd | are running once again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign dick and paige to delousing" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DICK AND PAIGE TO DELOUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Paige and Dick to My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd and Lynn are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, daughter of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour mediocre, her appearance bad and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd Anderson, spawn of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian
Floyd | safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour adequate, his appearance poor and
Floyd | his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lynn Cotter. Her discipline
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lloyd Anderson. His
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, product of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour mediocre, her appearance bad
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Lloyd Anderson, shameful brat of a shittenly bagpipe-player
Floyd | and a Sicilian safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is mediocre, his vigour adequate, his appearance poor
Floyd | and his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub lloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB LLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Lloyd, delouse his scalp with equal parts pomatum and
Floyd | mercurial ointment (just in case), and scrub him all over with
Floyd | turpentine and a pumice-stone. This accomplished, you deliver a short
Floyd | lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness.
Floyd | Hopefully the lesson is learned; his looks are now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Lynn Cotter, ill-fated product of a
Floyd | cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour mediocre, her appearance poor
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd Anderson, unhappy whelp of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a
Floyd | Sicilian safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is mediocre, his vigour adequate, his appearance poor
Floyd | and his morale poor. He is a perpetual disappointment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig returns in triumph, having successfully unclogged
Floyd | twenty years of impacted fluff from the main doohickey of the whatsit.
Floyd | After careful questioning, she reveals that the foreman gave her 25
Floyd | coins in thanks, and entrusts them to you for safe-keeping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | OrphanÂ Â Â Â Â DisciplineÂ Â Â VigourÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â LooksÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Morale
Floyd | GriseldaÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | MiasmineÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â
Floyd | Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | PaigeÂ Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | DickÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | LynnÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | LloydÂ Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â
Floyd | Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick, Paige and Miasmine are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign griselda to delousing" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN GRISELDA TO DELOUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Griselda Grimwig into the Delousing Bath, and
Floyd | command her to remain there until she she has learned a lesson about
Floyd | hygiene.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Miasmine Grimes. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue
Floyd |   Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare
Floyd |   The Compleat Orphanmaster
Floyd |   a gruel order form
Floyd |   a dinner bell
Floyd |
Floyd | Your institutional resources include some ancient tricycles and My
Floyd | First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are responsible for six orphans and your treasury amounts
Floyd | to 327 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | A respected specialist catering to the orphan management trade,
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney provides a wide variety of goods at virtually
Floyd | affordable rates. Bowing to the decadence of the age, this
Floyd | once-respectable publication now features many vain luxuries that you
Floyd | can safely ignore, such as fair-trade gruel, artisanal wildflower
Floyd | soap, and smallpox vaccines. The few items of real utility have been
Floyd | circled in red pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruritanian Mastiffs (400 coins)
Floyd | The Box (300 coins)
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill (400 coins)
Floyd | Spinal Corrective Corsets (450 coins)
Floyd | Dr. Pranger's Lithium Water (700 coins)
Floyd | triple-barred windows (350 coins)
Floyd | The Harvest of Sin (700 coins)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read about windows" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 5 Children: 6                                   Treasury: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue):
Floyd | Since time immemorial, orphans have taken advantage of their loose
Floyd | limbs and indifference to pain, and made their way through bars both
Floyd | single and double. Against the triple bar, however, their imagination
Floyd | revolts. The triple-barred window is an iron-clad, welded, reinforced
Floyd | assurance against escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "We could probably buy those tomorrow."
		jenrexrode says, "I don't think I have the follow-thru to remember to take kids out of the box before they die"
		Jacqueline says, "I can see what McMartin means on #peanut-gallery about how watching this channel without the actual game text is rather surreal."
		jenrexrode asks, "so time to ring the dinner bell?"
		jenrexrode says, "see if griselda comes back out of that pipe"
		Jacqueline says, "Every time I see that phrase I think to myself, 'Dinner bell dinner bell ring' from Apollo 18+20."
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "The quests are one of my favorite bits of this game."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring dinner bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING DINNER BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Griselda Grimwig's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Miasmine Grimes's looks, which
Floyd | are now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lloyd Anderson's vigour, which is
Floyd | now satisfactory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lloyd Anderson has spiked your tea with laudanum and escaped! Out in
Floyd | the harsh world children are exposed to all manner of sinful
Floyd | influences, so you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports
Floyd | that he has become a footpad.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 50 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 15 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Dick Kennedy has improved
Floyd | his morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig has grown up a little, and been transferred to the
Floyd | Middle House.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been awarded custody of two orphans of Junior House age:
Floyd | Nettie Burrow and Annie Whittle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "if orphans never come back for their jobs, I suggest sending the ones with the most irritating descriptions"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, sometimes they come back. That's what that Stephen King story was about, right?"
		TheXenographer says, "Well, Griselda seems to have survived..."
		jenrexrode says, "better discipline lloyd, with that satisfactory vigor,he's a gonner"
		TheXenographer says, "Also, those bikes are dangerous."
		jenrexrode says, "o it's too late"
		TheXenographer says, "And Lloyd's already gone."
		TheXenographer says, "We'll just have to make sure to discipline Lynn."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Nettie are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick, Paige and Miasmine are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: The Porter Babies
Floyd | Fashionable nutritionist Laurice Shellac is testing a new theory:
Floyd | since it is acknowledged that the admixture of porter and stout is a
Floyd | sovereign tonic to the nerves of nursing mothers, it stands to reason
Floyd | that a half-pint of dark beer, imbibed at elevenses, will strengthen
Floyd | the nerves and consitution of children also. If your institution will
Floyd | take part in his national study, he'll supply the beers. Science can
Floyd | be unpredictable, however.
Floyd | Does Laurice have your support?

		jenrexrode says, "or take them off the bike"
		TheXenographer says, "Also possible, but they've got to do *something* with themselves."
		TheXenographer says, "Idle hands, devil's playground, etc."
		jenrexrode says, "yeah, but vigorous legs something something"
		jenrexrode asks, "is elevenses after second breakfast?"
		olethros says, "ha ha ha"
		jenrexrode says, "the young one have onlly been bathing"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "support laurice" 		

Floyd | Does Laurice have your support?
Floyd | > SUPPORT LAURICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | An opportunity to further knowledge and improve children
Floyd | cannot be rejected.  You announce your decision to the orphans, who
Floyd | appear suspiciously enthusiastic about the idea. Laurice sends you a
Floyd | series of casks, and will return for his data in a few days.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "uh oh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | OrphanÂ Â Â Â Â DisciplineÂ Â Â VigourÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â LooksÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Morale
Floyd | GriseldaÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | MiasmineÂ Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | PaigeÂ Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | DickÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | LynnÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | NettieÂ Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | AnnieÂ Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline nettie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE NETTIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Nettie Burrow. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Annie Whittle. Her
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Nettie are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick, Paige and Miasmine are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Miasmine Grimes, daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a
Floyd | joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour awful, her appearance
Floyd | satisfactory and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft, daughter of a miserable consumptive hunchback and a
Floyd | diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour abysmal, her appearance abysmal and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick Kennedy, son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour bad, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nettie Burrow, haphazardly-conceived child of a guttersnipe and a
Floyd | screever.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour awful, her appearance mediocre and
Floyd | her morale poor. She is a drain on the character of this
Floyd | establishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie Whittle, daughter of an Armenian New Jersey pimp and a deranged
Floyd | decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour bad, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. Yet Jesus loves her, as if He had not suffered enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign annie to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ANNIE TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Annie Whittle into the Delousing Bath, and
Floyd | command her to remain there until she shehas become less foul to
Floyd | behold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue
Floyd |   Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare
Floyd |   The Compleat Orphanmaster
Floyd |   a gruel order form
Floyd |   a dinner bell
Floyd |
Floyd | Your institutional resources include some ancient tricycles, My First
Floyd | Delousing Bath and Shellac's Porter Supplements.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are responsible for seven orphans and your treasury
Floyd | amounts to 362 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read orphanmaster" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ORPHANMASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | This handsome duodecimo volume briefly summarises the most important
Floyd | tools in the orphanmaster's trade, as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | ASSIGN a dependent TO some constructive workstation;
Floyd | also UNASSIGN
Floyd | BUY items listed FROM a reputable catalogue
Floyd | CONSULT a catalogue ABOUT the nature and quality of its
Floyd | wares
Floyd | DISCIPLINE a dependent, in a manner not exceeding established
Floyd | standards
Floyd | DISMISS vexing and bootless tasks
Floyd | SELL unprofitable superfluities
Floyd | SCORE yourself on the ephemeral scale of worldly accomplishment
Floyd | RECAP tasks one has promised to undertake, then neglected
Floyd | ROOM NAME, navigation for the navigation-challenged
Floyd | SCRUB someone incapable of taking responsibility for their own
Floyd | filthiness
Floyd | Bureaucratically tabulate the STATUS of all your charges
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dismiss miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISMISS MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Miasmine Grimes to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig, brat of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, brat of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour adequate, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor. You dread to imagine her future.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline griselda" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE GRISELDA
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Griselda Grimwig. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign griselda to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN GRISELDA TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Griselda Grimwig to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Lynn Cotter to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | A respected specialist catering to the orphan management trade,
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney provides a wide variety of goods at virtually
Floyd | affordable rates. Bowing to the decadence of the age, this
Floyd | once-respectable publication now features many vain luxuries that you
Floyd | can safely ignore, such as fair-trade gruel, artisanal wildflower
Floyd | soap, and smallpox vaccines. The few items of real utility have been
Floyd | circled in red pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruritanian Mastiffs (400 coins)
Floyd | The Box (300 coins)
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill (400 coins)
Floyd | Spinal Corrective Corsets (450 coins)
Floyd | Dr. Pranger's Lithium Water (700 coins)
Floyd | triple-barred windows (350 coins)
Floyd | The Harvest of Sin (700 coins)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "put lynn in the box?"
		TheXenographer says, "sure, why not"
		TheXenographer says, "she needs some discipline to go with all that vigour"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "order box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORDER BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You reluctantly part with 300 coins, mail in your order, and in due
Floyd | course receive delivery of The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign lynn box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LYNN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign lynn to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LYNN TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | To show that discipline must be upheld, you condemn Lynn Cotter to The
Floyd | Box until further notice. She folds herself into one of its
Floyd | compartments, and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "eek"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring dinnerbell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 6 Children: 7                                   Treasury: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING DINNERBELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Griselda Grimwig's vigour, which
Floyd | is now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Paige Cruft's looks, which are
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Dick Kennedy's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Lynn Cotter's morale, which is now bad.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Lynn Cotter's discipline, which is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 70 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 21 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Griselda Grimwig has
Floyd | improved her morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nettie Burrow has grown up a little, and been transferred to the
Floyd | Middle House.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Orphanorium has been entrusted with three more children: Frank
Floyd | Trundle is old enough for the Middle House, while Lexie Rudge and
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben will go to the Junior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Lynn Cotter to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | OrphanÂ Â Â Â Â DisciplineÂ Â Â VigourÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â LooksÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â Morale
Floyd | GriseldaÂ Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â ade
Floyd | quateÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | MiasmineÂ Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â
Floyd | Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | AbstinenceÂ abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | PaigeÂ Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â awfulÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | DickÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â abysmalÂ Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â
Floyd |  Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | FrankÂ Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ Â Â Â Â
Floyd | LynnÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â adequateÂ Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |  Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | LexieÂ Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | NettieÂ Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mediocreÂ
Floyd |  Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd | AnnieÂ Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â badÂ Â Â
Floyd | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â poorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "dang, maybe griselda can be adopted"
		Jacqueline asks, "YOu guys are still using that, even though it's horrible. Is it helpful?"
		TheXenographer exclaims, "she's doing pretty well, yes!"
		Jacqueline says, "Back in MY day, we didn't have a status command. And we liked it. Except not really because we kept begging him to implement it."
		TheXenographer says (to jacq), "It's helpful to be able to see all the stats at a glance, yes"
		TheXenographer says, "though I could do without the question marks"
		Jacqueline says, "Even with all the A... ah, see for me it is capital As with various accents on each."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence, Lexie and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Dick and Paige are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks
Floyd | of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "unassign miasmine" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN MIASMINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes is already committed to idleness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "heh heh"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign lexie and abstinence to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LEXIE AND ABSTINENCE TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Abstinence and Lexie to My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Miasmine Grimes, daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and
Floyd | a joyless seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance adequate and
Floyd | her morale poor. She must make more effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, unhappy whelp of a deserter and a vacuous
Floyd | exotic dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour bad, her appearance abysmal and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft, discarded child of a miserable consumptive hunchback and
Floyd | a diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour abysmal, her appearance poor
Floyd | and her morale mediocre. And this is what you have to work with.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick Kennedy, ill-fated son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking
Floyd | garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour abysmal, his appearance mediocre and
Floyd | his morale mediocre. Without your intercession, his future holds
Floyd | nothing but a sordid parade of sin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie Rudge, daughter of a mercenary and a loveless shopgirl.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance awful and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie Whittle, daughter of an Armenian New Jersey pimp and a deranged
Floyd | decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. So young, and already a drain on society.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence, Lexie, Annie, Dick and Paige are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oh so we can remote box from here"
		jenrexrode says, "because there's not enough discipline to go around this room"
		TheXenographer asks, "should we box Miasmine?"
		TheXenographer says, "she's not doing anything else"
		phoenix asks, "there's beer in the building?"
		TheXenographer says, "yeah, there was a mission thing from a nutritionist who wanted us to help him prove that beer is good for kids"
		jenrexrode says, "possibly ,"
		jenrexrode says, "make sure morale is okay before boxing them"
		jenrexrode says, "i think dick is ready for the box"
		TheXenographer says, "hmm, yes, that might work"
		Jacqueline says, "Any boy who loses his spoon will spend a night in the box."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry if that joke was already made while I was away."
		jenrexrode says, "abstinance is also box worthy"
		jenrexrode says, "i'd skip miasmine until her morale is up"
		jenrexrode asks, "what is the capacity of the box?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Annie Whittle. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign dick to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DICK TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing that it will do him good, you condemn Dick Kennedy to The Box
Floyd | until further notice. He folds himself into one of its compartments,
Floyd | and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign abstinence to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ABSTINENCE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | With a fearsome glare, you condemn Abstinence Rostigraben to The Box
Floyd | until further notice. She folds herself into one of its compartments,
Floyd | and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a joyless
Floyd | seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance adequate and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, haphazardly-conceived daughter of a deserter
Floyd | and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour poor, her appearance awful and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft, issue of a miserable consumptive hunchback and a diseased
Floyd | informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour abysmal, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick Kennedy, son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour abysmal, his appearance mediocre and
Floyd | his morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Lexie Rudge, whelp of a mercenary
Floyd | and a loveless shopgirl.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Annie Whittle, inconvenient daughter
Floyd | of an Armenian New Jersey pimp and a deranged decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence and Dick are spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie, Annie and Paige are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank, Nettie and Lynn are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Griselda Grimwig, issue of a hog-grease hawker and a
Floyd | Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour mediocre, her appearance
Floyd | mediocre and her morale mediocre. Yet God loves her, thus proving that
Floyd | He is capable of all things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Frank Trundle, regrettable brat of a conniving scabrous
Floyd | arsonist and a scrawny third-rate dungcart driver.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour awful, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale poor. If he still had parents, they would have done best to
Floyd | disown him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynn Cotter, secret daughter of a cuckold and a slovenly doxy.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour mediocre, her appearance poor
Floyd | and her morale bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Nettie Burrow, daughter of a
Floyd | guttersnipe and a screever.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign all to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Griselda, Frank, Lynn and Nettie to the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "discipline the worst and ring the bell?"
		TheXenographer says, "sounds good to me"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline nettie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE NETTIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Nettie Burrow. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline frank" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 7 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Frank Trundle. His
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Griselda Grimwig's vigour, which
Floyd | is now adequate.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Griselda Grimwig's vigour,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Griselda Grimwig's
Floyd | discipline, which is now mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Abstinence Rostigraben's morale, which is now
Floyd | poor.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Abstinence Rostigraben's discipline, which is
Floyd | now awful.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Paige Cruft's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Dick Kennedy's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The Box has sapped Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is now awful.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Dick Kennedy's discipline, which is now
Floyd | mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Frank Trundle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now awful.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Frank Trundle's morale,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Frank Trundle's vigour, which
Floyd | is now abysmal.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Frank Trundle's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Lynn Cotter's morale, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Lynn Cotter's discipline,
Floyd | which is now satisfactory.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Lexie Rudge's looks, which are
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Nettie Burrow's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Nettie Burrow's morale,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Nettie Burrow's vigour, which
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Nettie Burrow's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 100 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 30 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Paige Cruft and Annie
Floyd | Whittle have gained vigour, and Nettie Burrow and Annie Whittle have
Floyd | improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick Kennedy has grown up a little, and been transferred to the Middle
Floyd | House.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		vimes says, "if you care to save, restart the game, and load, the status menu should be much less horrifying now."
		vimes says, "(that is, quit and then tell floyd to start the game anew)"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "press save" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "23? i thought the last was 1"
		vimes says, "probably the save counter didn't actually get reset and someone manually saved with cf1? i wasn't watching."
		jenrexrode says, "probably"
		jenrexrode says, "f quit"
		jenrexrode says, "oops"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		jenrexrode asks, "what is the next command?"
vimes says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask olivia2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | While not particularly graphic in its depiction, this game is
Floyd | centrally about the institutional mistreatment of children, in which
Floyd | the player character is instrumental. That considered, do you wish to
Floyd | continue?

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | When young the orphan is commonly sent to an asylum, where by
Floyd | careful cultivation of its rudimentary sense of locality it is taught
Floyd | to know its place. It is then instructed in the arts of dependence and
Floyd | servitude and eventually turned loose to prey upon the world as a
Floyd | bootblack or scullery maid. -- Bierce

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "load" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | You have always dreamed of becoming an orphanmaster, and now you are
Floyd | finally getting to live your dream! Can you rise to the challenge and
Floyd | guide Olivia's Orphanorium from humble beginnings to towering success?
Floyd |
Floyd | Olivia's Orphanorium
Floyd | A Casual Simulation by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 120729 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | For further information, see ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old (though with most of them, age is merely a rough guess).
Floyd | Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively low. The Middle
Floyd | House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of
Floyd | Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blodwyn, Keith and Hank are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CF23
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "load" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 1 Children: 4                                   Treasury: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOAD
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
vimes says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Griselda   adequate     adequate     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Miasmine   poor         bad          satisfactory mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence bad          bad          awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      poor         awful        mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Dick       poor         awful        mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      adequate     abysmal      bad          mediocre
Floyd | Lynn       satisfactory adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          bad          mediocre
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Annie      bad          poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "lovely"
		vimes says, "hurrah"
		TheXenographer exclaims, "much better!"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie, Annie and Paige are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Abstinence Rostigraben to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign abstinence to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ABSTINENCE TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Abstinence Rostigraben into the Delousing
Floyd | Bath, and command her to remain there until she is presentable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "Miasmine seems ripe for boxing."
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign miasmine to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN MIASMINE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Stern but fair, you condemn Miasmine Grimes to The Box until further
Floyd | notice. She folds herself into one of its compartments, and you lock
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence, Lexie, Annie and Paige are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign paige to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PAIGE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | To show that discipline must be upheld, you condemn Paige Cruft to The
Floyd | Box until further notice. She folds herself into one of its
Floyd | compartments, and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank, Nettie, Griselda and Lynn are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank, Nettie, Griselda and Lynn are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oops"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Griselda   mediocre     mediocre     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     abysmal      satisfactory mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence bad          bad          awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     abysmal      poor         mediocre
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      mediocre     abysmal      bad          mediocre
Floyd | Lynn       satisfactory adequate     bad          poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Nettie     poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Annie      poor         poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign dick to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DICK TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Dick Kennedy to occupy himself with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd | He obediently complies.
Floyd |

		Ellison says, "nice"

Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scrub lynn" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB LYNN
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Lynn, drag a comb through her hair, and scrub her all over
Floyd | with turpentine and a pumice-stone. This accomplished, you deliver a
Floyd | short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness.
Floyd | Hopefully the lesson is learned; her looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub frank" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Setting the occasional example is one thing, but you would be worn to
Floyd | the bone if you had to groom each and every one of your charges; you
Floyd | are their guardian, not their stable-hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Miseri arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Griselda   adequate     adequate     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Miasmine   poor         awful        adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence awful        poor         awful        bad
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     bad          mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     awful        mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      mediocre     abysmal      awful        mediocre
Floyd | Lynn       adequate     adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     awful        poor         poor
Floyd | Annie      bad          poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline lexie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LEXIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence, Lexie and Annie are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige and Miasmine are spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lexie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LEXIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lexie Rudge. Her discipline
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick, Frank, Nettie, Griselda and Lynn are busily occupied with the
Floyd | ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline nettie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 8 Children: 10                                  Treasury: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE NETTIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Nettie Burrow. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "seems like a day"
		TheXenographer says, "yeah, works for me"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Griselda Grimwig's vigour, which
Floyd | is now adequate.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has weakened Griselda Grimwig's morale,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has eroded Griselda Grimwig's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Miasmine Grimes's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Miasmine Grimes's discipline, which is now
Floyd | mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Paige Cruft's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Paige Cruft's discipline, which is now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has weakened Dick Kennedy's morale, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has eroded Dick Kennedy's discipline,
Floyd | which is now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Frank Trundle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has weakened Frank Trundle's morale,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has eroded Frank Trundle's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has weakened Lynn Cotter's morale, which
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Lynn Cotter's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has eroded Lynn Cotter's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Lexie Rudge's looks, which are
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Nettie Burrow's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has weakened Nettie Burrow's morale,
Floyd | which is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has eroded Nettie Burrow's discipline,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Annie Whittle's looks, which
Floyd | are now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Griselda Grimwig has gone up the chimney and escaped! Water finds its
Floyd | level, so you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports that
Floyd | she has sunk to working as a haughty courtesan.
Floyd | Lynn Cotter has fabricated a surviving relative and escaped! Since
Floyd | virtue is rewarded and vice leads to ruin, you are not surprised when,
Floyd | later, you receive reports that she is making her living as a marine
Floyd | biologist.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 80 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 24 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Dick Kennedy and Frank
Floyd | Trundle have gained vigour, and Abstinence Rostigraben and Annie
Floyd | Whittle have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, Abstinence Rostigraben and Annie Whittle have grown
Floyd | up a little, and been transferred to the Middle House.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been awarded custody of three orphans of Junior House age:
Floyd | Jill Flathead, Bianca Bloggs and Red Twite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode exclaims, "aww, i thought we had griselda almost adopted!"
		TheXenographer says, "I know! What a disappointment."
		phoenix says, "marine biology, that profession of ill repute"
		jenrexrode says, "but marine biologist isn't bad"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       awful        poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     abysmal      satisfactory bad
Floyd | Abstinence bad          poor         awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      mediocre     bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         awful        bad          poor
Floyd | Red        bad          mediocre     awful        mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     poor         bad          poor         bad
Floyd | Annie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		vimes says, "sure, not in comparison to chief newspaper editor or CEO of Yahoo"
		TheXenographer asks, "don't you know how immoral dolphins are?"
		TheXenographer asks, "what kind of lesson would a child be learning studying those things?"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Abstinence and Miasmine are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign miasmine to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN MIASMINE TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Miasmine Grimes to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "I don't think we can assign the other two to tricycles, their discipline's not good enough"
		TheXenographer says, "also I think we should buy bars for the windows as soon as we have 350 coins"
		TheXenographer says, "we're losing a lot of orphans"
		jenrexrode asks, "but what about the chimney?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a joyless
Floyd | seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour awful, her appearance
Floyd | satisfactory and her morale bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, unfortunate daughter of a deserter and a
Floyd | vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. She is a walking argument for compulsory sterilisation.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Dick Kennedy, regrettable son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking
Floyd | garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour poor, his appearance mediocre and
Floyd | his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank Trundle, whelp of a conniving scabrous arsonist and a scrawny
Floyd | third-rate dungcart driver.
Floyd | His discipline is mediocre, his vigour poor, his appearance bad and
Floyd | his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nettie Burrow, daughter of a guttersnipe and a screever.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour awful, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Annie Whittle, child of an Armenian
Floyd | New Jersey pimp and a deranged decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. Her very presence makes you itch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scrub annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Annie, pinch her cheeks until they take on a healthy red
Floyd | colour, and apply a rough brush to those parts of her person that she
Floyd | has neglected to keep to a hygienic standard. This accomplished, you
Floyd | deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of
Floyd | filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; her looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red, Bianca and Jill are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie is shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks of skin in My
Floyd | First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oops still in the box"
		jenrexrode says, "i guess when you get promoted, you get out of the box automatically"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Jill Flathead, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. So young, and already a drain on society.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold: Paige Cruft, offspring of a miserable consumptive hunchback
Floyd | and a diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is adequate, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca Bloggs, discarded product of a wandering outlaw and a hideous
Floyd | octoroon ingenue.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour awful, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. You dread to imagine her future.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red Twite, son of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian
Floyd | safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is bad, his vigour mediocre, his appearance bad and his
Floyd | morale mediocre. You only hope that he never breeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie Rudge, spawn of a mercenary and a loveless shopgirl.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "oh , a flathead, eh?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign paige" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN PAIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Paige Cruft to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign jill to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN JILL TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing that it will do her good, you condemn Jill Flathead to The Box
Floyd | until further notice. She folds herself into one of its compartments,
Floyd | and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign paige to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PAIGE TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Paige Cruft into the Delousing Bath, and
Floyd | command her to remain there until she shehas become less foul to
Floyd | behold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Jill Flathead, inconvenient offspring of a hog-grease hawker and a
Floyd | Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is abysmal, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. Most sensible people would consider her beyond hope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft, spawn of a miserable consumptive hunchback and a diseased
Floyd | informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor. Without your intercession, her future holds nothing
Floyd | but a sordid parade of sin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca Bloggs, secret daughter of a wandering outlaw and a hideous
Floyd | octoroon ingenue.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. Until licenses are required to breed, her kind will only
Floyd | proliferate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red Twite, son of a shittenly bagpipe-player and a Sicilian
Floyd | safe-cracker.
Floyd | His discipline is awful, his vigour mediocre, his appearance awful and
Floyd | his morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie Rudge, daughter of a mercenary and a loveless shopgirl.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour bad, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. She must make more effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red and Bianca are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jill is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Paige are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks of
Floyd | skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign red and bianca to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN RED AND BIANCA TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Bianca and Red to My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "okay, now a nice round of discipline and call it a day"
		jenrexrode says, "brb"
Miseri has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       awful        poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     bad          adequate     poor
Floyd | Abstinence bad          poor         awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Dick       bad          bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      mediocre     bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         awful        bad          poor
Floyd | Red        awful        mediocre     awful        mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     awful        mediocre     bad
Floyd | Annie      poor         poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline red" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Red Twite. His discipline
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Dick Kennedy. His
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Abstinence Rostigraben. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       bad          poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     awful        adequate     poor
Floyd | Abstinence poor         awful        awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         bad          mediocre     bad
Floyd | Frank      mediocre     bad          awful        mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     poor         awful        poor         poor
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     awful        poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     bad          poor         bad
Floyd | Annie      bad          bad          poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, heading to lpsmith's now... see you peeps later. I am indeed making progress on transcripts, so watch for an update soon."
		Jacqueline says, "Have fun."
		TheXenographer says, "Thanks, Jacq! See you later1"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aroma of dark beer saturates the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline nettie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 9 Children: 11                                  Treasury: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE NETTIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box has weakened Jill Flathead's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Jill Flathead's discipline, which is now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Miasmine Grimes's vigour, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Miasmine Grimes's morale,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Miasmine Grimes's vigour,
Floyd | which is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Miasmine Grimes's
Floyd | discipline, which is now adequate.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Abstinence Rostigraben's
Floyd | morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Abstinence Rostigraben's
Floyd | vigour, which is now abysmal.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Abstinence Rostigraben's
Floyd | discipline, which is now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Paige Cruft's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Dick Kennedy's morale, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Dick Kennedy's vigour, which
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Dick Kennedy's discipline,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Frank Trundle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Frank Trundle's morale,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Frank Trundle's vigour, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Frank Trundle's discipline,
Floyd | which is now adequate.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Bianca Bloggs's looks, which
Floyd | are now poor.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Lexie Rudge's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Nettie Burrow's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has improved Nettie Burrow's morale,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Nettie Burrow's vigour, which
Floyd | is now abysmal.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Nettie Burrow's discipline,
Floyd | which is now mediocre.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has sapped Annie Whittle's vigour, which
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd | Shellac's Porter Supplements has stiffened Annie Whittle's discipline,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 110 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 33 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Jill Flathead, Frank
Floyd | Trundle and Nettie Burrow have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new orphan, Volumnia Nash, has been entrusted to your care and is
Floyd | now housed in the Junior House.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laurice Shellac's grand porter experiment has concluded. He retrieves
Floyd | his porter-casks and a great many measurements, praises your charity,
Floyd | wisdom and personal charms for a period somewhat longer than strictly
Floyd | required, and departs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       awful        poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     bad          satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     abysmal      abysmal      poor
Floyd | Paige      adequate     awful        mediocre     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      adequate     poor         bad          adequate
Floyd | Volumnia   poor         mediocre     bad          mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     poor         bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     awful        poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         awful        poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     abysmal      poor         mediocre
Floyd | Annie      poor         bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red, Bianca, Lexie and Paige are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jill is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "unassign jill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN JILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Jill Flathead to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x volumnia" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VOLUMNIA
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Volumnia Nash, secret whelp of a deadbeat hunchback and an
Floyd | adulteress.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour mediocre, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign volumnia to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN VOLUMNIA TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Volumnia Nash into the Delousing Bath, and
Floyd | command her to remain there until she is presentable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x jill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JILL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Jill Flathead, haphazardly-conceived issue of a hog-grease
Floyd | hawker and a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor. You only hope that she never breeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign jill to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN JILL TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Jill Flathead into the Delousing Bath, and
Floyd | command her to remain there until she shehas become less foul to
Floyd | behold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie Whittle, daughter of an Armenian New Jersey pimp and a deranged
Floyd | decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour awful, her appearance poor and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Annie Whittle. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign annie to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ANNIE TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Annie Whittle to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Abstinence Rostigraben, daughter of
Floyd | a deserter and a vacuous exotic dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour abysmal, her appearance abysmal
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign abstinence to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ABSTINENCE TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Abstinence Rostigraben to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Abstinence, Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily
Floyd | occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia, Red, Bianca, Jill, Lexie and Paige are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       awful        poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     bad          satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     abysmal      abysmal      poor
Floyd | Paige      adequate     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      adequate     poor         awful        adequate
Floyd | Volumnia   poor         mediocre     bad          poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         awful        poor         poor
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     awful        poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Annie      mediocre     abysmal      poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline jill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE JILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Jill Flathead. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Abstinence, Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily
Floyd | occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia, Red, Bianca, Jill, Lexie and Paige are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline bianca" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE BIANCA
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Bianca Bloggs. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Abstinence, Miasmine, Dick, Frank and Nettie are busily
Floyd | occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub frank" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Frank, delouse his scalp with carbolic acid, and make him
Floyd | walk around with a book on his head. This accomplished, you deliver a
Floyd | short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness.
Floyd | Hopefully the lesson is learned; his looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Setting the occasional example is one thing, but you would be worn to
Floyd | the bone if you had to groom each and every one of your charges; you
Floyd | are their guardian, not their stable-hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 10 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       poor         bad          bad          bad
Floyd | Miasmine   adequate     bad          adequate     poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     abysmal      bad          mediocre
Floyd | Paige      adequate     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      adequate     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     mediocre     poor         poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         abysmal      poor         poor
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     bad          poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Annie      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 398
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Jill Flathead's looks, which
Floyd | are now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Miasmine Grimes's vigour, which
Floyd | is now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Abstinence Rostigraben's vigour,
Floyd | which is now awful.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Paige Cruft's looks, which are
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Frank Trundle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Volumnia Nash's looks, which
Floyd | are now poor.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Bianca Bloggs's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Lexie Rudge's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Nettie Burrow's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Annie Whittle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 120 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 36 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Dick Kennedy and Frank
Floyd | Trundle have gained vigour, and Volumnia Nash, Bianca Bloggs, Red
Floyd | Twite and Annie Whittle have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft has grown up a little, and been transferred to the Middle
Floyd | House.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 398
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     bad          satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     bad          abysmal      poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     awful        adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         mediocre     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Frank      adequate     mediocre     poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         abysmal      poor         poor
Floyd | Red        poor         poor         awful        poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Annie      adequate     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: Torchbearer
Floyd | Senator Hoofey dearly loves to cruise leafy avenues in his Escalade.
Floyd | To do so in appropriate style requires a full formal escort, including
Floyd | a small child with a flaming torch to run ahead and announce his
Floyd | passage. Little is required of this child except the ability to run in
Floyd | a straight line without expiring, and the pragmatic requirement that
Floyd | they be both cheap and legal. A shady aide has raised the possibility
Floyd | of transferring guardianship for a small consideration, if a suitable
Floyd | child can be found. (Use RECRUIT on a suitable orphan.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "enough for bars?"
		TheXenographer exclaims, "indeed!"
		jenrexrode reads the new task
		jenrexrode asks, "send frank?"
		TheXenographer says, "yeah, that was my thought as well"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "recruit frank" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 418
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECRUIT FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank Trundle is judged adequate to the demands of the position, and
Floyd | the shady aide spirits him off to the corridors of power. The money --
Floyd | a mere twenty coins -- is not as good as you had hoped, but at least
Floyd | you can chalk this one up in the success column when the Periodic
Floyd | Review rolls around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 418
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Abstinence, Miasmine, Dick and Nettie are busily occupied with
Floyd | the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 418
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | A respected specialist catering to the orphan management trade,
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney provides a wide variety of goods at virtually
Floyd | affordable rates. Bowing to the decadence of the age, this
Floyd | once-respectable publication now features many vain luxuries that you
Floyd | can safely ignore, such as fair-trade gruel, artisanal wildflower
Floyd | soap, and smallpox vaccines. The few items of real utility have been
Floyd | circled in red pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruritanian Mastiffs (400 coins)
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill (400 coins)
Floyd | Spinal Corrective Corsets (450 coins)
Floyd | Dr. Pranger's Lithium Water (700 coins)
Floyd | triple-barred windows (350 coins)
Floyd | The Harvest of Sin (700 coins)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "purchase triple-barred windows" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PURCHASE TRIPLE-BARRED WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You reluctantly part with 350 coins, mail in your order, and in due
Floyd | course receive delivery of triple-barred windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign paige to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PAIGE TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Paige Cruft to occupy herself with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd | She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia, Red, Bianca, Jill and Lexie are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       poor         bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     poor         satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     abysmal      awful        mediocre
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     awful        adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         mediocre     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Bianca     poor         abysmal      poor         poor
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     bad          poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Annie      adequate     poor         poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "nothing to do here except dole out some discipline"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Jill Flathead. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Volumnia Nash. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Bianca Bloggs. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oops"
		TheXenographer says, "oh well"
		jenrexrode says, "shoulda skipped volumina"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige, Annie, Abstinence, Miasmine, Dick and Nettie are busily
Floyd | occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scrub abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Abstinence, pinch her cheeks until they take on a healthy
Floyd | red colour, and make her dedicate a few hours to shining her shoes.
Floyd | This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and
Floyd | bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; her
Floyd | looks are now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 11 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine Grimes, daughter of an unwashed goat-butcher and a joyless
Floyd | seamstress.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance adequate
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, daughter of a deserter and a vacuous exotic
Floyd | dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour abysmal, her appearance poor
Floyd | and her morale mediocre. This is totally unacceptable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige Cruft, unnecessary daughter of a miserable consumptive hunchback
Floyd | and a diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour awful, her appearance adequate
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Dick Kennedy, unfortunate son of a bellhop and a ball-breaking
Floyd | garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is mediocre, his vigour mediocre, his appearance
Floyd | mediocre and his morale poor. If families of good stock do not take
Floyd | their responsibilities seriously, his kind will inherit the earth in a
Floyd | few short generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nettie Burrow, progeny of a guttersnipe and a screever.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale mediocre. This is totally unacceptable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie Whittle, regrettable daughter of an Armenian New Jersey pimp and
Floyd | a deranged decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale mediocre. So young, and already a drain on society.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode exclaims, "hey, these guys are all mediocre on discipline!"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Miasmine Grimes's vigour, which
Floyd | is now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Abstinence Rostigraben's vigour,
Floyd | which is now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Paige Cruft's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Volumnia Nash's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Bianca Bloggs's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Red Twite's looks, which are
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Nettie Burrow's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Annie Whittle's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 110 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 33 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Miasmine Grimes, Lexie
Floyd | Rudge and Nettie Burrow have gained vigour, and Lexie Rudge has
Floyd | improved her morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jill Flathead and Lexie Rudge have been moved to the Middle House,
Floyd | being of sufficient age. Abstinence Rostigraben, Nettie Burrow and
Floyd | Annie Whittle are ready for the Senior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "uh oh, seniors"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       mediocre     poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     mediocre     satisfactory mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     bad          adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     bad          poor
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Annie      mediocre     mediocre     mediocre     poor
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: Path to the Nest of Spiders
Floyd | Ever since Slophouse & Sons started sourcing gruel ingredients from
Floyd | Ruritania, you have occasionally found a Ruritanian Misanthrope spider
Floyd | lurking at the bottom of a box of dehydrated oat-scrapings. Now,
Floyd | however, it seems that one has escaped and started to breed. The bite
Floyd | of the Ruritanian Misanthrope is not usually fatal, but the necrosis
Floyd | it causes is both painful and unsightly. Unless you want an
Floyd | establishment full of blotchy, keening orphans, you had better search
Floyd | for the nest and deal with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oh wow"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Jill are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige, Miasmine and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Nettie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Jill are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige, Miasmine and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny sobs would suggest that Abstinence Rostigraben has been molested
Floyd | by a Ruritanian Misanthrope spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oh no"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game makes heavy use of randomisation, which means that UNDO
Floyd | has the potential to be unusually disruptive. On the other hand,
Floyd | disabling UNDO entirely can be seriously annoying. The command will be
Floyd | available from now on, but you're requested to restrict your use of it
Floyd | to input mistakes, getting around bugs, and viewing alternative
Floyd | content, rather than to exploit the game for more favourable random
Floyd | outcomes.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search annie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ANNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search orphan" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ORPHAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, Lexie Rudge, Jill Flathead, Paige Cruft, Miasmine
Floyd | Grimes or Dick Kennedy?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to search north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annie, Nettie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Although orphans are prone to infestations and mulishly insensitive to
Floyd | pain, you cannot quite believe that one could unwittingly harbour a
Floyd | nest of venomous spiders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, daughter of a deserter and a vacuous exotic
Floyd | dancer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance awful and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your charge Nettie Burrow, daughter of a guttersnipe and a screever.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour mediocre, her appearance
Floyd | mediocre and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Annie Whittle, unwanted daughter of an Armenian New Jersey
Floyd | pimp and a deranged decadent barmaid.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance mediocre
Floyd | and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf24" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Jill are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige, Miasmine and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search corner" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search hideaway" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH HIDEAWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia, Red and Bianca are shedding parasites, encrustations and
Floyd | chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search ceilings" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CEILINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | Aha! There has surely been a nest here not too long ago: empty egg
Floyd | casings, thick froths of web, the husks of infant spiders devoured by
Floyd | their siblings. Alas, it's here no longer. But the exodus was not
Floyd | covert: a trail leads you to an old bricked-up chimney flue, spidery
Floyd | holes punctuating its rotten mortar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not much you can do while it's all bricked up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take bricks" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft moaning would suggest that Dick Kennedy has been attacked by a
Floyd | Ruritanian Misanthrope spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "argh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open bricks" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BRICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The mortar crumbles easily under the slightest impact, and you are
Floyd | able to tear down half the wall with your bare hands. Out tumble
Floyd | several mummified pigeons, a great deal of soot and brick dust, and a
Floyd | scattering of panicked spiders that are instantly stomped upon by
Floyd | gleeful orphans. The chimney's jagged mouth is revealed, ominous wisps
Floyd | of web leading up into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A howl of agony would suggest that Paige Cruft has been bitten by a
Floyd | Ruritanian Misanthrope spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The short stretch of chimney that's visible from here doesn't seem to
Floyd | be the location of the nest, and you can neither reach nor see any
Floyd | further. Perhaps you might assign someone better-suited to this task.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       mediocre     poor         bad          bad
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     mediocre     satisfactory mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     bad          awful        poor
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     poor         adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Red        poor         poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Nettie     poor         poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Annie      mediocre     poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign red to chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN RED TO CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand little Red a lantern, a spray-can of insecticide and a
Floyd | fortifying biscuit, then send him up the chimney with dire threats of
Floyd | what will happen if he returns without eradicating the spider nest. A
Floyd | hushed silence falls over the Orphanorium, broken only by the
Floyd | occasional squeal of agony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "hm"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign red" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia and Bianca are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks
Floyd | of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny sobs would suggest that Miasmine has been poisoned by a
Floyd | Ruritanian Misanthrope spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "search chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The short stretch of chimney that's visible from here doesn't seem to
Floyd | be the location of the nest, and you can neither reach nor see any
Floyd | further. Perhaps you might assign someone better-suited to this task.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "should I send them all up the chimney?"
		TheXenographer asks, "what are small orphans good for if not being sent up chimneys?"
		jenrexrode says, "ok"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign bianca chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN BIANCA CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign bianca to chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN BIANCA TO CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Two children up a chimney at once might seem more efficient, but only
Floyd | to the painfully stupid.
Floyd |
Floyd | A penetrating wail would suggest that Jill has been bitten by a
Floyd | Ruritanian Misanthrope spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a sudden explosion of soot and insecticide fumes, Red emerges from
Floyd | the fireplace. He is rather horribly bitten and has inhaled a
Floyd | considerable quantity of soot, neurotoxins and spider legs, but his
Floyd | triumph over the spiders is undeniable. The orphans give up a ragged
Floyd | cheer, Red gets a double helping of gruel at supper, a man is called
Floyd | in to brick up the chimney, and life in the Orphanorium returns to
Floyd | normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "oh, good for Red."
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       mediocre     bad          poor         bad
Floyd | Miasmine   adequate     mediocre     satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     bad          bad          mediocre
Floyd | Paige      adequate     poor         adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Red        poor         mediocre     abysmal      bad
Floyd | Lexie      poor         bad          mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     mediocre     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Annie      adequate     mediocre     poor         mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "uh yay?"
		jenrexrode says, "oh and now he needs discipline"
		TheXenographer says, "and scrubbing"
		jenrexrode says, "get him"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub red" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Red, delouse his scalp with equal parts pomatum and
Floyd | mercurial ointment (just in case), and scrub him all over with
Floyd | turpentine and a pumice-stone. This accomplished, you deliver a short
Floyd | lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness.
Floyd | Hopefully the lesson is learned; his looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline red" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Red Twite. His discipline
Floyd | is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia and Bianca are shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks
Floyd | of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Jill are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige, Miasmine and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign jill to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN JILL TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Jill Flathead to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lexie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LEXIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lexie Rudge. Her discipline
Floyd | is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline jill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE JILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Jill Flathead. Her
Floyd | discipline is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer asks, "shall we end the day?"
		jenrexrode asks, "no boxing?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		McMartin says, "This conversation is amazingly disturbing outside of context"
		jenrexrode says, "that's what they say"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 12 Children: 11                                 Treasury: 145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       adequate     bad          bad          bad
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         awful        mediocre
Floyd | Paige      adequate     bad          adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     abysmal      mediocre     poor
Floyd | Red        mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     awful        mediocre     poor
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Annie      mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "eh, no one needs discipline that badly and they mostly have low morale, so"
		jenrexrode says, "then onward to the new day"
		jenrexrode says, "need money"
		TheXenographer says, "so we do"
		jenrexrode says, "before the senior s start escaping"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Jill Flathead's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Miasmine Grimes's vigour, which
Floyd | is now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Paige Cruft's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Dick Kennedy's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Volumnia Nash's looks, which
Floyd | are now mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Bianca Bloggs's looks, which
Floyd | are now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 110 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 33 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Paige Cruft, Bianca
Floyd | Bloggs and Lexie Rudge have gained vigour, and Jill Flathead,
Floyd | Abstinence Rostigraben, Dick Kennedy, Bianca Bloggs and Red Twite have
Floyd | improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Annie Whittle's dedication, has
Floyd | offered her employment as a household drudge. For your success as an
Floyd | educator, the Government awards you a bonus of 35 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia Nash and Bianca Bloggs have been moved to the Middle House,
Floyd | being of sufficient age. Jill Flathead and Miasmine Grimes are ready
Floyd | for the Senior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Orphanorium has been entrusted with two more children: Honey
Floyd | Cropes is old enough for the Middle House, while Becky Baffle will go
Floyd | to the Junior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer exclaims, "oh hey, our first productive member of society!"
		jenrexrode says, "yay"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     adequate     satisfactory mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     bad          bad          mediocre
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     mediocre     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     abysmal      adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Red        poor         poor         poor         bad
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     poor         mediocre     adequate
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Honey      abysmal      poor         bad          mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | A new task: The Cholera Caper
Floyd | An unidentified child stuffed a blanket down the privies, and now the
Floyd | entire facility is ankle-deep in backed-up sewage. Assign orphans to
Floyd | sewage cleanup before you all die of cholera.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf25" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i guess no one got sick from the spiders after all"
		TheXenographer says, "I guess not"
		TheXenographer asks, "who should we assign to clean the sewage?"
		jenrexrode says, "nettie"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey, Bianca, Volumnia and Lexie are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky and Red are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey, Bianca, Volumnia and Lexie are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine, Jill, Nettie and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign nettie to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN NETTIE TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Nettie Burrow to occupy herself with raw sewage. She
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign jill to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN JILL TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Jill Flathead to occupy herself with raw sewage. She
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey, Bianca, Volumnia and Lexie are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paige and Dick are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Paige Cruft, ill-fated daughter of a miserable consumptive
Floyd | hunchback and a diseased informer.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance adequate
Floyd | and her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Dick Kennedy, son of a bellhop and a
Floyd | ball-breaking garbage-sifter.
Floyd | His discipline is mediocre, his vigour satisfactory, his appearance
Floyd | poor and his morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia Nash, whelp of a deadbeat hunchback and an adulteress.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour poor, her appearance adequate
Floyd | and her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca Bloggs, daughter of a wandering outlaw and a hideous octoroon
Floyd | ingenue.
Floyd | Her discipline is poor, her vigour abysmal, her appearance adequate
Floyd | and her morale mediocre. Her very presence makes you itch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie Rudge, daughter of a mercenary and a loveless shopgirl.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey Cropes, child of a ponce and a nymphomaniac contortionist.
Floyd | Her discipline is abysmal, her vigour poor, her appearance abysmal and
Floyd | her morale poor. Until licenses are required to breed, her kind will
Floyd | only proliferate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign dick to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DICK TO SEWAGE

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline honey" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You command Dick Kennedy to occupy himself with raw sewage. He
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE HONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Honey Cropes. Her
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign bianca to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN BIANCA TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Bianca Bloggs to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign lexie to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LEXIE TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Lexie Rudge to occupy herself with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd | She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign volumnia to tricycles" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN VOLUMNIA TO TRICYCLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Volumnia Nash to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       adequate     bad          poor         bad
Floyd | Miasmine   mediocre     adequate     good         mediocre
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         bad          mediocre
Floyd | Paige      adequate     mediocre     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     poor         abysmal      adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Red        mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Nettie     mediocre     mediocre     mediocre     adequate
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Honey      abysmal      poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i wonder if each room needs assigned, probably"
		TheXenographer says, "could be"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca, Volumnia, Lexie and Paige are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Dick frolics with
Floyd | bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign honey to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN HONEY TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Honey Cropes to occupy herself with raw sewage. She
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Honey and Dick frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca, Volumnia, Lexie and Paige are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky and Red are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign all to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Red and Becky to raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer asks, "okay, discipline time?"
		jenrexrode says, "and scrub abstinence"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Honey and Dick frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca, Volumnia, Lexie and Paige are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline bianca" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE BIANCA
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Bianca Bloggs. Her
Floyd | discipline is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miasmine and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Jill and Nettie frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Abstinence, spit-wash her grimy little face with your
Floyd | second-best handkerchief, and make her dedicate a few hours to shining
Floyd | her shoes. This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the
Floyd | spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is
Floyd | learned; her looks are now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Jill       mediocre     bad          poor         bad
Floyd | Miasmine   adequate     adequate     satisfactory poor
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         poor         adequate
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     mediocre     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     satisfactory poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     abysmal      adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Red        mediocre     poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Nettie     poor         poor         poor         adequate
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Honey      awful        poor         awful        poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline nettie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 13 Children: 12                                 Treasury: 257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE NETTIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Nettie Burrow. Her
Floyd | discipline is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "there we go"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
		TheXenographer asks, "end day?"
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Paige Cruft's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Volumnia Nash's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Bianca Bloggs's vigour, which is
Floyd | now bad.
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Red Twite's morale, which is now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lexie Rudge's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Red Twite has died of cholera. The coroner suggests that the death
Floyd | might have been prevented through better living conditions, which
Floyd | apparently involve less contact with raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Honey Cropes has dodged your nightly patrols and escaped! Water finds
Floyd | its level, so you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports
Floyd | that she has been forced to subsist as a welfare bum.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 100 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 30 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Paige Cruft and Becky
Floyd | Baffle have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Jill Flathead's positive attitude, has
Floyd | offered her employment as a loom operator. For your success as an
Floyd | educator, the Government awards you a bonus of 35 coins.
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Miasmine Grimes's ingrained servility
Floyd | and raven tresses, has offered her employment as a
Floyd | petition-distributor. For your success as an educator, the Government
Floyd | awards you a bonus of 50 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nettie Burrow has reached the age of maturity, and there is nothing
Floyd | more you can do. She is lost to gainful industry and to virtue, and
Floyd | promptly becomes a rodeo clown. (Good discipline is the surest path to
Floyd | a respectable job, though employers also favour those with high vigour
Floyd | and looks).
Floyd | Volumnia Nash has graduated to the Senior House. Orphans in the Senior
Floyd | House, if they have been trained well enough, may find employment and
Floyd | leave your care.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "aww, poor little red, and after he saved us from spiders"
		TheXenographer says, "Honey certainly wasted no time."
		TheXenographer says, "And yeah, that's too bad about Red."
		jenrexrode exclaims, "guess she needed the box!"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         poor         adequate
Floyd | Paige      adequate     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     satisfactory poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     abysmal      adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     bad          mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volumnia and Abstinence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode exclaims, "oh no!"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Abstinence, delouse her scalp with carbolic acid, and make
Floyd | her dedicate a few hours to shining her shoes. This accomplished, you
Floyd | deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of
Floyd | filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; her looks are now
Floyd | mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign all to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Abstinence and Volumnia to raw sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca, Lexie and Paige are busily occupied with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Dick frolics with
Floyd | bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "assign paige to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PAIGE TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Paige Cruft to occupy herself with raw sewage. She
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Becky frolics with
Floyd | bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Paige      mediocre     adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     satisfactory poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     abysmal      adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Becky      adequate     bad          bad          mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Paige and Dick frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "f assign self to sewage"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline lexie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LEXIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Lexie Rudge. Her discipline
Floyd | is now mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "discipline paige" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 14 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE PAIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Paige Cruft. Her discipline
Floyd | is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer asks, "nothing more we can do right now, is there?"
		jenrexrode says, "don't think so"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Abstinence Rostigraben's morale, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Bianca Bloggs's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lexie Rudge's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 70 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 21 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Dick Kennedy has gained
Floyd | vigour, and Lexie Rudge has improved her morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       poor         satisfactory poor         mediocre
Floyd | Volumnia   mediocre     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     poor         adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      adequate     mediocre     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Becky      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Paige and Dick frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "really?"
		TheXenographer says, "damn, that is some persistent sewage."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Dick Kennedy. His
Floyd | discipline is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Becky frolics with
Floyd | bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scrub becky" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB BECKY
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Becky, drag a comb through her hair, and scrub her all over
Floyd | with turpentine and a pumice-stone. This accomplished, you deliver a
Floyd | short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness.
Floyd | Hopefully the lesson is learned; her looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Paige and Dick frolic
Floyd | with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Volumnia and Abstinence
Floyd | frolic with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline volumnia" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE VOLUMNIA
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Volumnia Nash. Her
Floyd | discipline is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Abstinence mediocre     poor         mediocre     poor
Floyd | Paige      adequate     mediocre     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Volumnia   adequate     poor         adequate     poor
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     bad          adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     poor         mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline abstinence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 15 Children: 7                                  Treasury: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE ABSTINENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Abstinence Rostigraben. Her
Floyd | discipline is now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "either Dick or Becky could use scrubbing, also"
		jenrexrode says, "but i just scrubbed becky"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Abstinence Rostigraben's morale, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Dick Kennedy's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Volumnia Nash's morale, which is now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Bianca Bloggs's vigour, which is
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lexie Rudge's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sewage has been cleaned from the Senior House. Until the
Floyd | Orphanorium is entirely clean, however, cholera will imperil everyone.
Floyd | The Middle House is no longer awash in sewage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 70 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 21 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Paige Cruft has gained
Floyd | vigour.
Floyd |
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Volumnia Nash's demure ways and crude
Floyd | charms, has offered her employment as a shopgirl. For your success as
Floyd | an educator, the Government awards you a bonus of 50 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Orphanorium has been entrusted with three more children: Modesty
Floyd | Schmeer is old enough for the Middle House, while Prudence Grady and
Floyd | Tawny Raskolnikov will go to the Junior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yay, more little ones to clean the junior house"
		TheXenographer exclaims, "hooray!"
		jenrexrode says, "they grow up so fast"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      awful        poor         awful        poor
Floyd | Modesty    bad          poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Abstinence adequate     bad          mediocre     poor
Floyd | Paige      adequate     adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       adequate     adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     poor         adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Prudence   bad          bad          bad          mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty, Paige and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tawny and Prudence are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Becky frolics with
Floyd | bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The Cholera Caper has been going on for quite a while. If you'd
Floyd | like a refresher on how to complete this task, try RECAP. There is
Floyd | still uncleaned sewage in the Junior House.)
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline tawny" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE TAWNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Tawny Raskolnikov. Her
Floyd | discipline is now awful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "but it was already awful"
		TheXenographer says, "sometimes it does that"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign prudence to sewage" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PRUDENCE TO SEWAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Prudence Grady to occupy herself with raw sewage. She
Floyd | obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Tawny Raskolnikov, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance awful and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky Baffle, daughter of a bourgeois soap-dodger and a rouge-caked
Floyd | feminist scullery-maid.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale mediocre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prudence Grady, regrettable daughter of a ponce and a nymphomaniac
Floyd | contortionist.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour bad, her appearance awful and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. Yet Jesus loves her, as if He had not suffered
Floyd | enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "anyway, if Tawny's a Raskolnikov, it's no wonder if she has more problems than beatings can solve"
		TheXenographer says, "(though in her case it really should be Raskolnikova, shouldn't it?)"
		jenrexrode says, "okay, now she's just bad. but prudence needs scrubbed, I guess, since she's too busy to go in the bath"
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "scrub prudence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB PRUDENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Prudence, delouse her scalp with carbolic acid, and tell her
Floyd | that she will be spending her break re-ironing her crumpled clothes.
Floyd | This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and
Floyd | bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; her
Floyd | looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign tawny to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN TAWNY TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You unceremoniously dunk Tawny Raskolnikov into the Delousing Bath,
Floyd | and command her to remain there until she she is no longer a parasite
Floyd | vector.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "recap" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cholera Caper
Floyd | An unidentified child stuffed a blanket down the privies, and now the
Floyd | entire facility is ankle-deep in backed-up sewage. Assign orphans to
Floyd | sewage cleanup before you all die of cholera.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty, Paige and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline modesty" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE MODESTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Modesty Schmeer. Her
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      abysmal      bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Modesty    bad          bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Abstinence adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       adequate     satisfactory mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     mediocre     adequate     poor
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     mediocre     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Becky      adequate     poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Prudence   bad          poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tawny is shedding parasites, encrustations and chunks of skin in My
Floyd | First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Prudence and Becky
Floyd | frolic with bleach, bucket and mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Tawny Raskolnikov, unhappy offspring
Floyd | of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is awful, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky Baffle, daughter of a bourgeois soap-dodger and a rouge-caked
Floyd | feminist scullery-maid.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Prudence Grady, daughter of a ponce
Floyd | and a nymphomaniac contortionist.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. In other words, there is little to distinguish her from a
Floyd | street Arab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "shoud awful bed left in the bath or go in the box?"
		TheXenographer says, "box 'er"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign tawny to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN TAWNY TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | With a fearsome glare, you condemn Tawny Raskolnikov to The Box until
Floyd | further notice. She folds herself into one of its compartments, and
Floyd | you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Fobberfish of Hackney's catalogue
Floyd |   Athaliah Hertford's Manual of Childcare
Floyd |   The Compleat Orphanmaster
Floyd |   a gruel order form
Floyd |   a dinner bell
Floyd |
Floyd | Your institutional resources include triple-barred windows, The Box,
Floyd | some ancient tricycles and My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are responsible for nine orphans and your treasury
Floyd | amounts to 560 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "read catalogue" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ CATALOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | A respected specialist catering to the orphan management trade,
Floyd | Fobberfish of Hackney provides a wide variety of goods at virtually
Floyd | affordable rates. Bowing to the decadence of the age, this
Floyd | once-respectable publication now features many vain luxuries that you
Floyd | can safely ignore, such as fair-trade gruel, artisanal wildflower
Floyd | soap, and smallpox vaccines. The few items of real utility have been
Floyd | circled in red pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruritanian Mastiffs (400 coins)
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill (400 coins)
Floyd | Spinal Corrective Corsets (450 coins)
Floyd | Dr. Pranger's Lithium Water (700 coins)
Floyd | The Harvest of Sin (700 coins)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty, Paige and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstinence is housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "how about a treadmill for the senior room?"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf26" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 560
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		TheXenographer says, "oh, yes, a treadmill would be a good idea"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "buy treadmill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TREADMILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reluctantly part with 400 coins, mail in your order, and in due
Floyd | course receive delivery of Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill; it is
Floyd | installed in the Senior House.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign abstinence to treadmill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ABSTINENCE TO TREADMILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Abstinence Rostigraben to occupy herself with Atherton's
Floyd | Ergonomic Treadmill. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      awful        bad          awful        poor
Floyd | Modesty    awful        poor         bad          poor
Floyd | Abstinence adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       mediocre     satisfactory poor         mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Becky      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Prudence   bad          bad          bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty, Paige and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca and Lexie are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign modesty to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN MODESTY TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing that it will do her good, you condemn Modesty Schmeer to The
Floyd | Box until further notice. She folds herself into one of its
Floyd | compartments, and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline dick" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Dick Kennedy. His
Floyd | discipline is now satisfactory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline lexie" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 16 Children: 9                                  Treasury: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE LEXIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough for today: there are regulations about excessive corporal
Floyd | punishment. Besides, if you thrash every child continually, they'll
Floyd | grow leathery and insensate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box has weakened Tawny Raskolnikov's morale, which is now awful.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Tawny Raskolnikov's discipline, which is now
Floyd | bad.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Modesty Schmeer's morale, which is now bad.
Floyd | The Box has sapped Modesty Schmeer's vigour, which is now awful.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Modesty Schmeer's discipline, which is now poor.
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill has fortified Abstinence Rostigraben's
Floyd | vigour, which is now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Bianca Bloggs's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Lexie Rudge's vigour, which is
Floyd | now satisfactory.
Floyd | The raw sewage has weakened Becky Baffle's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last of the sewage has been mopped, bailed and bleached out of
Floyd | existence. Your orphans look a little green, but the worst is behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 90 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 27 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd |
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Abstinence Rostigraben's work ethic,
Floyd | has offered her employment as an upholsteress. For your success as an
Floyd | educator, the Government awards you a bonus of 35 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prudence Grady has been moved to the Middle House, being of sufficient
Floyd | age. Paige Cruft and Lexie Rudge are ready for the Senior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Orphanorium has been entrusted with six more children: Deedee
Floyd | Dobson and Liddy Hodges are old enough for the Middle House, while Tug
Floyd | Good, Sharon Trotter, Candice Knoxville and Betty Scound will go to
Floyd | the Junior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode exclaims, "six!"
		jenrexrode exclaims, "oh and i'm so proud of abstinence, she was a lot of work!"
		TheXenographer says, "she was troublesome, but we rehabilitated her."
		TheXenographer says, "I may shed a single tear in pride for this occasion."
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Senior House
Floyd | Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The
Floyd | largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated
Floyd | with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill stands grimly against one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie and Paige are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign all to treadmill" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO TREADMILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Paige and Lexie to Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      poor         poor         awful        bad
Floyd | Modesty    bad          abysmal      poor         awful
Floyd | Paige      adequate     adequate     satisfactory poor
Floyd | Dick       adequate     adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Betty      awful        bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Deedee     poor         awful        poor         mediocre
Floyd | Candice    poor         poor         awful        mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Liddy      awful        mediocre     poor         poor
Floyd | Tug        poor         poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Becky      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Prudence   bad          poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Sharon     bad          poor         awful        mediocre
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Liddy, Deedee, Prudence and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign modesty" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN MODESTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Modesty Schmeer to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | From an obscure corner, My First Delousing Bath gives off
Floyd | sanitary-smelling vapours.
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty, Candice, Sharon, Tug and Becky are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tawny is spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "unassign tawny" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNASSIGN TAWNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow Tawny Raskolnikov to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "whole lot of awful in this room"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign all to bath" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN ALL TO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You assign Tawny, Betty, Candice, Tug, Becky and Sharon to My First
Floyd | Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Tawny Raskolnikov, daughter of a hog-grease hawker and a Salopian
Floyd | landlady.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale bad. She must apply herself and try to please her keepers and
Floyd | her Creator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty Scound, unfortunate whelp of a conniving scabrous arsonist and a
Floyd | scrawny third-rate dungcart driver.
Floyd | Her discipline is abysmal, her vigour poor, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor. She is a drain on the character of this
Floyd | establishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are graced by the presence of Candice Knoxville, daughter of a
Floyd | deadbeat hunchback and an adulteress.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale mediocre. She is a perpetual disappointment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tug Good, unhappy whelp of an odious witless dealer in anatomically
Floyd | instructive text adventures and an illiterate Scouse customs agent.
Floyd | His discipline is poor, his vigour poor, his appearance poor and his
Floyd | morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky Baffle, discarded daughter of a bourgeois soap-dodger and a
Floyd | rouge-caked feminist scullery-maid.
Floyd | Her discipline is mediocre, her vigour bad, her appearance poor and
Floyd | her morale poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon Trotter, brat of a slimy bisexual creator of unseemly
Floyd | unauthorised sequels and a craven brewer.
Floyd | Her discipline is bad, her vigour poor, her appearance bad and her
Floyd | morale poor. Yet Jesus loves her, as if He had not suffered enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline betty" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Betty Scound. Her
Floyd | discipline is now bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      poor         bad          abysmal      awful
Floyd | Modesty    poor         abysmal      bad          bad
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       satisfactory adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Betty      bad          bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Deedee     bad          bad          poor         mediocre
Floyd | Candice    poor         poor         awful        poor
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     mediocre     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     adequate     mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Liddy      awful        poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Tug        poor         poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Becky      adequate     bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Prudence   poor         poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Sharon     bad          poor         abysmal      poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Box is installed in a remote sub-basement, but the way to it is
Floyd | well-known to the miscreant and lolligagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Liddy, Deedee, Prudence, Modesty and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bianca is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scrub modesty" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRUB MODESTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You seize Modesty, spit-wash her grimy little face with your
Floyd | second-best handkerchief, and make her walk around with a book on her
Floyd | head. This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the spiritual
Floyd | and bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned;
Floyd | her looks are now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign liddy to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN LIDDY TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Stern but fair, you condemn Liddy Hodges to The Box until further
Floyd | notice. She folds herself into one of its compartments, and you lock
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign dee dee to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DEE DEE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign dee to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DEE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign deedee to box" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN DEEDEE TO BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | To show that discipline must be upheld, you condemn Deedee Dobson to
Floyd | The Box until further notice. She folds herself into one of its
Floyd | compartments, and you lock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign modesty to tricycle" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN MODESTY TO TRICYCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Modesty Schmeer to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle House
Floyd | This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A
Floyd | series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations,
Floyd | it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many
Floyd | blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the
Floyd | Senior north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Liddy and Deedee are spending some time in The Box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prudence and Dick are housed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Modesty and Bianca are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      bad          bad          bad          bad
Floyd | Modesty    poor         awful        bad          bad
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       satisfactory adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Betty      bad          bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Deedee     bad          bad          bad          poor
Floyd | Candice    bad          poor         awful        mediocre
Floyd | Bianca     adequate     adequate     adequate     mediocre
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     adequate     mediocre     poor
Floyd | Liddy      awful        poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Tug        poor         poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Prudence   bad          poor         poor         mediocre
Floyd | Sharon     bad          poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "assign prudence to tricycle" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSIGN PRUDENCE TO TRICYCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You command Prudence Grady to occupy herself with the ancient
Floyd | tricycles. She obediently complies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline prudence" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE PRUDENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Prudence Grady. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junior House
Floyd | Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about
Floyd | six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively
Floyd | low. The Middle House is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty, Candice, Sharon, Tug, Tawny and Becky are shedding parasites,
Floyd | encrustations and chunks of skin in My First Delousing Bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "discipline sharon" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCIPLINE SHARON
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply some well-deserved discipline to Sharon Trotter. Her
Floyd | discipline is now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oh, I'm worn out on these kids"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphan     Discipline   Vigour       Looks        Morale
Floyd | Tawny      bad          poor         abysmal      awful
Floyd | Modesty    poor         awful        bad          bad
Floyd | Paige      satisfactory adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Dick       adequate     adequate     poor         poor
Floyd | Betty      bad          bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Deedee     poor         awful        bad          mediocre
Floyd | Candice    poor         poor         abysmal      poor
Floyd | Bianca     mediocre     adequate     adequate     poor
Floyd | Lexie      mediocre     satisfactory mediocre     mediocre
Floyd | Liddy      awful        mediocre     poor         mediocre
Floyd | Tug        poor         poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Becky      mediocre     poor         poor         poor
Floyd | Prudence   poor         bad          poor         poor
Floyd | Sharon     poor         poor         bad          poor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf27" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 17 Children: 14                                 Treasury: 258
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Day: 18 Children: 16                                 Treasury: 399
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Tawny Raskolnikov's looks,
Floyd | which are now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Modesty Schmeer's vigour, which
Floyd | is now bad.
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill has weakened Paige Cruft's morale,
Floyd | which is now bad.
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill has fortified Paige Cruft's vigour,
Floyd | which is now adequate.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Betty Scound's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Deedee Dobson's morale, which is now poor.
Floyd | The Box has sapped Deedee Dobson's vigour, which is now abysmal.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Deedee Dobson's discipline, which is now
Floyd | mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Candice Knoxville's looks,
Floyd | which are now bad.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Bianca Bloggs's vigour, which is
Floyd | now adequate.
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill has weakened Lexie Rudge's morale,
Floyd | which is now poor.
Floyd | Atherton's Ergonomic Treadmill has fortified Lexie Rudge's vigour,
Floyd | which is now satisfactory.
Floyd | The Box has weakened Liddy Hodges's morale, which is now bad.
Floyd | The Box has stiffened Liddy Hodges's discipline, which is now bad.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Tug Good's looks, which are now
Floyd | mediocre.
Floyd | My First Delousing Bath has brightened Becky Baffle's looks, which are
Floyd | now mediocre.
Floyd | The ancient tricycles have fortified Prudence Grady's vigour, which is
Floyd | now poor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lexie Rudge has fabricated a surviving relative and escaped! Out in
Floyd | the harsh world children are exposed to all manner of sinful
Floyd | influences, so you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports
Floyd | that she is shamefully employed as a slovenly trull.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a government stipend of 130 for the feeding and care of
Floyd | your orphans; and pay out 39 coins on necessary care and maintenance,
Floyd | most of it going on food.
Floyd | Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Prudence Grady has gained
Floyd | vigour, and Deedee Dobson and Becky Baffle have improved their morale.
Floyd |
Floyd | A generous patron, impressed by Paige Cruft's ingrained servility and
Floyd | coltish grace, has offered her employment as a cosmetics salesgirl.
Floyd | For your success as an educator, the Government awards you a bonus of
Floyd | 50 coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becky Baffle has been moved to the Middle House, being of sufficient
Floyd | age. Modesty Schmeer is ready for the Senior.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been awarded custody of four orphans of Junior House age:
Floyd | Peony Maquereau, Boris Nettle, Beau Gomper and Nevada Froome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i think I've had enough CF for now."
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "cf28" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Day: 18 Children: 16                                 Treasury: 399
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Coffins by Christopher Huang
The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin by Christopher Huang
As played on ifMUD on August 19, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Coffins and The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin, which are both early speed IFs written by Christopher Huang; they date back to late 90s, to the first- and second-ever Speed-IFs. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the ifWiki pages: Coffins, and The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

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Coffins by Christopher Huang
The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin by Christopher Huang
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		Jacqueline looks around.
		Jacqueline says, "Golly, I go traveling for a couple of weeks and we all fall out of the habit."
		phoenix says, "I'll play something"
		olethros says, "I like falling out of the habit as much as the next monk"
		Jacqueline asks (of phoenix), "Got any short-ish games you've been wanting to play?"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "golly"
		phoenix says, "Nothing in particular... when I've been around I just pick interesting sounding names off the poll :p"
		Jacqueline asks, "What about just tinkering through some old speed ifs?"
		phoenix says, "Sounds good"
		Jacqueline says, "Let me go look."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. There's never been a speed if written in adift."
		phoenix asks, "did you guys play that IFDB spelunking game?"
		Jacqueline says, "We could play the first speed ever."
		maga asks, "doesn't Indigo count?"
		maga says, "(admittedly it was not very speedIFy but I recall that was what it was billed as)"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "Huh. I ... I guess it probably does, although even though we called that a speed we had a few weeks because of the new language aspect."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "So, the first speed was written by misery. I'd like to try that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Any objections?"
		phoenix says, "go for it"
		Bert asks, "Is there an onion in it?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask coffins" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It was the greatest of tragedies when your wife, Ligeia, died of a
Floyd | wasting disease not two nights ago. As the local mortician, you
Floyd | embalmed her yourself ... she's gone from your life now.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bright side, this means you get to marry your mistress, Rowena.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffins
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1998 by Christopher Huang.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 981002 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapel
Floyd | It's the dim, austere chapel of the funeral home. Even though you've
Floyd | worked here for the past ten years, you never quite get over the
Floyd | spookiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a coffin (which is closed) and Rowena here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "I do not know."
		maga says, "I think the onion one was the second speedIF"
		maga says, "since the onion one actually had a fair number of entries"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x rowena" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROWENA
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena is a fair-haired young Englishwoman. Very practical, loves
Floyd | dogs, can't write poetry. In short, nothing like your late wife
Floyd | Ligeia. You love her very much. That's why you murdered Ligeia.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena seems to be carrying a flask of some sort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "So, um, wasting disease. Right."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogony coffin. It's the centrepiece of the chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
maga arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the coffin, revealing Ligeia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Your late wife, the Lady Ligeia is pale, drawn and dead. This means
Floyd | you can go marry Rowena. Except ... after Ligeia, do you really want
Floyd | Rowena? Ligeia was the perfect specimen of frail womanhood....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to rowena" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ROWENA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose Ligeia would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline asks, "rowena about me" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask rowena about me" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROWENA ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena coos and nestles into your shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't like her."
		maga says, "she's a slattern *and* she likes dogs"
Jacqueline asks, "ligeia about me" 		Jacqueline asks, "Why am I set for that to work?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search corpse" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask ligeia about me" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LIGEIA ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | She's dead, remember? You killed her yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert says, "I'm assuming that in this case, 'coos' means 'makes a sound like a pigeon'."
maga says (to Floyd), "kiss ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her cheek feels cold and lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't quite make out the details. Something nags in the back of
Floyd | your mind....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "She's dead but still coded as animate. Makes sense, I guess."
Bert says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix asks, "there's a flask?"
Bert says (to Floyd), "think about flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "remember flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMEMBER FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert says, "Rowena is carrying it."
Bert says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x rowena" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROWENA
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena is a fair-haired young Englishwoman. Very practical, loves
Floyd | dogs, can't write poetry. In short, nothing like your late wife
Floyd | Ligeia. You love her very much. That's why you murdered Ligeia.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena seems to be carrying a flask of some sort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, where did the flask - oh, okay."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "rowena, give flask to me" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROWENA, GIVE FLASK TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena shrugs and hands you the flask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the elixir of life, of course. Rowena's father was a famous
Floyd | alchemist who died before he could sample his magnus opus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "drink flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "drink elixir" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK ELIXIR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert says, "Ah, speedIF."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, speed IF. How I love you."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open flask" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "heehee"
Bert says (to Floyd), "give flask to ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE FLASK TO LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | But that would bring Ligeia back to life. You don't want that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
maga says (to Floyd), "give flask to ligeia. have threesome" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE FLASK TO LIGEIA. HAVE THREESOME
Floyd |
Floyd | But that would bring Ligeia back to life. You don't want that!
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "OHO"
		phoenix says, "lol"
Bert says (to Floyd), "kill rowena" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL ROWENA
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "kiss rowena" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS ROWENA
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly realise that you don't love Rowena. Floods of
Floyd | half-forgotten memories wash through you, leaving you thoroughly and
Floyd | heartily hating her. On the other hand, you realise how much you
Floyd | really loved your Ligeia....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "give flask to ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE FLASK TO LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowena stares at you in horror. "What are you doing??"
Floyd |
Floyd | Meanwhile, the colour begins to return to Ligeia's pale, wasted
Floyd | cheeks....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh dear. You suddenly remember that Ligeia never was one to suffer
Floyd | competition gladly. That's why you killed her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "menage a trois" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > MENAGE A TROIS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "kiss ligeia" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS LIGEIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her cheek feels cold and lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is such a Chris game."
		Bert says, "Perhaps she was always that way."
Bert says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a shriek, Ligeia launches out of the coffin and brutally attacks
Floyd | Rowena. Screams fill the chapel and you are forced to run ... run ...
Floyd | run....
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to blot the memory of Rowena's stricken face from your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then ... you remember your first wife, Lenore. Nameless, here, for
Floyd | evermore....
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have switched personalities ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 30 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "let me guess... we switch women and change our mind again a month later"
		Bert says, "Yay, Lenore."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, that's the only game in the whole speed."
		Bert says, "ALso, despite it being his name, it is weird and confusing to me to hear you refer to Jeff as 'Chris'."
		Bert says, "(I am not complaining, just remarking.)"
		maga says, "yeah, they were still working out the kinks"
		Jacqueline asks, "Jeff?"
		Bert says (to maga), "Yeah, there are definitely a few 'kinks' in this game."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh oh oh - yeah"
		maga says, "I think the original time proposal was like a half-hour or something"
		Bert says (to Jacq), "The author of the game."
		Jacqueline says, "Only in your world, Bert."
		Jacqueline says, "So, that was quite short, but I'm very glad we played it."
		Bert says, "(I guess it's probably no weirder than seeing me talk as 'Bert'.)"
		maga says, "and the two-hour limit ended up getting set by how soon Mis could finish the game, effectively"
		Bert says (to maga), "That makes sense."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we've played some of SIF2, but not sure how many."
		maga says, "(that is my recollection based on a transcript somewhere, and may be inaccurate)"
		Bert says, "I don't remember if I even knew this one existed. I think I'd always assumed the onion Nostradamus one was first."
		phoenix asks, "onion nostradamus?"

Floyd ]  Chapel                                                 0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIST H
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Bert says (to phoenix), "One of the oldest speedIF events involved onions and Nostradamus in its specifications. IIRC."
		Bert says, "Which I might not."
		maga says, "speed-IF 4, I think"
		Bert asks, "Wow, that late?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load handthatrocksthepumpkin" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Katherine and you always did love Halloween parties. You used to be the
Floyd | life of them, back in your home town. Having just moved to New York
Floyd | city a month ago, however, you had not expected to get into one this
Floyd | year. Especially since Katherine had elected to stay behind, leaving
Floyd | you here on your own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter your old net-friend Miseri, with an introduction to a Mr deMause,
Floyd | a strange and eccentric fellow who would just love to have you over for
Floyd | his Halloween Masque this year. All you have to do now is figure out
Floyd | how to find your way to Mr deMause's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | No easy task, since Miseri had neglected to give you directions. Add to
Floyd | that the pea-soup fog rolling about outside....
Floyd |
Floyd | Sigh. If only Katherine were here....
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin
Floyd | SpeedIF Competition #1
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1998 by Christopher Huang.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 981029 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | It's your apartment, and it's in the usual mess. The mess, in fact,
Floyd | threatens to take control of the whole apartment. Not that you have too
Floyd | much time to worry about it right now, of course. You have to find your
Floyd | way to Mr deMause's apartment ... The door to the south leads out into
Floyd | the foggy night, and that seems like a good place to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert says, "No wonder I had so much trouble with History in school..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You hadn't realised until stepping out tonight how dim the fog could
Floyd | be. The pea-souper spreads out in all directions, obscuring your
Floyd | vision. The steps leading down to the south disappear into it. Back to
Floyd | the north, the door leads back into the warmth of home.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Jack O'Lantern (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pumpkin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "rock pumpkin" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "it had considerably more entries than previous speedIFs, so possibly that's when speed-IF took off in the collective imagination and suddenly all the cool kids were doing it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open pumpkin" 		

Floyd | As you look into the pumpkin, a disembodied hand leaps out onto your
Floyd | shoulder! You scream in fright, and the thing scuttles off into the
Floyd | fog. Regaining your composure, you look inside the pumpkin....
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Jack O'Lantern is a note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd | The writing is spidery, and you realise that it is written in blood.
Floyd | Real blood. But perhaps the creepiest thing of all is the sheer
Floyd | friendliness of the message: "Midas (the hand) is your guide to Mr
Floyd | deMause's apartment. Do remember to cross his palm with silver, or
Floyd | something of the sort.... Katherine's already here at the apartment,
Floyd | and she's waiting for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | You had no idea that Katherine was anywhere near New York. There's a
Floyd | mystery afoot here. Or at hand....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's a trap, peeps."
		Jacqueline says, "But of course we have no choice."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow hand" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd | Pea-souper fog blankets everything. You know more by instinct than
Floyd | anything else that the way home is just to the north. Otherwise, all
Floyd | the streets leading out from here are alien to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the disembodied hand near the traffic lights, leaping at the
Floyd | red light. It misses. The light turns green, and the hand scuttles
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x traffic lights" 		

Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow hand" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, it's not that it could no longer see the hand, it's that you can't follow."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the disembodied hand near the traffic lights, leaping at the
Floyd | red light. It misses. The light turns green, and the hand scuttles
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Convenient"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Jack O'Lantern (which is open)
Floyd |     a note
Floyd |   a red glass
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, is this guess-the-direction?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | A shard of red glass. You have no idea where you picked it up, or why
Floyd | you held on to it. Only the village idiot would find any use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without warning, the disembodied hand scuttles across your path,
Floyd | pausing to wave a finger at you before disappearing into the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter fog" 		

Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint scuttling through the fog, as of some spider lurking
Floyd | in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put glass in lantern" 		

Floyd | You put the red glass into the Jack O'Lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the disembodied hand near the traffic lights, leaping at the
Floyd | red light. It misses. The light turns green, and the hand scuttles
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop lantern" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without warning, the disembodied hand scuttles across your path,
Floyd | pausing to wave a finger at you before disappearing into the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint scuttling through the fog, as of some spider lurking
Floyd | in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the disembodied hand near the traffic lights, leaping at the
Floyd | red light. It misses. The light turns green, and the hand scuttles
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "so much for that idea"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking ... what do you call ne/nw/se/sw? They're not cardinal directions, too, are they? Are they, like, cross-cardinal directions or something? Anyway, those."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pumpkin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I think they're all the same"
Bert says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Jack O'Lantern (which is open)
Floyd |     a red glass
Floyd |     a note
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | The writing is spidery, and you realise that it is written in blood.
Floyd | Real blood. But perhaps the creepiest thing of all is the sheer
Floyd | friendliness of the message: "Midas (the hand) is your guide to Mr
Floyd | deMause's apartment. Do remember to cross his palm with silver, or
Floyd | something of the sort.... Katherine's already here at the apartment,
Floyd | and she's waiting for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | You had no idea that Katherine was anywhere near New York. There's a
Floyd | mystery afoot here. Or at hand....
Floyd |
Floyd | Without warning, the disembodied hand scuttles across your path,
Floyd | pausing to wave a finger at you before disappearing into the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop red" 		

Floyd | A few moments after dropping the shard of red glass, the hand scuttles
Floyd | across the square towards you and settles down to examine it. If you
Floyd | want to pick it up, now's your chance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "get hand" 		

Floyd | You gently pick the thing up by the wrist, gruesome though the thought
Floyd | may be. The fingers wiggle back at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "get glass" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd | A disembodied hand! What's more, an animated disembodied hand! Creepier
Floyd | and creepier ... didn't this sort of thing only happen in the movies?
Floyd | The hand seems to be wearing a signet ring on its index finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd | It's an elegant, gold signet ring. Something about it strikes you as
Floyd | being oddly familiar, though you can't imagine what. There seems to be
Floyd | a small depression in the ring, apparently made to hold something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "put glass in ring" 		

Floyd | The ring does not seem made to hold something like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get ring" 		

Floyd | The hand struggles in protest as you reach for the ring. You decide
Floyd | that it might not be such a good idea....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push ring" 		

Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn ring" 		

Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x depression" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | A shard of red glass. You have no idea where you picked it up, or why
Floyd | you held on to it. Only the village idiot would find any use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "cut me with glass" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "cut me" 		

Floyd | Cutting you up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "cut hand" 		

Floyd | Cutting him up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear hand" 		

Floyd | You can't wear him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "shake hand" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put hand in pumpkin" 		

Floyd | You put the disembodied hand into the Jack O'Lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd | Pea-souper fog blankets everything. You know more by instinct than
Floyd | anything else that the way home is just to the north. Otherwise, all
Floyd | the streets leading out from here are alien to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh golly"
		Bert says, "(I was hoping the hand might react.)"
		Jacqueline says, "I see where this is going."
Bert says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin is now in its "verbose" mode, which
Floyd | always gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there
Floyd | before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hand" 		

Floyd | You gently pick the thing up by the wrist, gruesome though the thought
Floyd | may be. The fingers wiggle back at you questioningly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave hand" 		

Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the disembodied hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "point hand east" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x palm" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "put glass in hand" 		

Floyd | He can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hand, where is apartment" 		

Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x silver" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, I guess I don't see where it's going. We can't cut ourselves and drip blood into the ring? LAME."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break glass" 		

Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give glass to hand" 		

Floyd | The disembodied hand doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x midas" 		

Floyd | A disembodied hand! What's more, an animated disembodied hand! Creepier
Floyd | and creepier ... didn't this sort of thing only happen in the movies?
Floyd | The hand seems to be wearing a signet ring on its index finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "midas, hi" 		

Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "touch ring" 		

Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "touch hand to glass" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to touch the disembodied hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put glass on hand" 		

Floyd | Putting things on the disembodied hand would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert asks, "Do we need to find a gem for the ring?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pumpkin" 		

Floyd | The pumpkin bears Miseri's unmistakeable style of carving. It grins at
Floyd | you hollowly, as if daring you to open it and look inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "search pumpkin" 		

Floyd | In the Jack O'Lantern is a note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "eat note" 		

Floyd | (first taking the note)
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "show note to midas" 		

Floyd | The disembodied hand is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd | It's an elegant, gold signet ring. Something about it strikes you as
Floyd | being oddly familiar, though you can't imagine what. There seems to be
Floyd | a small depression in the ring, apparently made to hold something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You hadn't realised until stepping out tonight how dim the fog could
Floyd | be. The pea-souper spreads out in all directions, obscuring your
Floyd | vision. The steps leading down to the south disappear into it. Back to
Floyd | the north, the door leads back into the warmth of home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | It's your apartment, and it's in the usual mess. The mess, in fact,
Floyd | threatens to take control of the whole apartment. Not that you have too
Floyd | much time to worry about it right now, of course. You have to find your
Floyd | way to Mr deMause's apartment ... The door to the south leads out into
Floyd | the foggy night, and that seems like a good place to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search mess" 		

Floyd | What's this? It's that earring that you promised to have reset as a
Floyd | ring for Katherine! You'd better not lose it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x earring" 		

Floyd | This is one of a pair of earrings that you gave Katherine some few
Floyd | months ago. The other one was lost during, um, an adventure involving a
Floyd | hot spring which we shan't go into right now. Since Katherine never was
Floyd | one for single earrings, you told her you'd have the stone re-set in a
Floyd | solitaire ring.... The stone seems rather loose, actually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bert says, "There we go."
Bert says (to Floyd), "x stone" 		

Floyd | You always believed that this was an amethyst, because it would glow
Floyd | violet when you held it. Now, however, it glows red whether you hold it
Floyd | or not, and you wonder if it could in fact be a misunderstood ruby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "put it in ring" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, the earring or the signet ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "put stone in signet ring" 		

Floyd | You need to be holding the stone before you can put it into something
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd | You carefully pry it out ... well, that was easier than expected....
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "put stone in signet ring" 		

Floyd | You carefully insert the stone into the depression in the ring. It
Floyd | seems to fit perfectly.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, the stone seems to be glowing brighter than before ... with a
Floyd | shocking suddenness, the hand leaps in your grasp and points an
Floyd | accusing finger towards the south of Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You hadn't realised until stepping out tonight how dim the fog could
Floyd | be. The pea-souper spreads out in all directions, obscuring your
Floyd | vision. The steps leading down to the south disappear into it. Back to
Floyd | the north, the door leads back into the warmth of home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd | Pea-souper fog blankets everything. You know more by instinct than
Floyd | anything else that the way home is just to the north. Otherwise, all
Floyd | the streets leading out from here are alien to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Following the hand directions, you cautiously make your way down the
Floyd | street ... then with greater confidence.... It isn't long before you
Floyd | find yourself outside your destination, the melancholy apartment of
Floyd | deMause....
Floyd |
Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 69 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "guess that last paragraph is a bug"
		Bert asks, "Oops?"
Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Washington Square
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd | A disembodied hand! What's more, an animated disembodied hand! Creepier
Floyd | and creepier ... didn't this sort of thing only happen in the movies?
Floyd | The hand seems to be wearing a signet ring on its index finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x finger" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd | Which do you mean, the earring or the signet ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "signet" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Bert says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Following the hand directions, you cautiously make your way down the
Floyd | street ... then with greater confidence.... It isn't long before you
Floyd | find yourself outside your destination, the melancholy apartment of
Floyd | deMause....
Floyd |
Floyd | You wander down the street into the fog, but the fog confuses you, and
Floyd | you soon find yourself back in Washington Square.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 71 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		phoenix says, "I think we won"
		Bert says, "Yeah, probably just an irrelevant stray paragraph."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "That was pretty cool."
		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm all wanting to write a speed if."
		DavidW says, "For those of you who played Coffins today, you might like to see [LINK]"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Resonance by Nereida Scales
Compliance by Christopher Conley
As played on ifMUD on August 26, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Resonance written by Nereida Scales, and Compliance written by Christopher Conley. The introductions to Resonance and Compliance were both entered in the 2012 IntroComp, where they took first and second place, respectively. This transcript covers the awards ceremony, with playthroughs of these two entries directly following. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the ifWiki pages: Compliance, and Resonance.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

To skip directly to a particular game, click on its title:

Resonance by Nereida Scales
Compliance by Christopher Conley
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		
Jacqueline hollers, "Time for the IntroComp awards, everyone! LOUNGE. E. S. E. to get there." 		
Massive Auditorium 		
Rows of seats (the first half plush, the second half folding chairs) form neat semicircles in front of the stage, above which inlay spells out "2012 INTROCOMP AWARDS" (the first word in gold, the rest in silver). A curtain hangs on one side of the stage, marking out the area for the presenters, while waiters circulate throughout the auditorium, delivering light snacks to half the audience members. 		
		
You can see: READ THIS PLEASE 		
Players: dfabulich, Gunther, NereidaS, stadtgorilla, Jacqueline, Binder, DavidW, Tale 		
Visible Exits: west 		
Jacqueline arrives from the west. 		
Gunther says, "Way ahead of you, my dearest" 		
Binder arrives from the west. 		
Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "Yeah, but you're always one of the cool kids, G." 		
Gunther says, "not cool enough to have had time to play or vote :(" 		
DavidW arrives from the west. 		
Jacqueline says, "Well, there are the cool kids, and then there are the awesome cool kids." 		
stadtgorilla bows 		
Jacqueline says, "On sec, forgot to log." 		
Gunther says, "and to wake maga" 		
Tale arrives from the west. 		
PerrySimm arrives from the west. 		
Tale asks, "After the first part of the ceremony, do we get to decide if we want to continue?" 		
Gunther says, "no, but you get to score it" 		
stadtgorilla says (to tale), "hastes doch geschafft, wie nett" 		
PerrySimm goes home. 		
Tale says, "Psst, wir benutzen hier keine vernuenftigen Sprachen" 		
stadtgorilla blushes. 		
Jacqueline says, "One sec, brb" 		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
maga arrives from the west. 		
Jacqueline arrives from the west. 		
Jacqueline says, "Small crowd this morning - I'll give it just a few more minutes (until quarter after), then we'll begin." 		
inky arrives from the west. 		
Jacqueline says, "Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone and thank you for coming to this year's IntroComp ceremony." 		
Jacqueline says, "This is our eleventh year, and while it's a little hard for me to believe, it's my tenth year organizing this competition." 		
Jacqueline says, "(I think this is where people clap to make me feel important or, at the very least, old.)" 		
DavidW says, ">find where time went" 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
NereidaS claps wildly 		
Tale says, "Yay for old ladies!" 		
maga claps 		
Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Um, thank you." 		
Jacqueline says, "My thanks to Neil deMause for starting the competition eleven years ago. It was a great idea that has benefitted quite a few authors over the past decade." 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
Jacqueline exclaims, "As ever, many thanks to our resident inky, Dan Shiovitz, for his behind the scenes work - he does most of the code for the voting site, and he also is responsible for the tastefully tasteful and tastefully frugal decorations here in the auditorium today. Thanks, Dan!" 		
inky says, "huzzah" 		
Jacqueline claps. 		
stadtgorilla claps again 		
NereidaS claps cheers 		
Tale says, "yay for inky!" 		
maga says, "woo inky" 		
Jacqueline says, "Thanks also to our resident maga, Sam Kabo Ashwell, for his assistance in helping me prep for today's ceremony." 		
Tale says, "yay for maga!" 		
stadtgorilla clapclap 		
maga says, "I make coffee *and* eggs" 		
Jacqueline applauds. 		
Jacqueline laughs at maga. 		
Jacqueline says, "Thank you to Chris Conley, Rob Kinnison, ML, Taylor Melton, Nereida Scales, and Justin de Vesine for chosing IntroComp as a way to unveil your idea to the world." 		
DavidW claps for everyone, especially if they provide breakfast. 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
Jacqueline says, "I hope that regardless of how well each of you did that the feedback you receive will be useful in making your work better." 		
Tale says, "hooray for authors!" 		
Gunther says, "whee" 		
Jacqueline applauds with a smile. 		
stadtgorilla raises fist akwardly 		
Jacqueline says, "Thank you to everyone who downloaded, played, and voted on the entries. Thank you to those of you who took the time to leave your feedback on the voting site. And big thanks to those of you who wrote longer reviews in various Internet forums." 		
Jacqueline applauds and smiles some more. 		
Jacqueline says, "And now for the results." 		
stadtgorilla gasps 		
Jacqueline says, "I'll announce the Honorable entries frist. The Honorable category includes any game that did not finish in the top three. The first of these authors to complete their entry, so long as it's within one year from today, August 26, will receive a $20 prize. This includes the following entries, in random order:" 		
Jacqueline says, "Wasteland, by Taylor Melton" 		
Jacqueline says, "The Bafflingly Casual Adventures of No One of Significant Import, by Robb Kinnison" 		
Jacqueline says, "Genesis, by ML" 		
DavidW applauds. 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
NereidaS claps for the awesome games she enjoyed very much. 		
inky applauds 		
dfabulich claps 		
Jacqueline helps to give them a round of applause. 		
Jacqueline says, "And that brings us to our top three entries for 2012." 		
Tale claps. 		
Jacqueline says, "If the third place entry is finished within one year from today's date, the author will receive $40." 		
Jacqueline says, "In third place we have an overture to the afterlife." 		
Jacqueline exclaims, "Let's hear it for Belief, by Justin de Vesine!" 		
dfabulich claps! 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
Binder applauds. 		
maga claps 		
NereidaS cheers! 		
Ellison arrives from the west. 		
DavidW claps 		
Tale says, "it!" 		
Gunther says, "woo" 		
Jacqueline claps enthusiastically. 		
Ellison claps 		
Jacqueline says, "So, vimes is logged in, but evidently idle in the lounge. So, um, I guess there will be no words from him, but I'm sure he'd graciously thank all of you and be humble and talk about how he hopes to aspire to EARN that $40 (possibly while rolling his eyes because $40 seemed like a lot of money, at least for me, ten years ago, and now it is not so much but I'm too cheap to up the award amounts)." 		
Gunther rolls eyes 		
Tale says, "ha ha" 		
Binder applauds what vimes probably would have said. 		
stadtgorilla laughs 		
inky says, "vimes would have such a way with words" 		
stadtgorilla fell to the floor 		
dfabulich lets his imagination run wild. 		
Ellison laughs 		
Jacqueline smiles and laughs under her breath. 		
Jacqueline says, "Speaking of big money, if the second place entry is finished within one year from today's date, the author will receive $60.\" 		
stadtgorilla is back on his feet 		
Jacqueline says, "Our second game takes you to a dystopian world of bureuacracy and janitor robots." 		
Jacqueline exclaims, "Please put your virtual hands together for COMPLIANCE, by Chris Conley!" 		
dfabulich applauds! 		
maga claps 		
Jacqueline says, "Also present is the musician behind the music, t.v.shit, aka Colin Djukic." 		
Binder puts his hands together, then apart, then together, then apart, &c 		
stadtgorilla exclaims, "yay!" 		
NereidaS exclaims, "Yay, robots!" 		
Gunther puts his hands together 		
Tale asks, "Wouln't that be complying????" 		
Ellison claps 		
inky says, "huzzah" 		
Jacqueline says, "Do either of you have anything you'd like to say for the posterity of the transcript? I think perhaps only Colin is here..." 		
DavidW claps for Compliance 		
stadtgorilla says, "i think chris is not here..." 		
Jacqueline says (to stadtgorilla), "Well, then perhaps you should say something for both of you, Colin." 		
Jacqueline says, "Unless you're shy." 		
stadtgorilla exclaims, "i can only say that it was a pleasure working with him and that i'm really looking forward to completing the game!" 		
Jacqueline exclaims, "Woo game completion! That's the spirit!" 		
Jacqueline applauds. 		
dfabulich cheers for completion 		
Gunther applauds 'speech' 		
stadtgorilla exclaims, "and thanks to you, jacqueline, for making this possible!" 		
Ellison says, "hooray'" 		
Jacqueline says, "Aw, shucks. You're welcome." 		
Jacqueline blushes, just a little. 		
Gunther says, "three cheers" 		
stadtgorilla cheers 		
Gunther says, "(isq isq... ESQUE)" 		
Binder cheers 		
maga says, "hip hip" 		
dfabulich cheers for enabling possibility! 		
Jacqueline raises an eyebrow, but appears appreciative nonetheless. 		
stadtgorilla sits down 		
Jacqueline says, "And of course that brings us to our first place entry, where you learn to wield power in a fantasy kingdom." 		
Jacqueline says, "A big, warm, ifMUDdy round of applause, please, for RESONANCE, by Nereida Scales." 		
DavidW says, "woot!" 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
dfabulich cheers! 		
NereidaS says, "Oh my." 		
Jacqueline applauds. 		
Tale says, "huzzah" 		
dfabulich exclaims, "Congratulations!" 		
Gunther says, "Congrats to all the winners!" 		
Jacqueline asks (of NereidaS), "Any other words besides 'Oh my' that you'd like to share with us?" 		
NereidaS exclaims, "You don't want to hear whatever I try to pass off as a speech, but thanks to everyone who played!" 		
inky says, "hooray" 		
stadtgorilla cheers 		
dfabulich says, "yay meta-speech!"" 		
Jacqueline exclaims, "Hooray for a great non-speech speech, and congratulations again!" 		
NereidaS exclaims, "And thanks to Jacqueline for hosting!" 		
Tale says, "Horray for silence" 		
Jacqueline smiles. 		
Jacqueline says, "Thanks again, everyone. We shall now adjourn to the Toyshop to play some of these entries as part of this week's ClubFloyd." 		
Jacqueline says, "We'll start with first place and work our way down, and see how many entries we get through this week." 		
DavidW asks, "Does everyone know how to get to the toyshop from here?" 		
Binder exclaims, "I don't even know how I got here!" 		
Tale disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Jacqueline says, "We'll take almost a ten minute break, then meet in the Toyshop. To get there, type TOYSHOP. See you at quarter 'til." 		
Binder gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
stadtgorilla claps 		
Jacqueline says, "Thanks for coming, everyone." 		
Jacqueline gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
dfabulich applauds one last time and adjourns to the Toyshop 		
inky says, "yay" 		
inky leaves the auditorium to the west. 		
DavidW gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
dfabulich gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
NereidaS gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
		
Playtime! 		
Toyshop and Floyditorium 		
Bulging toychests make this a child's (or child-at-heart's) dream. Play all day, play all night. A small booth has been erected and is staffed by a friendly robot. The sign over it says, "INFOKOM GAMEZ 5 cents". A small notice on the door reads, "PLEASE RETURN TOYS TO THIS ROOM WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM." 		
		
You can see: banana machine, faucets, toy catalogue, a crystal ball, cuddly walrus, cloak, tic-tac-toe, thermometer, waldo whisper object, checkers board, Werewolf rules, Mike Tyson, frobozz magic dispenser, fun shiny toy, jukebox, orange door, mind chess, storyharp, save button, Best of Speed?, basketball, midterm monster, green button, colourcoding device, the '#help' cube, Gak, Photocopier, Pun Police Whistle, ice cream cone, Rejected I7 Keywords, yellow button, dfan's quest, FREE DONUTS machine, muffled groan, orange, dozen red roses, ClubFloyd Suggestions, jellybean, monkey guru, RPS Bot 3000, soda reading 'Don't drink me!', NightFloyd Suggestions, a pink corknut 		
Players: Waldo, Floyd, Tale, Binder, Jacqueline, DavidW, dfabulich, NereidaS 		
Visible Exits: northeast (to the Lounge) 		
stadtgorilla arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
maga arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Jacqueline asks, "Where did this car I'm carrying come from? Who is banseljaj?" 		
Jacqueline says, "Weird." 		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW asks, "It's owned by banseljaj. Does that help?" 		
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I figured that much out." 		
Jacqueline says, "And no, it didn't really shed light on how I came to possess it." 		
Binder asks, "Were you rezoned for parking recently?" 		
Jacqueline says, "I don't *think* so." 		
Jacqueline says, "If I was, perhaps I need to be working out more." 		
stadtgorilla chooses paper. RPS Bot 3000 chooses paper. Winner: Tie. 		
Jacqueline says, "Okay, so, it's quarter 'til. Let's do this thing." 		
stadtgorilla chooses scissors. RPS Bot 3000 chooses scissors. Winner: Tie. 		
Jacqueline says, "Some of you have never been to ClubFloyd before." 		
Jacqueline says, "So I guess I should start with that." 		
stadtgorilla raises hand 		
Jacqueline says, "We'll play the game in this room, and we enter commands by directing them to our bot, Floyd. You can shorten the syntax by typing 'F GO EAST' or 'F 1' if we're chosing an option." 		
Jacqueline says, "All game discussion will be on a channel. Some of you probably aren't on that channel. Type @JOINC CLUBFLOYD now." 		* stadtgorilla has joined the channel.
		* NereidaS has joined the channel.
Jacqueline says, "To speak on the channel the first time, type #CLUBFLOYD HELLO WORLD. After that, you can just preface what you want to say with a semi-colon, like so... ;HELLO AGAIN." 		
Tale says (to stadtgorilla), "It's like SUE, onyl you don#t have to do all the reading" 		
Jacqueline says, "Go ahead and test that, please." 		
Tale says (to stadtgorilla), "Well, you do, but not out loud" 		NereidaS says, "hello world"
stadtgorilla says (to tale), "hehe" 		DavidW says, "Welcome stadtgorilla and NereidaS to the #clubfloyd channel!"
		stadtgorilla says, "great to be here i mean hello world"
		Jacqueline says, "Excellent."
		Jacqueline says, "So, from here on out, all conversation takes place here, and only gameplay occurs in the room. This makes the resulting transcript cleaner."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "There's just a little bit of play etiquette to cover."
		dfabulich asks, "I forget, how do you emote in the clubfloyd channel?"
		Jacqueline says, "If you've played a game before, please don't play with us or hint at us unless we ask for hints. Don't spoil us."
		Jacqueline says (to dfabulich), "by :;bows."
		Jacqueline bows.
dfabulich;nods gratefully. 		
stadtgorilla;nods 		dfabulich says, "I don't think that worked"
stadtgorilla says, "christ" 		maga says, "no, t'other way about"
		DavidW buttons and bows
		Jacqueline says, "That was me."
		Jacqueline says, "Semi-colon, then colon, sorry."
		dfabulich tests ;:
		Jacqueline tries again.
		stadtgorilla now?
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
		dfabulich says, "cool, thanks"
		stadtgorilla says, "great"
		DavidW says, "To direct a comment: ; ..Jacqueline thanks!"
		Jacqueline says, "The other thing is that anyone can enter commands, unless some timed-event comes up and the group decides to designate one person to 'drive' with input from the team. Never leave a room in a parser-based game without group consent, and in choice-based games we generally agree on an option as a group rather than everyone choosing individually, which really wouldn't work."
		Jacqueline asks, "Am I forgetting anything, veteran Floyders?"
		maga says, "don't be a dick"
		Jacqueline asks (of maga), "That's the first rule of the Internet, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, except we mean it here."
		Jacqueline says, "Right."
		DavidW says, "If we need to push space or push enter in the game, we just 'push space' or 'push enter' without saying 'f' first."
		maga says, "and authors count as 'played the game before'; if they want to comment, they should do so on #cf-spoilers"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's try Resonance."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load resonance" 		

Floyd | The Empire is growing.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the humble country of Monaire sprang an unexpected and seemingly
Floyd | unstopable force that has consumed the entire eastern portion of the
Floyd | continent. It's said that at the reigns stands none other than the
Floyd | mortal incarnation of Dain, the God of Success. Beside him stand three
Floyd | terrifying presences responsible for carrying out his whims. These are
Floyd | the Reavers.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a powerful and immortal being serving as Emperor, how could the
Floyd | relentless expansion of the Monaire Empire ever be stopped?
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		DavidW says, "I played this (and enjoyed it a lot) so I gotta be quiet. :)"
		Jacqueline says, "I intentionally don't play the games during the comp."
		Jacqueline says, "That allows me to be unbiased when reviewing votes for fraud, and also lets me play ClubFloyd afterward. woo."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Resonance
Floyd |
Floyd | A fantasy ChoiceScript game by Nereida Scales.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		NereidaS says, "Makes sense."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You stare down at the note that Reaver Harking had sent to your room
Floyd | upon your arrival to the Imperial Palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never been invited to a meeting with the Emperor before, nor do
Floyd | you particularly have the energy to do so after your long journey.
Floyd | Still, you don't have much of an option as to whether or not to attend,
Floyd | as you're certain that the two guards standing outside of your door
Floyd | have been ordered to drag you there if they have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are an Executor for the Monaire Empire, Second-in-Command to the
Floyd | prestigious Reaver Gillen Harking. While your rank is high, Reaver
Floyd | Harking's insistence that you stay out of the public eye has left you
Floyd | with little reputation to show for it. In fact, you do little more than
Floyd | play messenger between your direct superior here in the palace, and his
Floyd | army's general out near the western borders.
Floyd |
Floyd | Being an Executor wasn't your choice and you were moved into the
Floyd | position without your prior knowledge or consent, though, there are
Floyd | worse things you could be doing in the Empire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Well-written, Nereida."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | A meeting with a god was never something ever expected to deal with.
Floyd |
Floyd | While there are tales in the history of this continent of various gods
Floyd | entering the mortal realm, it's not known to be a common occurrence.
Floyd | Due to Emperor Dain's elusive behavior, rumors have developed implying
Floyd | that he is simply a man pretending to be a god, or that he may not even
Floyd | exist at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You, personally, have never seen the man, but it seems that you're
Floyd | about to find out the truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the note again. From the wording, it's very clear that
Floyd | Reaver Harking expects you to attend formally attired.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: As a gentleman, I'd be expected in a well tailored coat...
Floyd | B: A lady such as myself really ought to wear a fine gown...
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Hm, should that be 'you ever expected to deal with'?"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, there's Chris."
		NereidaS says, "probably..."
		NereidaS says, "My English is wonky."
ChrisC arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline asks (of Nereida), "Are you not a native speaker?"
		NereidaS says, "No, but I've lived in the US long enough that I should know better by now."
		Jacqueline says, "I was going to say, this reads like a native speaker, at least thus far."
		Binder says, "I'm still dying to find out if we're a boy or a girl."
		Jacqueline says, "So, --- right"
		DavidW says (to Binder), "That's our choice."
		Jacqueline asks, "That was the next thing I was going to ask. Who's actually playing... me, and who else?"
		Jacqueline says, "If it's just me I say I should be a girl, and I will feel awkward playing in front of all of you alone, which we normally don't do, but we could do anyway if people want."
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > It's clear what's expected of you, but you currently hold the third
Floyd | highest rank in the Empire. It's certainly not impossible for you to
Floyd | get away with a few things here and there.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: That's right. I stay in my everyday traveling clothes.
Floyd | B: I still have my military uniform from when I was actively in the
Floyd | Imperial Combat Forces. That wouldn't be completely improper.
Floyd | C: I'd better stick to the gown. While a bit stuffy, formalities can't
Floyd | just be ignored whenever I feel like it.
Floyd |

		Binder could be considered to be playing.
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Golly. Okay."
		Binder exclaims, "b!"
		stadtgorilla says, "i've played all the games before"
		Binder says, "I don't want to ambushed out of uniform."
		Jacqueline says, "So me, iny, Binder. Normally we wouldn't choose without group consensus, but everyone seemed okay with B, so."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I like gowns, but it seems our character does not."
		dfabulich asks (of NereidaS), "What's your native language?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What do you guys think?"
		inky says, "I think we should wear the uniform, yeah"
		DavidW says, "No comment."
		Jacqueline asks, "Okay, I'm good with that. Binder?"
		Binder says, "I could be swayed into a ball gown"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure you could."
		Binder says, "but my instinct was to armor up"
		Binder flounces
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, B."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > While an Executor technically isn't part of the Imperial Combat
Floyd | Forces, the Empire remains a martial government.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get dressed and make your way to the palace reception hall. While
Floyd | most of your assignments had you traveling to countries outside of the
Floyd | Empire's borders, you have a reasonable understanding of the palace's
Floyd | layout.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been given a small room in the guest wing for the brief periods
Floyd | of time between your assignments. Reaver Harking's quarters and office
Floyd | are on the floor above the guest rooms. You are fairly sure that the
Floyd | opposite side of the palace is used for military training, and the
Floyd | center area near the main entrance hall is used for administrative
Floyd | things. The exact location of the reception hall eludes you, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Luckily, you spot Reaver Harking standing near a set of imposing double
Floyd | doors as soon as you step into the entrance hall. A notably calm and
Floyd | considerate man with strikingly statuesque features, he always seemed
Floyd | rather distant toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | As with other Reavers, you've heard stories that he is a terror on the
Floyd | battlefield, however, you've rarely seen the man leave the Imperial
Floyd | Palace, and you've never seen him in combat. He is rigidly formal and
Floyd | somewhat severe in everything he does, although you've noticed that he
Floyd | is slightly more lenient toward you than anyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reaver Harking" you greet as his eyes turn to you, "Is my presence
Floyd | here really needed? I mean, you did say I should stay out of important
Floyd | Imperial matters..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't immediately respond, giving you an appraising look instead.
Floyd | "You do realize you aren't in the Imperial Forces any longer, do you
Floyd | not?" he quietly asks moments later.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Technically," you respond, "I'm aware."
Floyd |
Floyd | He pauses again, the slightest look of displeasure easily recognizable
Floyd | to you on his face. "To answer your question, yes, you're needed. It
Floyd | would be better if your situation changed."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Changed to what?" you inquire, though "better for whom" is probably
Floyd | what you should be more concerned about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reaver Harking avoids your question by opening the large wooden door
Floyd | and gesturing for you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		DavidW says, "IB is ML."
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, uniform has gone over well so far."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You enter the reception hall to find that it's significantly smaller
Floyd | than you had expected. The furnishings were tasteful enough, though
Floyd | they seemed lacking considering this was in the palace of the grand
Floyd | Monaire Empire. The first person you notice as you walk through the
Floyd | room is a man in rather flashy black and red armor to your right. He
Floyd | lets a disarming smile show as you glance his way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reaver Harking follows in and immediately steps past you. "Dain," he
Floyd | nods toward a second, finely dressed man in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Emperor Dain?
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the supposed god who started this empire?
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention toward the Emperor. You've never seen him
Floyd | before, but he looks... human. Normal. Perhaps he really is just a man
Floyd | after all...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gillen," the Emperor returns Reaver Harking's greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | And since when is someone able to be on a first name basis with the
Floyd | Emperor?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please allow me to present my Second," Harking starts gesturing to
Floyd | you, "In her service to me, she's performed remarkably dutifully.
Floyd | Therefore, I'd like to nominate her for the position of our newest
Floyd | Reaver."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are slightly taken aback by this statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | New Reaver? You?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Reavers of the Monaire Empire were among the most influential and
Floyd | respected people in the continent, and Reaver Harking thought to make
Floyd | you one of them, an equal to himself?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to speak, but fall silent when you notice the Emperor's eyes
Floyd | on you. Though you had thought him to look completely normal before,
Floyd | his current expression seems utterly cold and emotionless. It's
Floyd | impossible to tell if he's disappointed, curious, amused, or just
Floyd | doesn't care.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Objections?" the Emperor asks, shifting his focus to the man to your
Floyd | right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nope," the armored man replies, holding a steady grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then I believe we have a new Reaver," the Emperor calmly declares.
Floyd |
Floyd | With those words, the newest chapter in the story of your life begins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		Binder:P
		Jacqueline says, "I am guessing this is not a good thing."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | After the meeting, on your way back to your room, you think back to the
Floyd | events that brought you into the Monaire Empire in the first place.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was born here, and joined the Imperial Combat Forces as soon as I
Floyd | was old enough.
Floyd | B: I'm a professor from a continent far across the western ocean.
Floyd | Unfortunately, a shipwreck left me stranded in this foreign land.
Floyd | C: The Empire is a blight on this continent. Being a part of it was
Floyd | never my choice.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "damn. IB disconnected too soon."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
		Binder says, "ooh, a subversive element"
		Jacqueline says, "So, we're not without combat experience, as implied earlier, but yeah, I kinda like C."
		DavidW says, "I notice with a lot of ChoiceScript games an interesting tendency to fill in backstory after you've made other choices."
		Binder says, "I like C, too."
		NereidaS asks, "Is dynamic backstory a bad thing?"
		Jacqueline says, "It always reminds me of how Mount & Blade sets up your stats, and I really like the effect."
		Jacqueline says (to Nereida), "Not at all, at least not in my book."
		DavidW says (to NereidaS), "Not at all."
		Binder says, "I like dynamic backstory early on. It's more unsettling to me if it's deferred."
		DavidW says, "It just seems to be a feature that ChoiceScript specializes in. I don't know why."
		Jacqueline says, "No, inky? 2 of us want C, so, and that's a quorum..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Oh? Then what was your life like before you were in the Empire?
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was a Sage of the Temple of Anoe, in the western region of the
Floyd | continent. The Empire completely took over my country and left me with
Floyd | no real "home" to go back to.
Floyd | B: I was a painter in the atheistic northern country of Asylia. It was
Floyd | only because of the Empire's "integration" policies that I ended up
Floyd | here.
Floyd | C: I'm an Elf from the Sedel region to the south. I set out to stop the
Floyd | Empire before it could reach our people, but failed.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "not an elf. not an elf. not an elf."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Binder says, "That's really my only input here."
		NereidaS asks, "Why the elf hate?"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > You were born in the isolationist country of Asylia, where art and
Floyd | science were valued above all else. As a painter of remarkable talent,
Floyd | you were given the title of "Sirilas", meaning "one who inspires" in
Floyd | the old tongue. The title was held in the highest regard in Asylia,
Floyd | possibly on par with what the polytheistic nations of this continent
Floyd | consider "Sages".
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps it is because of this unconventional thinking that your people
Floyd | were so brutally massacred by the Empire. Those that survived were
Floyd | forced into the Imperial military as little more than cannon fodder. It

		Jacqueline says, "Aw, I saw elf and started bouncing and saying 'Elf! Elf! Elf!' but mostly because I sometimes like to act like I'm 5."

Floyd | was only due to the intervention of Reaver Harking that you were able
Floyd | to escape the mass graves that awaited your people.
Floyd |
Floyd | While you haven't seen or heard news of your family since the initial
Floyd | invasion, you consider it very likely that someone in the Empire has to
Floyd | know something about what happened to your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you possess a well known Asylian specific trait, vivid
Floyd | green flecks scattered throughout the coloration of your irises. While
Floyd | not immediately noticeable by most people, this has caused quite a bit
Floyd | of negativity to be hurled your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | I assume they give names in Asylia. What's your given name?
Floyd |
Floyd | >Type Something

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "whoah, crazy, free-form input in a CYOA"
		DavidW says, "hm. Never saw the painter option before."
		inky asks (of DavidW), "oh, hunh, so that's influenced by earlier choices?"
		Binder says, "I'm something of a fantasy racist. I'm tired of elves always having huge advantages and being intrinsically special and magic."
		DavidW says (to inky), "I think so."
		DavidW says, "When I played the first time, I was a linguist."
		stadtgorilla exclaims, "I'll leave you here. Have a nice evening!"
		NereidaS says, "The painter option is available if you chose to be forced into the Empire."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "So, hm.... HaterOfElves could be our name."
stadtgorilla goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "Except I like elves, so."
		DavidW asks, "How about 'Hatter', then?"
		Jacqueline asks, "How about something ... Hatter?"
		DavidW says, "I like hats."
		NereidaS says, "Hats are nice."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Jacqueline asks, "But are we mad?"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps we paint hats on top of figures in our history books."
		Jacqueline says, "I've heard bad things about hatters."
		Binder says, "Elfhat."
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "That makes us sound phat."
		NereidaS says, "I've never met a bad hatter. Or any hatter at all..."
		Jacqueline says, "We could just be Judy or something."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, Hatter."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Hatter" 		

Floyd | And your surname?
Floyd |
Floyd | >Type Something

		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
		Jacqueline says, "That's an interjection, not a suggestion."
		Binder asks, "Hatter Golly?"
		Binder says, "oh"
DavidW Reaver Hatter Golly 		Jacqueline smiles.
		Binder says, "I kind of like it."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Golly" 		

Floyd | Reaver Hatter Golly.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a somewhat satisfying ring to it as you say your new title in
Floyd | your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yet... You can't help but feel completely out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from the borderline hostile reactions you receive when people
Floyd | figure out that you're a "godless Asylian", you have no skills that are
Floyd | of any real use to the Empire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, back home, your talent in painting had earned you the greatest
Floyd | honor and title in Asylia. With your culture gone however, that title
Floyd | was little more than a meaningless bit of sentimentality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reaver Harking had placed you in an out of the way place as a guard for
Floyd | a time, but you were probably the worst guard the Empire had ever been
Floyd | unfortunate enough to have.
Floyd |
Floyd | No matter how you thought about it, to the Empire, a painter is
Floyd | completely useless. The fact that Reaver Harking found you important
Floyd | enough to not only save from certain death, but to make his Second was
Floyd | definitely... odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, here you are in one of the highest positions of authority in the
Floyd | Empire. The previous Reavers were all legends, terrifying and awesome
Floyd | in their abilities. They were the type of people who you followed,
Floyd | unquestioningly, knowing they were capable of utterly destroying your
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | And here you are, Reaver Golly, expected to rank among these terrible
Floyd | giants.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It'll take a lot of hard work, but I'll make it my goal to live up
Floyd | to the title.
Floyd | B: I don't know why I was granted the title, but maybe I'm good enough
Floyd | for it the way that I am.
Floyd | C: Maybe I was chosen for a different reason.
Floyd | D: This is... wrong. I don't think I can do this.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "Reaver Hatter Golly is a glorious name."
		NereidaS exclaims, "It's the best name ever!"
		DavidW says, "hee"
		Binder says, "inspiring mild hostility is a great talent what is the protag moaning about"
		Jacqueline laughs.
		Jacqueline says, "I am all about C here."
		Jacqueline says, "Because this smells like a not-even-thinly-veiled trap."
		Binder says, "I concur"
		Jacqueline says, "Or my name isn't Reaver Hatter Golly."
		Binder chortles
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "C" 		

Floyd | > It's possible that you don't seem like the previous Reavers because
Floyd | you aren't supposed to be like them. Whatever Reavers have done in the
Floyd | past, they weren't you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In any case, no one's even told you what you were supposed to be doing
Floyd | as a Reaver. That, however will have to wait until later. The
Floyd | uncertainty of your situation causes sleep to be nearly impossible that
Floyd | night, but somehow you manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		Jacqueline says, "Hm, consider a second comma after 'however'"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, since you're here and reading with us and stuff."
		NereidaS exclaims, "Ah, thank you!"
		Binder says, "pooch, I need to bail on this and go afk; fun setting so far."
		Jacqueline asks, "Pooch?"
		Jacqueline raises an eyebrow.
		Jacqueline says, "Come back later, Binder."
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I know you don't like it when I say shit and fuck on the damn transcript"
		Binder D
		DavidW says, "oh my ears!"
		Jacqueline laughs. "Great. Thanks."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You push with all of your might on the side of the wardrobe, but only
Floyd | manage to move it a few centimeters. Reaver Harking had informed you
Floyd | this morning that you could move into a more permanent room of your
Floyd | choosing in the palace. You managed to find a very nice room in a
Floyd | rather secluded and rarely used part of the building. It merely needed
Floyd | some cleaning and rearranging to make it habitable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you only figured out that the fine-crafted furnishings
Floyd | in the room were also twice as heavy as regular furnishings AFTER you
Floyd | claimed the room and moved all of your belongings halfway across the
Floyd | palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take in a determined breath and go for another hard shove on the
Floyd | wardrobe. Surprisingly, it moves a full meter forward, nearly knocking
Floyd | you off balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whoa, sorry about that," a head pops out from the other side of the
Floyd | wardrobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You immediately recognize him as the unknown man at the meeting with
Floyd | the Emperor yesterday. You note, however, that his armor today is white
Floyd | and silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | He steps toward you and happily stretches his hand forward, "Name's
Floyd | Syphel. We sort'a met yesterday."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Shake his hand.
Floyd | B: Curtsy in greeting.
Floyd | C: Ignore his greeting.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Reaver Golly," you say aloud for the first time, offering him a
Floyd | handshake. You can't help but notice some awkwardness in the way you
Floyd | announced your name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Syphel, however, doesn't seem to take note of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ya're Hatter. I know," he casually mentions as you get back to trying
Floyd | to push the wardrobe into the exact perfect spot. "Ya know, ya can get
Floyd | someone to do this for ya," he adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Like you?" you ask, making a few more centimeters of progress. Another
Floyd | good push should move it to the right place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure," he grins and takes your place. One hard push and the wardrobe
Floyd | stands in the exact right spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Perfect," you nod, admiring it's placement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that Syphel is speaking a strange dialect of the common
Floyd | tongue, but are unable to place where it's from. His accent forces you
Floyd | to listen intently when he's speaking in order to clearly understand
Floyd | him.
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can tell, under that armor is only a man of average
Floyd | build, yet he seems to have the strength of someone at least twice his
Floyd | size.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anything else?" Syphel asks, almost as if he's taking the task of
Floyd | moving furniture as some sort of challenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that bed could stand to be a bit farther from the window."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Done," he immediately gets on the task. It takes little more than one
Floyd | good push to move the large wooden framed bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Great," you nod in approval, "What was it that you do here again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reaver," he grins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The realization of how inappropriate what you've just done is suddenly
Floyd | hits you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		DavidW says, "Should be "admiring its placement"."
		Jacqueline says, "it's placement should be its placement"
		NereidaS says, "Ah, I see. Thanks again."
		Jacqueline says, "So, hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm curious if this plays out the same way if we're a boy."
		maga bites back syphilis jokes (or, okay, fails to come up with sufficiently funny ones)
		Jacqueline says, "But I guess I shall have to go back and play again to see."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | A: I should apologize.
Floyd | B: I'll just play it off as if nothing happened.
Floyd | C: Why didn't he say that in the first place?! This is his own fault.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "We're equals, who cares? B"
		NereidaS exclaims, "That's the spirit!"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, even if we're not equals, he helped of his own accord, and sometimes people in power hate titles and being treated differently."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > "Erm, right," you quietly respond before changing the subject, "But
Floyd | aren't there only ever three Reavers at a time?" You've met all three
Floyd | Reavers during your time with the Empire. Syphel was not one of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yep. Ya, me, and Gillen," he easily answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What happened to Reaver Triolo?" you question.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dunno," Syphel casually shrugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reaver Triolo was famous for being the greatest swordsman of the era.
Floyd | He was also known for being ruthless and excessively cruel, usually
Floyd | choosing to be at the front of a battle rather than direct it from the
Floyd | sidelines. The fact that he chose to wear the most intimidating set of
Floyd | armor he could find certainly didn't help soften his image.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had previously worked in his section of the Imperial Combat Forces,
Floyd | and the few times you'd ever seen him he was either insulting you or
Floyd | one of your fellow guardsmen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other Reaver you'd met was a Sage of some importance, although you
Floyd | can't remember her name. It seemed that she hadn't been a Reaver for
Floyd | long. You had only met her for a brief time, and can only clearly
Floyd | remember that she carried herself with a certain elegance that only
Floyd | people of high stature possessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wasn't there a woman that was a Reaver?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reaver Plorina?" Syphel frowns.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was the name. "Yes. What happened to her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't care. Look, I wouldn't worry about it. Triolo and Plorina
Floyd | weren't the best people in the world, and hopefully they got what they
Floyd | deserved."
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink, unable to respond to his sudden harshness. Reaver Triolo was
Floyd | admittedly a horrible and brutal man. The one time you had met Reaver
Floyd | Plorina, however, she was genuinely nice to you. She seemed especially
Floyd | enamored by the green flecks in your eyes, not bothered in the least
Floyd | with the country they marked you as being a part of. It was hard to
Floyd | think that she would deserve any sort of awful fate.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The past is in the past," Syphel interrupts your thoughts, "Look
Floyd | forward instead'a bothering with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: He's right. The future is all that matters now.
Floyd | B: I understand what he means, but the past is important, too.
Floyd | C: The past is all I have, since the Empire decided to take everything
Floyd | else from me.
Floyd |

		ChrisC asks, "You're looking for SPAG corrections?"
		NereidaS asks, "This is probably a stupid question, but what's SPAG?"
		ChrisC says, "spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Sorry, I'm reading Maga's reviews"
		DavidW says, "SPAG is a newsletter of some renown. Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games, if I remember correctly."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought it was Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games."
		NereidaS says, "Ah. There's probably quite a few issues with SPAG in this."
		Jacqueline says, "But Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar is its boring second cousin."
		Jacqueline says (to Chris), "It's just that when an author's here, particularly in a game where there'll be another version released, I like to point out stuff, both good and not so good."
		NereidaS says, "And it's appreciated."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, C just sounds bitter and I don't want to be that person."
		Jacqueline says, "B is my vote."
		Jacqueline says, "And since inky is 7 minutes idles..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > From the past, we can learn what mistakes should be avoided in the
Floyd | future. A tool like that shouldn't be forgotten so easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That reminds me," Syphel starts, "I came by to see if Dain had given
Floyd | ya any assignments yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from Reaver Harking offering you the chance to change rooms this
Floyd | morning, no one had told you anything about what you were supposed to
Floyd | be doing. You explain as much to Syphel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Figures," he crosses his arms as if this sort of thing is common
Floyd | place, "Ya should come with me to Raleigh, then."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I should?" you ask, confused as to where this recommendation came
Floyd | from.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Definitely," he nods with assurance, "Can't be a proper Reaver without
Floyd | looking the part, and the best armorer I know is in Raleigh."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you think about it, Reavers did always have their own unique
Floyd | appearances. It seems that they are granted more independence than
Floyd | anyone else working for the Empire. The days of you wearing a drab grey
Floyd | uniform truly are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I'll go. If I'm going to play the part, I may as well look the part.
Floyd | B: I'll go. Syphel seems like a good ally to have and I should get to
Floyd | know him better.
Floyd | C: I'll go. Anything to get me away from the heart of the Empire is
Floyd | fine with me.
Floyd | D: I don't particularly want to go, but I don't know what else to do
Floyd | with myself. I'll go.
Floyd | E: I don't think I should be leaving. I find an excuse to not go.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I do hope this game gets finished. It does an excellent job of wanting me to know what happens next."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		NereidaS says, "I'll do my best."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > "Sounds like a plan," you casually agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Great. It'll be fun," he grins, "Make sure ya bring what ya need for a
Floyd | two week journey."
Floyd |
Floyd | He gives you a quick wave before leaving your room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The journey to Raleigh is uneventful, for the most part. Surprisingly
Floyd | enough, other than the driver of the carriage, no one accompanies
Floyd | Syphel and yourself. While you were still Reaver Harking's Second, he
Floyd | never allowed you to go anywhere without an escort of guards. Whether
Floyd | this was for your safety, or because he didn't trust you, you were
Floyd | never sure of.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the lack of escort, the fact that you didn't have to
Floyd | make the trip on foot is also a pleasant change. Syphel explained that
Floyd | without the carriage, the trip would have taken too long. As it stands,
Floyd | he seems fairly restless most of the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've managed a few interesting conversations out of him so far. He's
Floyd | explained that each of the Reavers were responsible for one third of
Floyd | the expansion progress of the Empire. Reaver Harking handles things in
Floyd | the west, though you were vaguely aware of this before. Syphel took
Floyd | over the northern expansion after the execution of Reaver Plorina four
Floyd | months ago. You've deciphered that Syphel was Plorina's Second, but he
Floyd | refuses to comment on the former Reaver other than to express his
Floyd | extreme dislike of the woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You, apparently, will be expected to take over Reaver Triolo's
Floyd | expansion efforts to the south. What happened to the man, even Syphel
Floyd | doesn't seem to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Thankfully, Syphel has been very pleasant company throughout this trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, I've a question for ya," he suddenly asks as you cross the border
Floyd | separating the Empire from Raleigh, "Ya're Asylian, aren't ya?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You immediately tense. This kind of questioning has never led to
Floyd | anything good in the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am," you cautiously answer, bracing yourself for the verbal strike
Floyd | against you that you normally receive.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I knew it," he turns his eyes to you, "I heard that the Asylian
Floyd | warriors are amazing. Sari-, Sali-, what do ya call them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The combat Sirilas?" you correct him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That was it," he lets a grin show, "Ya one'a those?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A Sirilas, yes," you explain, "but I got my title for painting, not
Floyd | combat skills."
Floyd |
Floyd | The grin on Syphel's face turns into a look of disbelief. "Painting?"
Floyd | he questions.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Painting," you affirm.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," he disappointedly turns his attention toward the window again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know whether to find it amusing or insulting that he has a
Floyd | problem with you being a painter, but seems perfectly fine with you
Floyd | being Asylian.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What happened there?" he quietly asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're in charge in the north," you frown, "Don't you know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The country was occupied before I ever even entered the Empire," he
Floyd | explains, "I don't think Plorina was a Reaver yet when that happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I don't want to drudge up bad memories again. I tell him to drop the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd | B: I'll tell him exactly what atrocities were committed there. He
Floyd | should know.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > You go into length about how your small border town was attacked
Floyd | without warning, and how the combat Sirilas didn't even have time to
Floyd | respond before the Imperials arrested or killed everyone in sight. You
Floyd | tell him about the dirty cell you had to stay in for three days before
Floyd | anyone told you what would happen to you. You recount the long cold
Floyd | march south you and other imprisoned Asylians were forced to take, and
Floyd | the supposed "battle" the Imperials wanted you to fight with broken and
Floyd | sub par weaponry and no armor. Your captors claimed you were being
Floyd | "integrated" into the Imperial Combat Forces, but you knew better. You
Floyd | were the only one in that "battle" lucky enough to survive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Syphel says nothing while you speak, but he seems to be paying very
Floyd | close attention to what you're telling him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's not normal Imperial procedure," he says when you finish, "What
Floyd | happened to yar family?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You simply shrug. "I haven't seen them since the initial attack."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll look into it for ya," he offers, a serious look of concern on his
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make no response, unsure if knowing their fates would make you feel
Floyd | any better. The ride continues in silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be honest," Syphel starts after several quiet minutes, "I asked
Floyd | ya to come with me so that I could get a better understanding'a the
Floyd | kind'a person ya are."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You were testing me?" you question.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah," he admits, "and... I don't even know what to say, other than
Floyd | I'm sorry. If ya need anything, just ask."
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Your conversation is disrupted when you notice the carriage coming to a
Floyd | slow stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've already arrived?" you ask, glancing out of the window. It still
Floyd | looks like you're in the middle of nowhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No... Come on, Hatter," Syphel opens the carriage door and steps out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cautiously follow, to see what the problem is.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, this is rich," Syphel gestures to the four armed people standing
Floyd | in front of your terrified driver, "They're trying to rob us."
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the danger of the situation, Syphel looks more annoyed than
Floyd | concerned.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ya want to handle this, Reaver Hatter?" he shoots you a sly smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a slightly frantic whispering coming from the group ahead of
Floyd | you, though they stop as soon as they figure out you've noticed them.
Floyd | They seem a bit more nervous now, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | You think of how best to handle this.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Syphel's crazy if he thinks I'm going to fight these guys. I let him
Floyd | handle it.
Floyd | B: There's only four of them. I think I can handle it.
Floyd | C: Let's see if I can intimidate them.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "inkster is still idle. Am I still playing alone on the stage?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
		Jacqueline slowly counts to ten.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > "What should I do with them, Reaver Syphel?" you test.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the thieves jabs his friend in the ribs nervously as soon as you
Floyd | say the word "Reaver". That must be what they're afraid of.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know. They must be pretty stupid to attack two Reavers,"
Floyd | Syphel crosses his arms, "I think they need to learn what they're doing
Floyd | wrong the hard way." He seems to be playing along with your attempt,
Floyd | causing the four thieves to flinch again at the mention of "Reaver".
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing the group squirm is almost amusing. Unfortunately, the fun is
Floyd | cut short when one of four simply drops his weapon and runs. This is
Floyd | quickly followed by a second thief following behind the first. Without
Floyd | the advantage of numbers, the remaining two make a hasty retreat as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nicely done, Miss Hatter," grins toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for your participation, Mr. Syphel," you return a knowing
Floyd | smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of you return to your carriage and the journey resumes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me ask ya, though," Syphel starts, still grinning, "Think ya
Floyd | could've taken them?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Painter, remember?" you point to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what I thought," he nods in acknowledgement, "Well, if ya ever
Floyd | want someone to train ya for when ya can't bluff yar way out of
Floyd | something, ya know where to find me."
Floyd |
Floyd | It wouldn't hurt to at least consider his offer. He's absolutely right
Floyd | in thinking that bluffing won't always work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		ChrisC says, "I think I missed too much to have much useful input at this point"
		Jacqueline asks, "How close am I to the end of the intro, N?"
		NereidaS says, "Maybe halfway through? It's pretty long."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | It isn't long before you reach your destination in Raleigh. Syphel
Floyd | immediately drags you to impressively large shop of an armorer friend
Floyd | of his, as if it were the most exciting place to have ever existed. As
Floyd | you browse the extensive collection, you consider your options and the
Floyd | advantages of each.
Floyd |
Floyd | Syphel expresses some concerns about you actually engaging in combat,
Floyd | and recommends that you stay away from armor so as not to draw
Floyd | attention to yourself, should any fighting start. He points out the
Floyd | tailor down the street, but leaves the decision ultimately up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | What kind of armor would you like to look at?
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Light plate armor.
Floyd | B: Full plate armor.
Floyd | C: There was this set with spikes...
Floyd | D: I go to look at the tailor's instead.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah, halfway"
		Jacqueline says, "drags you to *an* impressively large shop"
		NereidaS says, "Oops. Thanks again."
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "Spikes are intimidating."
		Jacqueline says, "But that sounds heavy, and I didn't do so hot moving furniture earlier."
		Jacqueline says, "Enh, screw it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Syphel points out the impracticality of this particular set of
Floyd | intimidating heavy plate armor, citing that the spikes would be more
Floyd | likely to injure the wearer than anyone else. Do you buy it anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Of course. It's my choice to make, not his.
Floyd | B: No, he's right. It's clearly impractical.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I shall tip the spikes with POISON. I shall be FEARSOME AND DEADLY"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I hope you know what you're doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | And is this standard steel plate armor or...
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It's gilded.
Floyd | B: It's bronzed.
Floyd | C: It's silvered.
Floyd | D: It's tinted red.
Floyd | E: It's tinted blue.
Floyd | F: It's tinted green.
Floyd | G: It's tinted white.
Floyd | H: It's tinted black.
Floyd | I: It's the standard steel coloration.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Unfortunately, your silver heavy plate armor won't be ready for a few
Floyd | days, but you manage to secure a couple of rooms at a nearby inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, you sit idly at the tavern, waiting for Syphel to finish picking
Floyd | out the newest additions to his collection of armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've noticed some suspicious glances in your direction, but for the
Floyd | most part people in this town have left you alone. That being said, you
Floyd | and Syphel haven't exactly gone around announcing that you were from
Floyd | the Empire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your time here will probably be one of the few peaceful trips you will
Floyd | ever get to take out of the Imperial boundaries. You may as well make
Floyd | the most of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: That's right! I find someone to talk to.
Floyd | B: I think I'll just mind my own business and wait for Syphel.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "heh. I never chose the spikes."
		NereidaS says, "I hear they're impractical."
		Jacqueline says, "Hush, N, or I shall poke you."
		NereidaS says, "Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "Spikes shall be your reward for second-guessing my awesomeness. No one messes with Reaver Hatter Golly."
		Jacqueline says, "Certainly no one ever has the courage to make fun of my name, anyway."
		dfabulich says, "Jacqueline can get a bit prickly about the spikes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > You sit alone, wondering exactly how long it takes Syphel to pick a
Floyd | set of armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure how much time has passed before you find a pint of ale
Floyd | set down in front of you. An athletic, yet otherwise unremarkable man
Floyd | takes a seat across the table from you without even asking. He has the
Floyd | look of someone who spends a great deal of time outdoors. It's doubtful
Floyd | that he's a local, and you figure him to be more of the wandering
Floyd | adventurer type. You confirm this when you notice the large battle axe
Floyd | strapped to his back.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shoot him a questioning glance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You look like you could use it," he explains, a friendly smile on his
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I explain to him that I don't drink.
Floyd | B: The drink could be poisoned for all I know. I refuse it.
Floyd | C: Actually, I could use it.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "ooh, I haven't seen this bit before."
		Jacqueline says, "He's a hottie. I say I risk the drink."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Who could pass up free ale? Certainly not you. You nod a small thanks
Floyd | and take a swig of the cool drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Klein Logan, by the way," he adds after taking a drink of his ale,
Floyd | "And you are...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | So much for being alone. This Klein seems to be the pushy, intrusive
Floyd | type.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hatter," you casually state.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hatter," he repeats, as if trying it out, "I met a Hatter once. Big
Floyd | girl. Complete coward. Name didn't really fit her, though..." He trails
Floyd | off as he takes another drink. "Anyway, I came here with a friend of
Floyd | mine to see about getting some armor made, but it costs more gold than
Floyd | I have. More than I've ever had, now that I think about it. It's as if
Floyd | the further north you are, the more expensive things get," he
Floyd | complains, a serious look of concern on his face. "I don't guess you
Floyd | know of any profitable jobs?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I suggest that he join the Imperial Combat Forces. They pay decently
Floyd | well.
Floyd | B: I give him the gold for a new set of armor. The Empire pays me more
Floyd | than I can spend, anyway.
Floyd | C: I suggest that he keep looking. I've got nothing for him.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, he's met a hatter."
		Jacqueline laughs.
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "If nothing else, this will let me know how he feels about the empire."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Heh. Good one," an amused grin crosses his face, "The way things are
Floyd | going, I may just have to one day. But we'll call that plan B until
Floyd | then."
Floyd |
Floyd | Klein goes through another two pints of ale, telling you about how
Floyd | nearly everyone he's met has had some task they've asked him to do,
Floyd | despite the fact that he usually has no training or experience in that
Floyd | particular field. You notice that he doesn't seem to be seeking any
Floyd | sort of input from you, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eventually, he rises from his seat. "As much fun as your company is, I
Floyd | need to fix this 'no armor' problem," he states, "Thanks for listening,
Floyd | Hatter." Klein walks to the table of the Elf you saw earlier and they
Floyd | leave the tavern together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		Jacqueline says, "Frickin' elves."
		Jacqueline says, "Binder was so right about them."
		NereidaS asks, "Now you hate the elves?"
		Jacqueline says, "Elves just stole my non-boyfriend."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Resonance of lack of experience?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Once again, you sit alone at the Tavern. Quite a bit of time passes
Floyd | before Syphel enters. He sits down at your table looking every bit as
Floyd | happy as he did when you left him at the armorer's shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It's about time! I ask him what took him so long.
Floyd | B: I'll let his lateness pass. I was fine without him.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "I might have gotten carried away," he shrugs, "but when it comes to
Floyd | something that affects how people see ya, it's worth taking yar time
Floyd | on. Anyway, we'd better go grab some rooms at the inn before-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Done," you say, sliding the key to his room across the table to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Er... Nevermind," he grins at you, "Let's go then."
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | It takes a few days for your armor to be ready, leaving you with some
Floyd | free time in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | How would you like to spend your time?
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I'll see about doing some training with Syphel.
Floyd | B: I'll spend some time with Syphel.
Floyd | C: I'll talk to some more people at the tavern.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Sure," Syphel easily agrees when you ask, "Don't have any weapons,
Floyd | but I'll teach ya some unarmed techniques."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't we have any weapons?" you question, finding that a bit odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I do better without them," Syphel grins, "Why ya don't, I have no
Floyd | idea. We'll fix it once we get back to the Empire."
Floyd |
Floyd | He takes you to the outskirts of town and shows you how to do a few
Floyd | things. Most of what he's teaching you is defensive, but by the time
Floyd | it's time to return to the Empire, you're confident you can take anyone
Floyd | down in a fistfight as long as you're prepared for it, and they're the
Floyd | one's attacking you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next Chapter

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | A moment of rest, at last.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was always something slightly relieving about being back in your
Floyd | own quarters, out of the eyes of everyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Imperial Palace had always struck you as a quiet and solemn place,
Floyd | far different from the busy streets of the Imperial City, far beyond
Floyd | it's walls. The Palace's halls are normally silent, save for the
Floyd | echoing of your footsteps when you walk through them. It's corridors
Floyd | are noticeably void of life, only allowing the occasional guard or
Floyd | doorman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your thoughts and unpacking are abruptly disturbed by a light rapping
Floyd | at your door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You answer it to find a young... maid, you think? She's dressed very
Floyd | plainly and greets you with a deep curtsy, her eyes cast respectfully
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lady Golly," she quietly starts, "A message from the Emperor. He
Floyd | wishes to see you in his study at your earliest convenience."
Floyd |
Floyd | You barely contain a groan. Why does no one seem to ever want you to
Floyd | have a moment of peace when you return from a trip?
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		DavidW says, "mmmm, that training bit was different than I remember."
		Jacqueline says, "far beyond *its* walls"
		Jacqueline says, "And *Its* corridors"
		NereidaS says, "I really need some serious revision time with this..."
		Jacqueline says, "Basically, IT'S is always a contraction of IT IS, so whenever you type IT'S, read it out loud as IT IS and see if it still makes sense."
		DavidW says, "Even native speakers get it's versus its wrong more often than they should."
		Jacqueline says, "On the contrary, N, this is great."
		Jacqueline says, "Lots of - yeah, what David said."
		NereidaS says, "Thank you. I do my best."
		Jacqueline says, "And this is pretty much error-free and a really pleasant read, with good characterization and an intriguing plot."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha - Lady Golly."
		Jacqueline says, "What a name."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You can only assume that "at your earliest convenience" means
Floyd | "immediately", so you waste little time in making your way to the
Floyd | study. As you exit your room, however, you realize that you have no
Floyd | idea where the study is. You don't think you found it when you were
Floyd | searching for rooms, but you also weren't exactly looking for it at the
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Down stairs, in this wing," the maid chimes in, as if reading your
Floyd | thoughts. You catch her eyes for a brief instant before she snaps them
Floyd | back to the floor. "Um, Lady Golly," she adds courteously, almost as an
Floyd | afterthought.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I warmly thank her and continue on my way.
Floyd | B: I nod a quick thanks to her and continue on my way.
Floyd | C: Someone should teach her to not speak out of turn.
Floyd |

		
Tale leaves, shouting : "Screw this! I've only got 14 hit points!" 		
Tale has disconnected. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > She fidgets uncomfortably, but politely curtsies as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the study without much difficulty, and enter to meet the musty
Floyd | smell of books. Inside, you see that the walls are lined with shelves
Floyd | filled with tome after tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what decorates the walls between the shelves that catches your
Floyd | attention, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | Artwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not just any artwork. You recognize many of the pieces from the museum
Floyd | in Asylia's capital. As you look around, you notice that it's not only
Floyd | artwork, but several devices from the museum of technology are present
Floyd | as well. Much of it looks like it has smoke damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your gaze stops immediately as you recognize one of your own paintings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "See something you like?" a steady voice barely registers with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly become aware of Emperor Dain's presence, seated at an
Floyd | ornate wooden desk across the room, and perform a nervous bow. An open
Floyd | book occupies the space in front of him, though he doesn't look to be
Floyd | very interested in it. You doubt that he's the type that ever looks
Floyd | interested in anything, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I ask him about the artwork and machinery.
Floyd | B: I ask him about the books.
Floyd | C: I ask what he wanted to see me about.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > "Yes. You will act as my envoy," he states, abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...Envoy, my Emperor?" you question. You're not exactly sure of what
Floyd | he's talking about, and have never heard of an envoy for the Empire.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. I need you to convince certain rulers that joining their
Floyd | countries to the Empire is in their best interests," he explains
Floyd | turning back to his reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm... not trained in that sort of thing," you try to argue as
Floyd | inoffensively as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll manage," he flatly assures, "Gillen has some experience in the
Floyd | task. You can ask for his advice. Otherwise, I need you to acquire the
Floyd | country of Barith for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: "I'll ask Reaver Harking, then."
Floyd | B: "I'll go directly to Barith, then."
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > "You hardly need to tell me what you're going to do," the Emperor
Floyd | shows a rare half-smile, far more naturally than you would think he
Floyd | could, "Just tell me when the task is done."
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense that you're dismissed, and take your leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You return to your isolated spot of the Palace to find the maid still
Floyd | standing next to your door. She greets you with a respectful curtsy,
Floyd | eyes humbly lowered.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you need something?" you ask, confused as to why she's still here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, Lady Golly," she nervously responds, "I was assigned to attend to
Floyd | your needs during your stays."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is... not something anyone ever told you about.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: "So, you're just going to stand there in case I need something?"
Floyd | B: "Isn't there someone more professional who can do this?"
Floyd | C: "I don't need you annoying me."
Floyd | D: "What's your name?"
Floyd | E: "Can you make sure no one bothers me again, today? I just came back
Floyd | from a long trip."
Floyd | F: "Carry on, then."
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > "Duska, my Lady," she immediately answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attendant takes a quick glance at you before lowering her eyes
Floyd | again. She seems inexperienced at her position.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: "So, you're just going to stand there in case I need something?"
Floyd | B: "Isn't there someone more professional who can do this?"
Floyd | C: "I don't need you annoying me."
Floyd | D: "Can you make sure no one bothers me again, today? I just came back
Floyd | from a long trip."
Floyd | E: "Carry on, then."
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > "Certainly, Lady Golly," she answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, maybe you can have some peace for once!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anything else, my Lady?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Duska stands anxiously, awaiting any orders you may have for her.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: "So, you're just going to stand there in case I need something?"
Floyd | B: "Isn't there someone more professional who can do this?"
Floyd | C: "I don't need you annoying me."
Floyd | D: "Carry on, then."
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "hm. Another person 'unexperienced'."
		DavidW says, "er inexperienced. Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, as opposed to inex- oh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > "Yes, my Lady," she quickly curtsies as you enter your chambers and
Floyd | shut the door behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | A brand new day and you awaken well rested in your new accommodations
Floyd | for the first time.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you ready yourself, you think of what requires your attention today.
Floyd | You should get your task at Barith done as soon as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never left the Imperial Palace of your own account before,
Floyd | however, and are unsure of who to talk to about acquiring the use of a
Floyd | carriage. You open your chamber door and immediately spot Duska in the
Floyd | hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lady Golly," she greets, never looking up at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need a carriage to Barith," you state, hoping she can point you in
Floyd | the right direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you wish, my Lady," she curtsies before scurrying off down the
Floyd | hall, her footsteps barely making a sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that was easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | With that matter taken care of, you step back into your room and begin
Floyd | packing again. A life constantly on the go can be difficult at times,
Floyd | but you grew rather accustomed to such things during your time as
Floyd | Reaver Harking's Second.
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't long before you hear a light rapping on your door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lady Golly," Duska addresses you, slightly out of breath when you
Floyd | answer the door, "Your carriage will be ready tomorrow morning to take
Floyd | you to the fort outside of Barith. General Velont has been sent word of
Floyd | your arrival."
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps an attendant is useful to have around after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Duska stands in the hall, as if awaiting some sort of feedback on her
Floyd | performance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: She's done a good job. I'll praise her."
Floyd | B: She only did what was expected, but I'll thank her anyway.
Floyd | C: She shouldn't expect any sort of reward from me for simply doing her
Floyd | job. I'll ignore her.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Thank you, my Lady," she barely contains a smile. She practically
Floyd | bounces back to her post next to your door
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you don't have to be anywhere for a time, you think of what to do
Floyd | with the rest of your day.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I'll go to the study.
Floyd | B: I'll see if I can get Syphel to train me.
Floyd | C: I haven't painted in a long time. I'll give it a shot while I still
Floyd | have the time.
Floyd | D: I'll familiarize myself with the inside of the Imperial Palace.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > "Ya want me to train ya?" Syphel asks before you can even say
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finding Syphel wasn't hard. Your attendant directed you toward a
Floyd | private training room near the military training wing of the Imperial
Floyd | Palace. This wing has a different energy than the rest of the Palace,
Floyd | which seems to suit someone as lively as Syphel well.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine. Pick a weapon."
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the weaponry mounted on the wall of the training room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have next to no experience with any weaponry, but Syphel did teach
Floyd | you some hand-to-hand moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Take the longsword.
Floyd | B: Take the shortsword.
Floyd | C: Take both swords.
Floyd | D: Take the battle axe.
Floyd | E: Take the pollaxe.
Floyd | F: Take a dagger.
Floyd | G: Take two daggers.
Floyd | H: Take a longbow.
Floyd | I: I don't need anything but my fists.
Floyd | J: Ask Syphel for his recommendation.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" 		

Floyd | > You find that Syphel is quite skilled with a variety of weapons and
Floyd | techniques.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The important thing to remember is to not get yarself stuck in a small
Floyd | area with that thing," he explains, as you practice on a training
Floyd | dummy, "Also, if yar enemies get too close to ya, don't panic. There's
Floyd | always something ya can do."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the time your training session ends, you're feeling pretty good
Floyd | about holding your own in a fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Might as well keep it," Syphel shrugs when you try to return your
Floyd | borrowed equipment, "I've got tons. Also, here." He tosses something
Floyd | shiny at you, which you reflexively catch without thinking. Luckily,
Floyd | it's just a key.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If ya ever want to come in here to train, go ahead," he explains, "I'm
Floyd | usually not here, anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's mid-afternoon. You can do something else, if you'd like.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I'll go to the study.
Floyd | B: I haven't painted in a long time. I'll give it a shot while I still
Floyd | have the time.
Floyd | C: I think I'll challenge Syphel to a spar.
Floyd | D: I'll familiarize myself with the inside of the Imperial Palace.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > "Ya sure ya want to do that?" he asks when you propose the challenge.
Floyd | Syphel grins as he pulls a large axe down from the wall. "Now that ya
Floyd | have a fighting chance, I don't mind. Ready, Hatter?" he asks, a
Floyd | determined glint in his eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ready," you confirm, wielding your longbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | He comes at you fast, head on.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I brace myself to take the full impact of the hit and get ready to
Floyd | counter.
Floyd | B: I'll move out of the way at the last second and look for a better
Floyd | opportunity.
Floyd | C: I swing at him before he can get to me.
Floyd | D: I'll block the attack, and look for a chance to counter.
Floyd | E: I stand my ground, grab an arrow and draw my bow as fast as
Floyd | possible.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Your lack of agility in heavy plate armor prevents you from dodging
Floyd | in time.
Floyd |
Floyd | The axe doesn't hit you with full force, instead striking one of the
Floyd | hard spikes and glancing off to the side. Syphel looks honestly
Floyd | surprised. So surprised, in fact, that you easily catch him off guard
Floyd | by pointing an arrow at his neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait a minute, that's not how this was supposed to turn out," he
Floyd | frowns.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your fault for thinking my that my armor's 'impractical', isn't it?"
Floyd | you point out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well... How was I supposed to know? It looks ridiculous," Syphel
Floyd | defensively shoots back, "Fine, fine, I yield. You win." He drops his
Floyd | weapon and raises his hands in defeat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		DavidW says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Yay"
		NereidaS says, "That's my favorite part."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Winning a spar against a Reaver is nothing to scoff at, but part of you
Floyd | can't help but wonder if Syphel wasn't taking it easy on you... As you
Floyd | notice the sun setting outside, you conclude that that's enough for
Floyd | today. A good meal and some rest should help prepare you for your trip
Floyd | tomorrow morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You awaken in the night to the sound of frantic rapping at your door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lady Golly," you hear Duska's voice quietly through the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tells you she won't stop until you answer it, so you
Floyd | begrudgingly get up and do so.
Floyd |
Floyd | She quickly curtsies, eyes glued to the floor. "Lord Isoshu insists on
Floyd | seeing you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lord Isoshu?" you try to think of who that is, but your mind is still
Floyd | in a muddled sleepy state.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can tell her myself. She's right there," the annoyed accent that
Floyd | could only belong to Syphel echos from somewhere down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, my Lady, my Lord," Duska quickly apologizes, allowing
Floyd | Syphel to pass by her and into your room.
Floyd |
Floyd | He shuts the door behind him, looking more than a bit peeved.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why are you here so late?" you mumble at him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dain told me ya were going to speak to the King'a Barith," he frowns.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? Just now? In the middle of the night?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, no. Earlier, but I didn't get a chance to tell ya before now,"
Floyd | he says, looking notably concerned, and speaking faster than usual.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The King'a Barith? Not a nice guy," Syphel warns, "He's especially not
Floyd | going to like ya. It's practically a suicide mission."
Floyd |
Floyd | You try and register what Syphel just said.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: "And? I can't NOT go."
Floyd | B: "Thanks for the warning, but I'm sure I can handle it."
Floyd | C: "..What?"
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "I'm not saying ya shouldn't go," he says, a determined look on his
Floyd | face. "Just be prepared when ya meet the guy, and try not to get
Floyd | yarself killed."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll try. Thanks for the warning, Lord Isoshu," you grin, teasingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And don't ya call me that, too," he groans as he opens the door again.
Floyd | "Take care'a yarself, Hatter."
Floyd |
Floyd | You let out a small sigh of relief as you think about finally getting
Floyd | some rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | "Lady Golly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Or not...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Should I expect frequent gentlemen visitors for you at this hour?"
Floyd | your attendant asks, her cheeks flushed with color.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Gentlemen, no. Ladies, perhaps.
Floyd | B: Gentlemen, ladies, and whoever else.
Floyd | C: Gentlemen, maybe. Certainly no ladies.
Floyd | D: No one should be in my room at night, but me.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline chuckles.
		DavidW says, "goodness"
		Jacqueline says, "See? Now you've embarrassed DavidW."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > You're about to answer when it suddenly dawns on you what she's
Floyd | implying just happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | "First of all, Syphel is my friend. Nothing else," you clearly explain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Certainly," she agrees unconvincingly, clearly not believing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Secondly, I don't think that's any of your concern," you frown,
Floyd | walking back inside and shutting your door. You are much too tired to
Floyd | straighten her out right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The possible outcome of your task at Barith looms on the edge of your
Floyd | dreams that night, a shrouded weight you'll likely have to carry with
Floyd | you until the situation is resolved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Your journey has only just begun. What happens from here is up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Resonance. I hope you enjoyed it!
Floyd |
Floyd | A special thank you goes out to everyone who playtested "Project RVR".
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Play again.
Floyd | B: Play more games like this.
Floyd | C: Share this game with friends.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, this was awesome."
		NereidaS says, "Wow, that seems like so much longer than I meant it to be."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		NereidaS says, "I'm glad it was enjoyed, though. I wasn't expecting that."
		Jacqueline asks, "You weren't?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why?"
		DavidW asks, "You didn't think we'd like it?"
		NereidaS says, "I thought it had too many flaws and was about to quit the project before I entered the comp."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "oh dear. You broke Jacqueline."
		NereidaS says, "Oh my."
		Jacqueline says, "That'll be enough of that sort of thinking, Nereida."
		Jacqueline says, "Besides, you have a game to finish now."
		NereidaS says, "That I do."
		Jacqueline says, "Great work."
		ChrisC says, "I'm glad you didn't. I think in could be polished into something really good."
		NereidaS says, "I'm super inspired, now."
		DavidW says, "This is also a game that works well on replaying, because you can sorta see the same story from slightly different angles and piece together a larger picture of what's going on."
		Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "Neat."
		Jacqueline says, "So, I need a quick break, then we'll try Chris' game, since he's here."
		NereidaS says, "Oh wow."
		Jacqueline says, "I need about ten."
		Jacqueline says, "Quarter after, we'll meet back here."
		DavidW says, "Like, in one of my playing sessions, I spoke to the elf in the tavern and then she left with a man. And now I saw that bit from the other side."
		NereidaS says, "I was hoping to have that sort of effect throughout the game."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That is pretty cool."
		Jacqueline steps away to get a refill.
		DavidW says, "yeah, it really is cool"
		NereidaS says, "I am all for replayability in games."
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "oh, this is Scented Candle dude" 		DavidW says, "hm. Now I'm wondering if I chose to be an elf, would there be an elf in the tavern, or how would that conversation go differently."
		NereidaS says, "There's probably a lot in that game that most people don't see, but I put it in there anyway."
		DavidW says, "That's typical of text adventures in general. Few people see everything, but it's fun that everyone tends to get different readings."
		DavidW says, "Or that there's hidden corners, secret or rare messages, Easter eggs in games."
		NereidaS says, "It is fun! That's why I love them."
		NereidaS says, "I fully intend to."
		Jacqueline says (to N), "Heh - good. (That was in response to me whispering to N to please try to finish the game)."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, now we're back and it's time for Compliance."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm a bureaucrat, so I should really enjoy this game."
		NereidaS says, "Yay! I had fun with this one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask compliance" 		
Floyd > ] Sub-Basement 1 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses sound playback extensively. The interpreter you're
Floyd | using is unable to play sounds, so you will be missing a major part of
Floyd | the intended experience.  -Chris
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | "I'm worried," she said.
Floyd |
Floyd | And "You have to get out of here."
Floyd |
Floyd | And "Please, Reg."
Floyd |
Floyd | You didn't listen, brushed her off. It's been two weeks since you've
Floyd | seen her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since anyone has.
Floyd |
Floyd | Compliance
Floyd | An Experiment in Sound by Chris Conley
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Music and Sound Design by t.v.shit.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is designed to be played with music and sound effects.
Floyd | For more details, type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sub-Basement
Floyd | Your search has brought you here, deep into the bowels of the Company.
Floyd | The floor echoes with every footstep. The walls are smooth, dark,
Floyd | cold. Water drips from old corroded pipes above. The door back up to
Floyd | the Main Levels stands shut to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The archives lie through an open dorway to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "How well will this go without the sound?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are there critical clues we'll be missing?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I didn't get around to playing this one."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yay someone to play with."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ABOUT" 		

Floyd ]  Sub-Basement                                         1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an experimental project, designed to be tightly integrated
Floyd | with a music system and sound effects. Playing without an interpreter
Floyd | capable of sound playback is not recommended.
Floyd |
Floyd | Music and Sound Design by t.v.shit. www.stereosanctity.org
Floyd |
Floyd | Type SOUNDS OFF or MUSIC OFF to disable sound effects or music,
Floyd | respectively; SOUNDS ON or MUSIC ON to re-enable one or the other; or
Floyd | simply SOUNDS or MUSIC to toggle playing either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		NereidaS says, "It should be fine, but it's more interesting with sound."
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
		jenrexrode says, "uh oh"
		ChrisC says, "It's purely mood-setting. At least in this intro."
		Jacqueline says, "Strong opening - the bit before the banner text in particualr. Nice lead in."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Sub-Basement                                         2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still wearing your day uniform. A suit and tie may be a bit
Floyd | excessive for digging around down here, but you don't expect to run
Floyd | into anyone at this time of night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That... seems niave."
		Jacqueline says, "I, on the other hand, am expecting us to be stabbed any minute now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Sub-Basement                                         3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a folded note
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Sub-Basement                                         4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the note out of your jacket pocket, stare at it. A coworker
Floyd | must have slipped it inside your workbook while you were at lunch,
Floyd | knowing you would find it as soon as you returned.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a shaking hand, you open the note and read it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reg--
Floyd |
Floyd | check out leadhammer file. it's not in the main system but the
Floyd | originals are still in the lower repository. hardcopy storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | I think it's related I can't say more. I'm sorry. hurry
Floyd | befo,"
Floyd |
Floyd | The note ends there. You don't recognize the handwriting. But the
Floyd | second part made your blood run cold: I think it's related
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, east?"
		Jacqueline says, "Golly. We're like, Tom Cruise in that law thriller."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Filing Hall                                          5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cross the threshold, there is a sudden flash of green light --
Floyd | your eyes start to burn -- you are unable to move -- of course! the
Floyd | checkpoint --
Floyd |
Floyd |  -- and it's over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filing Hall
Floyd | You stand along one wall of the Company records repository, with the
Floyd | way to the main complex back to the west. The expansive records
Floyd | stretch in every direction, massive lengths of shelving full of boxes.
Floyd | You know the file you seek will be found somewhere in the north
Floyd | quadrant -- but you need a precise location.
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkpoint lies back through the dark hallway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Retinal scan?"
		DavidW says, "Not sure."
		ChrisC says, "Full disclosure: I coded most of the non-music-system of this game over two sleepless days/nights, after I got the music. The scenario is not nearly polished enough"
		Jacqueline asks, "How will we get back in here once the bad people hiding in the dark gouge our eyes out?"
		Jacqueline asks, "And why am I so paranoid?"
		DavidW asks, "You're seeing [drip, drip, drip] and [overhead lights flicker]?"
		Jacqueline says, "And the fact that she's missing."
		Jacqueline says, "And the fact that that note sort of just ends"
		Jacqueline says, "And the fact that it says we don't expect to see anyone else down here."
		Jacqueline says, "So, yeah, I guess that's why."
		DavidW asks, "North?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hardcopy Storage
Floyd | Files, supply shelves and other stored physical materials stretch in
Floyd | all directions. But you have no idea where exactly to look to find the
Floyd | file you seek. If only there were an indexing machine...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wonder how we get the precise direction."
		ChrisC says, "Which is why the one-day deadline extension was such a huge help for me."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, good. Yay."
		Jacqueline says, "I hope you at least got some sleep."
		jenrexrode says, "buld an indexing machine"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look for indexing machine" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK FOR INDEXING MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, clearly."
		DavidW asks, "Down?"
Nitku arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline asks, "Did it mention down?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I mean, sure. Why not?"
		DavidW | lower repository. hardcopy storage
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we're already in the lower repository."
		DavidW says, "I wasn't sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x files" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FILES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm."
		Jacqueline asks, "Was there any indexing machine on our way in?"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we can search south of entrance and see if there's a robo-assistant or whatever."
		jenrexrode says, "d'oh x files"
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ChrisC says, "As I said. Polishing. :/"
		DavidW says, "yeah, a bit of an oops there."
		DavidW says, "no biggie"
		Jacqueline says (to Chris), "When you implement that, see if you can get the rights for it to play the X FILES theme when someone types that."
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding.)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "..DW Be my guest to find the robo-assistant" 		

Floyd ]  Hardcopy Storage                                     7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ..DW BE MY GUEST TO FIND THE ROBO-ASSISTANT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "may I try going south twice?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Filing Hall                                          8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Filing Hall
Floyd | You stand along one wall of the Company records repository, with the
Floyd | way to the main complex back to the west. The expansive records
Floyd | stretch in every direction, massive lengths of shelving full of boxes.
Floyd | You know the file you seek will be found somewhere in the north
Floyd | quadrant -- but you need a precise location.
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkpoint lies back through the dark hallway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that mistype might have been helpful"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Servo Port
Floyd | From a small alcove here at the south end of the archives, the servos
Floyd | depart on their errands. The floor has been cleared for several feet
Floyd | around the servo shaft, in stark contrast to the rest of the
Floyd | repository, where the clutter stretches back to the north and
Floyd | northeast. There is a constant mechanical hum coming from the hallway
Floyd | south. To the east, a peculiar metal capsule stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A device pops out of the shaft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "SERVO"
		Jacqueline says, "Sweet"
		DavidW says, "Capsule to east, hum to south, hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | One of countless mechanical devices employed by the Company to keep it
Floyd | efficiently running every hour of every day. Made animate from lines
Floyd | that run along tracks in the ceiling, through an enormously complex
Floyd | system of mechanisms, the backbone of the Headquarters building. They
Floyd | are also usually equipped with a surprising array of tools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x capsule" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAPSULE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shaft" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHAFT
Floyd |
Floyd | As wide as you are tall, and pitch black. A constantly moving system
Floyd | of lines running between the shaft, the tracks, and the control system
Floyd | to the west keeps the automata running. Every so often there is a
Floyd | distant metal clang or rattling from the depths.
Floyd |
Floyd | The servo automaton heads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Control system to west."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Might be for bots only"
		ChrisC says, "Oops. Make that "south"."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hydraulics Control
Floyd | The narrow passage to the north from which you entered terminates
Floyd | here: a wide, oval-shaped room. The view before you is dominated by a
Floyd | giant metallic pillar that drops from the ceiling to an enormously
Floyd | complex mechanism recessed into the floor. Spinning gears, rods, and
Floyd | thick wires fill nearly every open space here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closed lunch pail with a note attached here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay lunch"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the folded note)
Floyd | You open the note and read it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reg--
Floyd |
Floyd | check out leadhammer file. it's not in the main system but the
Floyd | originals are still in the lower repository. hardcopy storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | I think it's related I can't say more. I'm sorry. hurry
Floyd | befo,"
Floyd |
Floyd | The note ends there. You don't recognize the handwriting. But the
Floyd | second part made your blood run cold: I think it's related
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wrong note"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pail" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Hey Bob,
Floyd |
Floyd | Your wife dropped off your lunch for you tomorrow. (today)
Floyd |
Floyd | I had to take servo #769211 up for repair today. Somehow it
Floyd | wandered in here and got its umbilical severed in some of the gears.
Floyd | The things are hard enough to move even when they want to
Floyd | cooperate!
Floyd |
Floyd | I thought Hydraulics was off limits to the bots? Could you look
Floyd | into that?
Floyd |
Floyd | See you next week
Floyd |
Floyd | -G"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read lunch" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Hey Bob,
Floyd |
Floyd | Your wife dropped off your lunch for you tomorrow. (today)
Floyd |
Floyd | I had to take servo #769211 up for repair today. Somehow it
Floyd | wandered in here and got its umbilical severed in some of the gears.
Floyd | The things are hard enough to move even when they want to
Floyd | cooperate!
Floyd |
Floyd | I thought Hydraulics was off limits to the bots? Could you look
Floyd | into that?
Floyd |
Floyd | See you next week
Floyd |
Floyd | -G"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x servo" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SERVO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x servo #769211" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SERVO #769211
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 769211" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 769211
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "i thought it went north"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open pail" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not hungry
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Need a period there, C."
		DavidW says, "The one servo we saw did go north, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "(Since you're probably taking notes.)"
		ChrisC says, "Indeed."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, mmkay"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, S?"
		DavidW says, "Not sure. I'd like to find a keyboard or similar control panel."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, unless the servos take orders."
		Jacqueline says, "Feel free to keep looking"
		DavidW says, "South is as good a choice as any, I suppose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		Jacqueline says, "Or not"

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hydraulics Control                                   20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Servo Port                                           21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Servo Port
Floyd | From a small alcove here at the south end of the archives, the servos
Floyd | depart on their errands. The floor has been cleared for several feet
Floyd | around the servo shaft, in stark contrast to the rest of the
Floyd | repository, where the clutter stretches back to the north and
Floyd | northeast. There is a constant mechanical hum coming from the hallway
Floyd | south. To the east, a peculiar metal capsule stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new automaton careens out of the shaft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Containment Area
Floyd | A small, cylindrical room of brushed smooth silver metal. Entirely
Floyd | spotless and brightly lit. Two air-sealed doors lead east and north
Floyd | back into the main part of the Filing Hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glass rack is attached low on the wall across from one door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the low glass rack are some sealed dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's movement from a window in the other part of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small hazmat chest sits against the wall between the two doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x movement" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOVEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be some kind of small, hairy creature. It looks up as
Floyd | you approach, then hides once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit smaller than the window behind you, and jet black, with a
Floyd | hazardous materials symbol painted on the top in white. Closer
Floyd | inspection reveals that the chest is bolted to the floor, and the text
Floyd | "FOR USE ONLY IN EVENT OF BIOCONTAMINATION" printed on one side. There
Floyd | is also some sort of line running from the side down through the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dishes" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | A half-dozen clear round flat dishes, tightly sealed. In each is
Floyd | growing something of a different color, colonizing its lower surface
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Mmm... petri"
		DavidW says, "unhappily, my lack of sleep is catching up with me. I have to lie down really soon."
		Jacqueline says, "maga and I were just talking about the implementation issues that Chris has already admitted to, and maga was saying that the music is really well-chosen for this and adds a lot to the atmosphere. I shall have to check that out."
		NereidaS says, "It's definitely worth checking out."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x creature" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be some kind of small, hairy creature. It looks up as
Floyd | you approach, then hides once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x line" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit smaller than the window behind you, and jet black, with a
Floyd | hazardous materials symbol painted on the top in white. Closer
Floyd | inspection reveals that the chest is bolted to the floor, and the text
Floyd | "FOR USE ONLY IN EVENT OF BIOCONTAMINATION" printed on one side. There
Floyd | is also some sort of line running from the side down through the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Hrm. Are we supposed to be searching files or doing science?"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to interpret that 'line'."
		DavidW says, "We're supposed to find a file."
		jenrexrode says, "maybe the file says "do science""
		Jacqueline says, "I have to admit that I'm less jazzed about trying to find the file given the implementation issues."
		Jacqueline says, "I always find it hard to operate in a world where I'm suppose to search and find stuff when stuff isn't actually there."
		DavidW says, "We haven't explored all that extensively yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Just being honest here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Containment Area                                     28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Containment Area
Floyd | A small, cylindrical room of brushed smooth silver metal. Entirely
Floyd | spotless and brightly lit. Two air-sealed doors lead east and north
Floyd | back into the main part of the Filing Hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glass rack is attached low on the wall across from one door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the low glass rack are some sealed dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's movement from a window in the other part of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small hazmat chest sits against the wall between the two doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dumb Terminals
Floyd | It seems this part of the Archives have been set aside for storing the
Floyd | ancient machines of the Company. Edifices the size of your living unit
Floyd | line the wall, some with chairs built in, some covered in dials,
Floyd | knobs, levers, switches...
Floyd |
Floyd | The storage area extends in every direction to the west, including the
Floyd | Hardcopy Storage area to the northwest. Thick bundles of cables run
Floyd | from the side or back of each device, along the ceiling and down a
Floyd | dimly-lit hallway to the north. At the far southern end of the array
Floyd | stands a strange metal capsule.
Floyd |
Floyd | The viewscreen on one of the machines is active.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know how to interact with the machine."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x viewscreen" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIEWSCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read viewscreen" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ VIEWSCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "uh oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type on machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYPE ON MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unplug machine" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x knobs" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNOBS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dumb Terminals
Floyd | It seems this part of the Archives have been set aside for storing the
Floyd | ancient machines of the Company. Edifices the size of your living unit
Floyd | line the wall, some with chairs built in, some covered in dials,
Floyd | knobs, levers, switches...
Floyd |
Floyd | The storage area extends in every direction to the west, including the
Floyd | Hardcopy Storage area to the northwest. Thick bundles of cables run
Floyd | from the side or back of each device, along the ceiling and down a
Floyd | dimly-lit hallway to the north. At the far southern end of the array
Floyd | stands a strange metal capsule.
Floyd |
Floyd | The viewscreen on one of the machines is active.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "it doesn't want to be intereacted with?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cables" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Huge -- each one as thick as your head -- held in place with giant
Floyd | round brackets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brackets" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRACKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | Stunningly big. You'd need heavy equipment to even have a chance at
Floyd | budging one of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "watch viewscreen" 		

Floyd ]  Dumb Terminals                                       40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH VIEWSCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the active machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "N?"
		DavidW says, "So.... perhaps we want to disconnect the machine for some unexplained reason."
		DavidW says, "yes, north please."
		ChrisC says, "Sorry, you can interact with its components -- even sitting in the chair works."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Power Supply                                         41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Power Supply
Floyd | You are on a rickety catwalk running east and west, attached to a
Floyd | sheer cliff face. A hot wind buffets you from below, forcing you to
Floyd | hang onto the railing. To the east, the catwalk wends into a cleft in
Floyd | the rock. The Headquarters basement is back in through an access
Floyd | passageway to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The power cable runs directly down the cliff side. At ground level,
Floyd | far below, eight massive turbines spin constantly beside a few
Floyd | outbuildings, venting steam directly into the night sky. You must have
Floyd | traveled all the way through headquarters underground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, that looks deadly."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Power Supply                                         42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ChrisC says, "That's the biggest oversight in my submission, I think."
		Jacqueline asks, "Which?"
		ChrisC says, "How to interact with the machine."
		Jacqueline nods.
		NereidaS says, "That part did confuse me for quite a while."
		Jacqueline says, "I hope seeing us play this has been helpful."
		DavidW says, "sorry everyone, my head is swaying. I need to lie down very soon. I gotta go."
		Jacqueline says, "No worries, David."
		Jacqueline says, "I should probably move on to some other stuff as well."
		ChrisC says, "No problem DW"
		DavidW says, "I am intrigued by this game, though, regardless of implementation issues."
		Jacqueline says (to Chris), "Sorry to make it sound like I'm publicly calling you out - but yeah, it needs some work and thorough testing."
		Jacqueline says, "But despite those issues it got second, so people were intrigued and you should work on it."
		NereidaS says, "It's a good concept. It could be really awesome."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I'm suitably on edge from some of the writing, but I think I need some more bits here and there about the girl who is missing."
		Jacqueline says, "Why she was worried, and why I care that she's missing."
		Jacqueline says, "Just little bits, here and there, to keep me wanting to find the answer."
		ChrisC says, "Yeah. ES's Bronze did that really well."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we'll play Belief next week, and possibly others if people want to play them."
		Jacqueline says (to Chris), "Sorry we didn't play through to the end of your intro, but it sounds like there are some people here who might be interested in testing the next versions of the game."
		Jacqueline says, "See folks next week, noon Eastern."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks for coming, Chris and Nereida!"
		Jacqueline says, "It was fun to have you both here."
		NereidaS exclaims, "I enjoyed being here!"
		Jacqueline says, "We always love newcomers, but particularly authors."
		Jacqueline says, "We'd love to have you here as players as well."
		ChrisC says, "Cool! I have to help run a summer comp this week, but I hope to start working on a much complex music system with Colin nekt month."
		ChrisC says, "Err, summer camp."
		Jacqueline says (to Chris), "Excellent."
		Jacqueline says, "On both fronts - camp and projects."
		Jacqueline says, "I wish I was in summer camp."
		Jacqueline says, "But I *am* going camping this week at Mt Rainier, so."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I shouldn't complain."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, bath time for me, then some transcript work, then some work work, then going out for a tiny mudmeet."
		Jacqueline says, "Have a great week, everyone."
		NereidaS exclaims, "You too!"


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Intro to Belief by Justin de Vesine
As played on ifMUD on September 2, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of the introduction to Belief written by Justin de Vesine. This introduction was entered in the 2012 IntroComp, where it took third place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		Ellison asks, "what's on the agenda today?"
		Jacqueline says, "So, today we begin with vimes' Belief. I think (hear) that it will be rather short. What we do after that is, of course, up to us. We could (a) call it and have Jacq work on transcripts, (b) play some of the honorable mention IntroComp games, or (c) play something else."
DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "But for now, let's play the piece we came to play."
		DavidW says, "I may likely be called away soon-ish to eat yummy omelet."
		Jacqueline says (to jen), "Ugh. Lovely creatures, aren't they? (I do adore mine, and have managed to not strangle it every time it does things like that.)"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "oooh"
		Ellison says, "sounds good"
		Jacqueline says, "We should get started then."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask belief" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that was not at all what you expected out of death - no pain,
Floyd | only the mildest of discomfort, and then...an office?
Floyd |
Floyd | Belief
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Justin de Vesine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reception Room
Floyd | A hard metal bench sits against one wall, and a desk against the
Floyd | opposite wall.  Wood-veneer paneling and rough, unyielding carpet lend
Floyd | a stagnant air to the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have not played this one yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A pressed-metal desk with a fake wood veneer top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a brochure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nor I."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A four-color glossy brochure reading "WELCOME TO LIMBO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | It describes the wonders of limbo (none), the tourist attractions
Floyd | (none), the weather (none), the fine places to eat (none), the
Floyd | nightlife (none), and the boredom (plenty).  There are some coupons on
Floyd | the back.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coupons" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COUPONS
Floyd |
Floyd | a coupon for Paradise: There's not really any reason to go tearing out
Floyd | expired coupons.
Floyd | a coupon for Purgatory: There's not really any reason to go tearing
Floyd | out expired coupons.
Floyd | a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife: You
Floyd | carefully tear a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount
Floyd | Afterlife out of the brochure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x technicolor" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TECHNICOLOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A coupon good for 50% off your ticket price for a day trip to Joseph
Floyd | and the Technicolor Discount Aftterlife - and a free drink ticket!  It
Floyd | says "No expiration date!" in big, ugly letters. The small print says
Floyd | the normal ticket price is one penny, payable to the ferryman at
Floyd | arrival.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are three brief, muffled metallic noises from somewhere in the
Floyd | corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corner" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife
Floyd |   a halfpenny
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x halfpenny" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HALFPENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny sliver of silver worth half a penny, by virtue of being a penny
Floyd | cut in half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's not the usual definition of a ha'penny."
		Jacqueline says, "heh. True."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Reception Room
Floyd | A hard metal bench sits against one wall, and a desk against the
Floyd | opposite wall.  Wood-veneer paneling and rough, unyielding carpet lend
Floyd | a stagnant air to the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a brochure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bench" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | One of those industrial pressed-metal benches, carefully designed by
Floyd | ergonomic and physiological research to be as uncomfortable as
Floyd | possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brochure" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the brochure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | Unnatural coloring, precisely even faux-grain, and a slightly sticky
Floyd | texture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the metal bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  Probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reception Room
Floyd | A hard metal bench sits against one wall, and a desk against the
Floyd | opposite wall.  Wood-veneer paneling and rough, unyielding carpet lend
Floyd | a stagnant air to the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to ferry" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, do we need to search for an exit?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Brownish beige, rough and uncomfortable.  It looks like one corner is
Floyd | a bit loose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull corner" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the loose corner of carpet, and it peels back a little bit
Floyd | more, revealing a little hole in the stained cement beneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "One would think there'd be a place to use the ticket."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A little hole in the concrete floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the little hole is a tap bell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tap bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAP BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the tap bell.  It echoes strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the tap bell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bell on desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BELL ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the tap bell on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the tap bell.  It echoes very strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | A little bell of the sort used to annoy receptionists everywhere.  On
Floyd | the bottom, it says "Ferryman Tours - The Old Firm - Established".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "take it to the dock"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the tap bell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A little hole in the concrete floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull corner" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The carpet seems to be pretty well glued down everywhere else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's rather astonishing that you still can, considering the last thing
Floyd | you remember was the very start of what seemed likely to be a quite
Floyd | terminal encounter with the ground at high speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's pretty much the first thing you remember, too, at least in any
Floyd | detail - there was some falling, and before that there was some kind
Floyd | of  argument, and before that, just a blank space in your mind where a
Floyd | life ought to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ooh, good try with the praying."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Belief is Justin de Vesine's entry in the 2012 Introcomp.  It is also
Floyd | less fully realized than it might be, but the important functional
Floyd | bits are (probably!) all there.  The cover photo is copyright Remy
Floyd | Saglier - Doubleray, and used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Floyd | license.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read coupon" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ COUPON
Floyd |
Floyd | (a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife)
Floyd | A coupon good for 50% off your ticket price for a day trip to Joseph
Floyd | and the Technicolor Discount Aftterlife - and a free drink ticket!  It
Floyd | says "No expiration date!" in big, ugly letters. The small print says
Floyd | the normal ticket price is one penny, payable to the ferryman at
Floyd | arrival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "did we sit, maybe the wall'll spin around if we trigger it"
		DavidW says, "I will entertain suggestions on how to get to another location."
		Jacqueline says, "We started sitting, I think."
		DavidW says, "I tried sitting on the bench. Nowhere else, though."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A pressed-metal desk with a fake wood veneer top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull veneer" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL VENEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "climb on?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look remarkably good, considering.  Not, for instance, entirely
Floyd | flat.  And you're still thinking, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bench" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the metal bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROOF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the metal bench)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | Unnatural coloring, precisely even faux-grain, and a slightly sticky
Floyd | texture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lick paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Now we're desperate. :)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat it" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the wood-veneer paneling)
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A little hole in the concrete floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wish" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WISH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "stick the coupon to it"
		Jacqueline asks, "to the...?"
		jenrexrode says, "sticky wall"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put coupon on paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT COUPON ON PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | (a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife on the
Floyd | wood-veneer paneling)
Floyd | Putting things on the wood-veneer paneling would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "aw"
		DavidW says, "Interesting idea, though."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read coupon" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ COUPON
Floyd |
Floyd | (a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife)
Floyd | A coupon good for 50% off your ticket price for a day trip to Joseph
Floyd | and the Technicolor Discount Aftterlife - and a free drink ticket!  It
Floyd | says "No expiration date!" in big, ugly letters. The small print says
Floyd | the normal ticket price is one penny, payable to the ferryman at
Floyd | arrival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "maybe we can spiderman the sticky panelling"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter hole" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search paneling" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PANELING
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a tap bell
Floyd |   a brochure
Floyd |   a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife
Floyd |   a halfpenny
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "curse" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CURSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the tap bell.  The echo seems to last a very long time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "oh, that's new"
		Jacqueline asks, "That's different, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's... ring it again."
		DavidW says, "ok"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the tap bell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, a swirling rush of dark water surges past you, knocking you
Floyd | off-balance and sending the bell flying.  A rough wooden platform
Floyd | glides soundlessly through the wall, as though the wall were nothing
Floyd | more than mist, and settles itself in front of you as the room fades
Floyd | slowly from view.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Mist
Floyd | Deep mist obscures everything but the rough-hewn wooden platform and
Floyd | the dark water below it from view.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife
Floyd | and a halfpenny here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aha"
		DavidW says, "hooray"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife: You pick
Floyd | up a coupon for Joseph and the Technicolor Discount Afterlife.
Floyd | halfpenny: You pick up the halfpenny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | A rough wooden platform.  A dark figure seems to be standing at the
Floyd | far end, concealed by the mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark figure standing in the mists, draped in a tattered robe and
Floyd | carrying a long pole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give coupon to figure" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COUPON TO FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to figure" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robe" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ferryman" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRYMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pole" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps we need to go north or something first."
		jenrexrode says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark figure standing in the mists, draped in a tattered robe and
Floyd | carrying a long pole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to figure" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I can see what was meant by 'speed if nature' references to this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter mists" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mists" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mist" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Mist
Floyd | Deep mist obscures everything but the rough-hewn wooden platform and
Floyd | the dark water below it from view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark water is cold but strangely not wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch water" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "are we on the platform?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on platform" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the wooden ferry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark figure bends forward for a moment, staring at the coupon in
Floyd | your hand, then straightens and nods, plunging his pole into the
Floyd | water.  The wooden platform trembles, and there is a sensation of
Floyd | movement.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have begun your journey ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, I guess not!"
		DavidW says, "Omelet's ready! I'll be back later."
		Ellison says, "huh, I didn't really understand most of that"
		Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "No?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What, specifically?"
		Ellison says, "like, the significance of the bell, mainly"
		Jacqueline says, "I believe that's part of the myth."
		Jacqueline says, "Ringing a bell to cross over."
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, the only reference I can come up with respect to this is also from IF."
		Jacqueline <--- Lame
		Jacqueline asks, "Remember in Zork I, ringing the bell to open the gates of hell?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think that was Z I."
		Ellison says, "oh yeah. of course, I didn't really know that was a reference to anything, either."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, and then Charon is another myth thing, the ferryman."
		Ellison says, "the Arthur Yahtzee game also mixes Christian belief with Greek mythology while you are wandering around the Afterlife"
		Jacqueline) Jacqueline says, "You know, the ferryman. As we all know from the Chris DeBurgh song."
		Ellison asks, "I just think it's kind of crazy that such a sparse game supports >THINK. since when did >THINK become such an important verb?"
		Jacqueline says, "I clearly need to go back and review some of this stuff, since I'm only remembering third and fourth source pop culture references."
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Yeah, >THINK and >REMEMBER seem to have become somewhat common."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Mist
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "think about bell" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That, too, is sparsely implemented."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Ellison says, "(just making sure >THINK ABOUT wasn't also supported)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, that was incredibly short, as reported - twenty minutes. What now, kids?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I totally have Don't Pay the Ferryman in my head now. Thanks, vimes."
		Ellison says, "I'm cool with starting something else or you getting a head start on transcripts"
		Jacqueline says, "Head start is funny, given that I'm months behind."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, that might be a good thing."
		Jacqueline says, "I was churning through them on our primary computer, but it crashed and we're in limbo with it."
		Jacqueline says, "So I think I may just start over on this machine."
		Ellison says, "well, now you know how to get out of limbo so you should be fine"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "TRUE"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'll do that, then. I'll leave the transcript going, if you guys want to play something else, feel free."
		Jacqueline wanders off.
		Ellison says, "sounds good. have fun."
		jenrexrode says, "we never got the full score on speculative fiction"
		jenrexrode says, "oh but dw is in omeletland"
		DavidW says, "back"
		DavidW says, "Omelet, zucchini slices, and walnut square eaten."
		jenrexrode says, "yum"
		DavidW says, "They don't use white sugar, but instead coconut sugar and agave honey."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Black Mist                                           79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		borowski asks, "I guess clubfloyd was short today?"
		Jacqueline says, "Very, yes."
		Ellison says, "if you count the time Jacqueline worked on transcripts, it was very long"
		Jacqueline says, "Heh."


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom by S. John Ross
As played on ifMUD on September 9 & 16, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom written by S. John Ross. Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom was a commercially-released piece of interactive fiction from Cumberland Games that eventually became freeware. It was a 2007 Xyzzy Awards finalist for Best Individual NPC (for the character of Gunwar). You can learn more about this game, including how to download it, by visiting its ifWiki page: Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear.
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		Jacqueline asks, "We didn't have any sort of plan for today, did we?"
		DavidW says, "I really don't remember."
		DavidW says, "I've been a bit unreliable here lately."
		Jacqueline says, "During our drive yesterday, we played a game I think CF or NF would really enjoy, though the four of us in the car played for hours and only had half the points when we ran out of battery, so perhaps it's more of a multi-session thing, which I guess is fine for either CF or NF, as long as we know going in."
		Jacqueline says, "Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom was the game."
		Jacqueline says, "Very puzzly. Very over the top, but knows it is and commits to it."
		DavidW asks, "goodness. I haven't dared to touch that one. Also, isn't it a game one has to pay for?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not anymore, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "It was pay for a long time, but no longer."
		DavidW asks, "And doesn't it use a slew of non-standard verbs?"
		Jacqueline says, "It actually reduces your verb list considerably, but I ended up kind of liking that."
		Jacqueline says, "Some of the situations would otherwise be frustratingly guess the verb."
		DavidW asks, "Is there a handy play-ToaSK card by crazy uncle S. Ross?"
		DavidW says, "(or whatever his name is; may be misremembering)"
		DavidW says, "crazy uncle S. John, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "Not necessary, you end up with something like five verbs. Paylay (with), regard, pillage [which is take all], seize [which is take], and use. Use gets interpreted by the game in whatever functional way it's supposed to for the given object or objects, as you can also USE X WITH Y."
		DavidW asks, "er, what does 'paylay' mean?"
		Nitku says, "IIRC you can also use standard verbs instead of the silly ones"
		Jacqueline says, "Speak with."
		Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Yeah."
		inky says, "it's a combination of parley and waylay"
		Jacqueline says, "So long as you know those are the verbs that work, and not, say, >TIE ROPE TO RAILING"
		DavidW asks, "hm. So we can never drop anything?"
		Jacqueline says, "And I may be spelling it wrong (highly likely). It's derived from the same word as the French verb parler (to speak)."
		DavidW asks, "Also, how do we check our inventory?"
		Jacqueline says, "So it's probably spelled 'parler'"
		Jacqueline says, "Um, TABULATE, I think, though I works."
		inky says, "it's parley, yeah"
		Nitku | The game relies on just five core verbs (USE, ASSAIL, PARLEY, REGARD and SEIZE) plus direction commands.
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, so I was wrong both ways."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah yeah, assail - which is for the smiting."
		Jacqueline says, "There's lots of smiting."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, what do we want to do today? (Though I'd be happy to upload this and chill out until you guys get to stuff I haven't figured out yet).'"
		DavidW says, "well, I don't want to play alone."
		DavidW says, "I'm worried that ToaSK will be loaded up and I'll end up doing anything and that wouldn't be fun for anyone if it ends up like that."
		Jacqueline says, "There are other people here..."
		DavidW says, "Silent people."
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm, so it would seem."
		inky asks, "is this the demo version?"
		DavidW says, "borowski said he's on his way."
		Jacqueline says, "No, the full version."
		inky says, "I think I played through the dem a while back"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "We drove over to La Push yesterday, and this was how we took up a lot of the time in the car, playing ToaSK."
		DavidW says, "I am curious about ToaSK, but I really want assistance if we do that one."
		Jacqueline says, "But we played for, oh, four or five hours, and only got about halfway through the score."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, though I'd be able to help at some point, I wouldn't want to spoil you for the first bits."
		borowski says, "I'm just now leaving for work, but I'll be back soon."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "So, do we want to wait until B - when?"
		DavidW says, "hm, well, load it up regardless."
borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		Jacqueline says, "And now he is gone without saying when 'soon' is."
		DavidW says, "well, you load up ToaSK. I'll do a li'l bit o' ifwiki work."
		Jacqueline says, "Should we reschedule for a bit later this morning and - okay. Yeah, I'll have to switch computers to do it, which will involve climbing over a sleeping maga."
		Jacqueline says, "But I'd rather not be on the Chromebook for this sort of thing anyway."
		Jacqueline says, "There's a much better mud client on my linux machine."
		Jacqueline says, "Back in a bit..."
		Jacqueline says, "Back."
		* Doug has joined the channel.
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna zap and scarf down a handful of samosas. Back in a bit."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Doug says, "careful not to scap and zarf"
		DavidW says, "back. I haven't eaten them yet, but brought the plate back with me."
borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		borowski says, "Sorry. So"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I was dealing with an IntroComp thing on another channel - did we want to play ToaSK? It would be multi-session, but very fun."
		Jacqueline asks, "Or did we want me to dust off the survey?"
		DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards trying ToaSK."
		Jacqueline says, "(yay)"
		Jacqueline asks, "Borowski?"
		borowski says, "Sounds good."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, one sec."
inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		DavidW says, "Start it up, Madam de MC, s.v.p."
Jacqueline hollers, "We're going to begin a (probably multi-)session playthrough of Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom on Floyd, if people are interested..." 		
Gunther arrives, full of fun and funk. 		* Gunther has joined the channel.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask treasuresofaslaverskingdom" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM
Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest
Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the unpublished masterpiece.
Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley.
Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has
Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the
Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear:
Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING
Floyd | once and for all!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN!     

		
Gunther says, "depress? i'm outta here" 		
inky C 		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims (at inky), "OMG Your eyes!"
inky says (to Floyd), "twitch thew" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWITCH THEW
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Seek guidance with the HELP command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW asks, "is a gladius sword like a gladsome one?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm not sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "a gladius is actually a name for a kind of short sword"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It reminds you of a GLADIUS SWORD from your childhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "if I recall my complete fighter's handbook correctly"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMEMBER SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wield sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIELD SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Your
Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You probably want to type help near the start."
		inky says, "it does seem to be hinting at that"
inky says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience:
Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your
Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH
Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These
Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL;
Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can
Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER
Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on
Floyd | these action commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT,
Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction
Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize
Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at
Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts).
Floyd |
Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian.
Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states
Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP
Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE,
Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided.
Floyd | Refer to your game manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the GLADIUS SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You carry only a GLADIUS SWORD (held at the ready), and your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The DUFFEL BAG is crafted of sturdy THESKIAN CANVAS. It bears the
Floyd | stains, smells, and wear of many years of broody, restless barbarian
Floyd | travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "smell bag" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Your game manual, or the HELP command,
Floyd | might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		
Doug arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Striveth for wisdom in thy endeavors, barbarian. Your game manual, or
Floyd | the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use bag" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG is practically an extension of you; you've
Floyd | carried it since you were an infant, and it does its job without
Floyd | commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just those verbs. You're get usd to it."
		Jacqueline says, "er, used to it, even."
		borowski says, "So many smells left unsmelt."
		DavidW says, "I suggesteth a northwards journey"
		borowski says, "Let use go forth with our SWORD SWORD"
		borowski says, "*us"
		DavidW asks, "so, .... north forth?"
borowski says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                            QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The OLD STONE BRIDGE is guarded by a LIZARD MAIDEN, half a head taller
Floyd | than you. The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors,
Floyd | but this one obviously didn't seek permission! She may even be some
Floyd | kind of LIZARD-AMAZON hybrid ... you know not. She would be lovely,
Floyd | but for her green scales, cold blood, needle-like fangs and snake-like
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | She hefts an impressive green-metal TWO-HANDED SWORD and looks you in
Floyd | the eye. "I await a worthy foe, rat-slave. Dare you challenge me?" She
Floyd | laughs a hissing laugh. "If not, you may scurry away in peace. Only
Floyd | men of mettle concern me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "a manly twitching in my thews? Is this a parody?"
		borowski says, "Well, gladius means sword and penis, so I'm thinking so."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard lizard" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                            QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors, but this
Floyd | one obviously didn't seek permission! Is she half AMAZON? You know
Floyd | not. She would be beautiful, except for her green scales, cold blood,
Floyd | needle-like fangs, snake-like eyes and obvious lack of regard for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Coward!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the LIZARD MAIDEN a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD,
Floyd | but good! You scored 5 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN dances in a defensive stance, watching your
Floyd | movements, hissing, and looking for an opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, this will be interesting. We changed the difficulty, but you guys haven't, right?"
		DavidW says, "hm. I don't think it was wise to assail the maiden just yet."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-11:53:16CDT 		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Our difficulty is the default, I believe."
		inky asks, "there's no blocking in this game, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		DavidW asks (of inky), "What meanest thou?"
		Jacqueline says, "Just assail."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 2/15
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unavoidable odor! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "wow dang"
		DavidW says, "Run away!"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/15
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners! You try to flee, but thine
Floyd | legs fail thee in thy battered state! You must fight ... or be
Floyd | vanquished!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a howl of rage, the LIZARD MAIDEN strikes! You have suffered
Floyd | 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 2 out of a possible 500, in 11 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Lout Far From Home".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "this is why PCs in RPGs never run away"
		DavidW says, "I'm not overfond of RPGs in IF format."
		Jacqueline says, "Give it a chance, please."
borowski says (to floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM
Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest
Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the fabled epic.
Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley.
Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has
Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the
Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear:
Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING
Floyd | once and for all!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN!     

		Jacqueline says, "Also, you can use save."
		DavidW says, "I did guess that the maiden might be too strong for us if only because of her proximity to the castle."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, with the save upgrade, can we still use the CLEAR SAVE and PRESS SAVE commands, inky?"
		DavidW asks (of borowski), "Shall we try south this time?"
		jenrexrode says, "well we might need to find some armor, based on that battle"
		DavidW says (to jen), "yes, that would be good"
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | A pox upon thy wicked keyboard! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also yay more awake players"
		inky says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, it should work fine"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You carry only a GLADIUS SWORD (currently un-used), and your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 1/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the GLADIUS SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		DavidW says, "er, I hope we were wielding the sword in our last battle."
		jenrexrode says, "heh heh"
		inky says, "I was hoping 'QUEST RATE' would be "number of quests gone on per unit time" but I don't think that is actually the case"
		borowski says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "south?"
borowski says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. Genre collision."
		inky says, "let us kill the robodroid and fashion armor from its skin"
borowski says (to floyd), "x robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin
Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on
Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him,
Floyd | but precious little. He moves not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin
Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on
Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him,
Floyd | but precious little. He moves not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parlay robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLAY ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Seek
Floyd | guidance with the HELP command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Take care to consider your reasoning, barbarian. The HELP command may
Floyd | offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not wise in the ways of SCIENCE, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parlay robodroid into armor" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLAY ROBODROID INTO ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | This computeth not. The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Speaking - nay, even shouting - elicits no response, save for a gentle
Floyd | change in the rhythm of his facial light-display. There are sparks
Floyd | flying from some tiny moving parts on one side of his head, where the
Floyd | surface is torn open ... they are too rusted to move freely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "assail droid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL DROID
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID is not your foe, barbarian. In fact, he seems quite
Floyd | helpless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look in head" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Art thou head-wounded? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "heh"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Obviously we need droid healing potion and he'll become our boon companion."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard floyd" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard trees" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The "space-ship" tore many trees from their roots when it fell here.
Floyd | They lie here still, creating an unnatural clearing in the forest.
Floyd | They are now overgrown with flowers, ferns, and mosses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x rocket" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 2/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick visit to the ROCKET COCKPIT wouldst satisfy thy curiosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tainted tam-o'-shanter, it is good to feel freedom once
Floyd | more! After weeks of mistreatment at the hands of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | catchers, you are as weak as a youngling ... but as you raise your
Floyd | dark gaze toward the distant CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, you are
Floyd | invigorated not only by your freedom, but by the lusty dream of
Floyd | VENGEANCE upon him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "wow I sent a refund to tam o shanter rd this week"
		borowski says, "I hope we made an appointment."
		DavidW asks, "shall we go 'in' into the spaceship?"
		inky says, "heck yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                     HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                         QUEST RATE: 3/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKET COCKPIT
Floyd | Much of the shack has been stripped for pieces, no doubt to be sold in
Floyd | God City, far to the west. Only scraps remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG and a FLASHLIGHT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pillage" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                         QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG: Seized.
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "wipe robodriod wound with space rag"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard rag" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                         QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPACE-RAG is a fine scrap of red cloth made by the "gods" who once
Floyd | traveled the stars. You can use it to mop your barbarian brow,
Floyd | perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                         QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT is a tool of science, used to make light. It maketh
Floyd | thee uncomfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                         QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop your savage brow with the ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Our quest rate is rising, I see."
		Jacqueline says, "Having sleepmask is really helpful."
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you again, vimes."
		DavidW says, "out again/"
		DavidW asks, "er out again?"
		inky says, "onwards"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop your savage brow with the ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag on droid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 16/16
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                    QUEST RATE: 8/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE RAG ON DROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Rubbing a dry RAG on the rusty surface of the ROBODROID does the
Floyd | ROBODROID no favors, and isn't very easy on the RAG, either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "aw"
		inky says, "hmm, I guess we need to oil it up"
		DavidW says, "Or spit on it."
		vimes says, "you're welcome; i'm glad it's so helpful!"
		DavidW says, "Let's go find another tin man and borrow an oil can."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 13/16
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                            QUEST RATE: 9/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "golly"
inky says (to Floyd), "get armor" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 10/17
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                           QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 12/17
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yay,. armor"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I see our max hit points went up"
		inky asks, "are they related to our quest rate?"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:08:16CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard armor" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 14/17
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just about the humblest suit of armor you've ever seen, but it's
Floyd | better than nothing. It's glowing gently ... probably from sitting
Floyd | near a PHASIC SUMP for so long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wear armor" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 14/17
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use armor" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don the SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody
Floyd | mayhem!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "assess me" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 11/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSESS ME
Floyd |
Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most
Floyd | perplexing! Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "wow. hanging out in the non-barbarian areas is weakening us"
		inky says, "I think it was a radiation area"
		DavidW says, "I thought it was toxic fumes there."
		inky says, "that is a pretty standard sf/fantasy crossover trope"
		jenrexrode says, "ah"
vimes arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW asks, "south again?"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foot turns a small stone, and a hundred THRITAMA LARVAE squirm
Floyd | angrily, and burrow deep to avoid the light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard larvae" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD LARVAE
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Tis less than worthy of thy fearsome concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the
Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard chasm" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CHASM
Floyd |
Floyd | It is all mist in the deeps of the CHASM, but here at the edge, the
Floyd | orange glow of the evening sun highlights the cliffsides. You suppose
Floyd | that on the other side there lay either the EMPIRE OF DARTH VIRAXIS or
Floyd | one of the rival SLAVER KINGDOMS. These are matters you can clarify
Floyd | once the SLAVER KING of this particular realm lay dead by your
Floyd | vengeful hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fruit" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The FRUIT is small and red.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Sorry, how did we get more hitpoints?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard larvae" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD LARVAE
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Tis nothing worthy of thy savage quest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "armor"
		inky says, "yeah, the armor also gave us +2 hp"
		borowski says, "ah"
		DavidW says (to borowski), "well, we've been getting stronger gradually."
		inky says, "I predict that when our score reaches 13 we will get another hp, though"
		jenrexrode asks, "are we gonna save before we fall in the chasm?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "there"
		jenrexrode says, "cool"
		DavidW says, "I suppose grabbing the fruit is highly dangerous just right now."
inky says (to Floyd), "seize fruit" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE FRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too far to reach, and the tiny TREE, while tenacious, is not so
Floyd | tenacious as to support your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree with sword" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE WITH SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear
Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TINY TREE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "seize tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "use sword on tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 12/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a GLADIUS SWORD,
Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths,
Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we need a proxy, like a bird or squirrel. Or maybe a extension grabbing tool like a hand on a stick."
		jenrexrode says, "heh, crisp picker upper"
		DavidW says, "There just mind be one!"
		DavidW asks, "east?"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy
Floyd | figure-eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "sure, your basic magic fish"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "catch fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > CATCH FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedlam and disarray! Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens
Floyd | to other people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard herring" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD HERRING
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's palatial privy! I am vexed by thine illogic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The dullest Planetary Ape can do better than that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just
Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with bag" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 19/19
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 13/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You while away the hours, chatting with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG, as
Floyd | you have so many times. But this time, something happens that never
Floyd | has before: a SPIRIT rises from the careworn canvas, and bids you
Floyd | follow ... into a long, swirling void ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was hoping you guys would do that."
		Jacqueline says, "Sits back to read and be entertained."
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself in an idyllic village. In the distance, craftsmen
Floyd | work great LOOMS, producing swaths of what you know as THESKIAN
Floyd | CANVAS. The air here is sweet, and the citizens are rosy-cheeked,
Floyd | healthy, and cheerful. They welcome you with BELGIAN THESKIAN WAFFLES
Floyd | and THESKIAN BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPIRIT leads you through the streets. "I have seen lately,
Floyd | barbarian, that you are pondering the nature of your trusty THESKIAN
Floyd | DUFFEL BAG ... I am part of that nature, so I brought you here, to
Floyd | satisfy your thirst for wisdom."
Floyd |
Floyd | "This," he says, with a sweeping gesture, "is the town of DUFFEL
Floyd | (ANTWERP, BELGIUM) where traditional woolen-canvas fabrics are
Floyd | produced for the entire galaxy ... including the THESKIAN merchant
Floyd | ports." He smiles a sad smile. "Of course, I speak of the past, before
Floyd | our galaxy fell to ruin ... but it is the past that concerns us right
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your BAG," he says, "began here, on those distant LOOMS, before you
Floyd | were born. The fabric was shipped offworld, where THESKIAN LUGGAGE
Floyd | ARTISANS forged a mighty and capacious DUFFEL. Its first owner, a
Floyd | SPACEFARER, carried it to your world of VANTH, where he bedded your
Floyd | MOTHER in a night of revelry somewhere near the realm of the IRON
Floyd | DWARF KING." Rather unecessarily, you think, he summons a magic
Floyd | HOLOGRAM of these events.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrating the HOLOGRAM, he continues: "It was a night of fiery and
Floyd | tender passions, with your FATHER passed out in a STABLE nearby. The
Floyd | SPACEFARER gave the DUFFEL to your MOTHER, saying that if a child
Floyd | might spring from their intense and repeated coupling (or those
Floyd | joinings that might produce children, for as you can see there was
Floyd | much variety), that the child should be granted his useful BAG, that
Floyd | he might know the gifts of a mighty SPACEFARER."
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPIRIT looks you in the eye. "You, of course, are that child." At
Floyd | this point, the HOLOGRAM is a series of embarassing naked-baby
Floyd | pictures, most of which also feature the THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you see, that is how THESKIAN DUFFEL BAGS came to be on VANTH, and
Floyd | why they are so valued. They are gifts from the stars, and your BAG,
Floyd | dear barbarian, is more than that ... it is your heritage."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I tell you this because the spirit of BELGIUM lives on in your BAG!
Floyd | We have no patience for despots like the SLAVER KING! Indeed, our fair
Floyd | land was ruled by conquerors for EIGHTEEN CENTURIES. The Romans, the
Floyd | Franks, the Austrians, the Burgundians and more." His voice takes on a
Floyd | deep, proud timbre. "But no more, barbarian. BELGIUM is a
Floyd | parliamentary democracy, producing wheat, fruits and sugar beets
Floyd | alongside our fine metal products and glassware ... and our tourist
Floyd | industry is not the mere joke that the 'Monty Python' would have you
Floyd | believe! Oh no. We are a lovely realm, and perhaps some day you may
Floyd | quest here ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But for now, barbarian, know ye TRUTH. Do your DUFFEL BAG proud, fine
Floyd | warrior! Defeat the SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | ... and then you feel yourself awaken, as if from a deep sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		zarf says, "wut"
		borowski says, "Hooray for Belgium!"
		DavidW says, "That was lovely."
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be
Floyd | reading a tiny book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it only a dream ..?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard book" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You must have been imagining things. Fish are no more literate than
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard waterfall" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand,
Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "our hit points are up to 21"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter waterfall" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens
Floyd | to other people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I guess this is one way to ensure you don't fight the lizard lady until you have explored a bit"
Emily arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It swims out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no further ideas for the magic fish at this time."
		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye, carp of the day" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > BYE, CARP OF THE DAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Madness, I say!"
		jenrexrode says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 19/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                           QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 19/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:23:16CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 19/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The features of the IDOL glare with stony, furious contempt, as if
Floyd | daring you to USE it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your keen senses detect signs that a MANION DEVIL hath passed near
Floyd | here, not long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sudden gurgling from the muck, and a MIRE IMP leaps out!
Floyd | The MIRE IMP unleashes its glistening claws, and glares upon on your
Floyd | barbarian countenance with naked, animal hatred!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh no"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard imp" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 14/21
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 19/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD IMP
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Tis but a MIRE IMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | The MIRE IMP leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip deep
Floyd | into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 7 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 11/21
Floyd ]                     MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 16/20
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MIRE IMP a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD, but
Floyd | good! You scored 4 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the MIRE IMP is airborne, slashing deeply into your side
Floyd | with his fangs. You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "man, stopping to regard the imp may have SEALED OUR DOOM"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 6/21
Floyd ]                      MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 8/20
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 8 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MIRE IMP strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest with a
Floyd | savage squeal. You have suffered 5 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/21
Floyd ]                      MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 8/20
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's almighty acerbity! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MIRE IMP moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink deep!
Floyd | You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/21
Floyd ]                      MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 5/20
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Paphian parables, you strike hard and true! You scored
Floyd | 3 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MIRE IMP circles you warily, waiting for his chance to strike!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 7 points of damage, leaving the
Floyd | MIRE IMP at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MIRE IMP is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The dead IMP slides back into the MUCK from whence he came, leaving
Floyd | his only worldly posession at your feet ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                          HIT POINTS: 7/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 23/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see some STINKY BAIT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard bait" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 10/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 23/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD BAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's stinky. It has rotted long ago; now only the foulest SEA-MONSTER
Floyd | would find it appealing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize bait" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 13/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE BAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 16/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 19/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, now be foolish again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | THE SKY RINGS WITH LAUGHTER!!! You are mocked by the Viraxian Gods for
Floyd | attempting to make USE of their idol unprepared. A voice rings out:
Floyd | "Bring the proper tribute ... USE it with the IDOL," it says, "and we
Floyd | MAY choose to reward you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Magic fish might like stinky bait."
		inky says, "I bet there is an actual sea monster in this game"
		inky says, "which we must wrestle with our mighty thews"
		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait with idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT WITH IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a distant rumble of laughter, and a voice sayeth "That is not
Floyd | proper tribute, barbarian. Bring us something more suited to our DARK
Floyd | PURPOSE."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "dark purpose eh"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 25/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on bear" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 25/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the STINKY BAIT toward the GRIZZLY, and the great BEAR'S
Floyd | nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing waters of
Floyd | the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the STINKY
Floyd | BAIT, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and returns to
Floyd | pawing the water in hopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aww"
		inky says, "also, I assume Jacqueline disapproves of me feeding the bear"
		DavidW says, "Bears like fish and honey, traditionally."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yes, I do. A fed bear is a dead bear, inky."
		DavidW says, "And Sugar Smacks, of course."
		inky says, "and pick-a-nick baskets"
borowski says (to floyd), "regard grizzly" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 25/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GRIZZLY
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large GRIZZLY BEAR, but it seemeth lean and hungry. Its
Floyd | attempts at fishing in the MOUNTAIN STREAM are apparently bearing no
Floyd | fruit (or fish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 25/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look upon the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM, you can't escape the
Floyd | feeling that the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM is examining you in
Floyd | return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm, maybe we could give the bear the fruit or the fish."
		borowski says, "No, not the fish. We don't want a MAGIC BEAR."
		zarf says, "speak for yourself"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps the fish will grant us a wish if we dare try to feed it to a bear."
		inky says, "maybe the bear will grant us two wishes if we give it the fish"
		DavidW says, "oooooh"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 26/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I love a good wish war,."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard spire" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 26/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SPIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick visit to the CRYSTAL SPIRE wouldst satisfy thy curiosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sure could use a good fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard crevasse" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 26/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CREVASSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CREVASSE is lovely, dark and deep, but you have promises to keep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "heh"
		zarf says, "and fish to bear before we sleep"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                     QUEST RATE: 27/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE
Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower.
Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no
Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a
Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling
Floyd | treasure!
Floyd |
Floyd | But for such a prize to be unprotected ... Your barbarian instincts
Floyd | warn of unseen dangers, and something else ... an unseen rival?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard necklace" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Imagine if the GODS took down all the stars from the sky, and strung
Floyd | them along a fine chain of silver, and sold it in GOD CITY. With the
Floyd | money they might gain from the bargain, they could put a down-payment
Floyd | on the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "too fast!"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm trying to map and you're moving around the landscape too quickly."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad someone is mapping."
		inky says, "whoops, sorry"
		inky says, "I'll wait here"
		Jacqueline says, "I was driving yesterday while we played this, so I have no concept whatsoever of the landscape."
		borowski says, "I hope the driver wasn't confused."
		DavidW says, "okay, I'm caught up."
		borowski says, ""Go north! No, west! WEST!"
		DavidW says, "We're in the northeast part of the map so far."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, people would say N, and the next thing I knew I'd crossed the treaty line beyond which no vampires are allowed (we visited Forks and La Push, among other places yesterday)."
inky says (to Floyd), "seize necklace" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 14/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as your fingertips brush the scintillating surface of the
Floyd | NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a sizzling shock throws you backward across the
Floyd | room! Crackling energies coalesce into a grinning, sparkling WRAITH of
Floyd | ELECTRO-PHASIC QUASIMATTER! A deadly VOLTAIC WRAITH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "As near as I can tell, we're currently due east a few rooms from the lizard maiden"
		inky says, "ok I guess that wasn't surprising"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard wraith" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                      HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WRAITH
Floyd |
Floyd | A SCIENTIST wouldst describe the WRAITH as a semi-corporeal arc
Floyd | construction of sapient hostile quasi-matter manifesting on a voltaic
Floyd | impulse wavelength. Thou, however, wouldst not.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 23 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 37 out of a possible 500, in 71 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "whoah dang"
		Jacqueline says, "dag"
		inky says, "I guess I should have assumed this would be a litle beyond us at the moment, but man"
		Jacqueline says, "You can UNDO"
inky says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		DavidW says, "I saved back at the idol, too."
		DavidW says, "cf2"
inky says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, hrm, I thought I saved earlier"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 25/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 26/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                     QUEST RATE: 27/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                       QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE
Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower.
Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no
Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a
Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling
Floyd | treasure!
Floyd |
Floyd | But for such a prize to be unprotected ... Your barbarian instincts
Floyd | warn of unseen dangers, and something else ... an unseen rival?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                     QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 28/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause to take in the deep orange and red of the evening sky, heavy
Floyd | with clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm, is there a time of day, then?"
		inky says, "(don't want to lose the explored flag on those rooms so we get the hps)"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 23/23
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 29/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I assume this will be dwarves"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 30/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vacticinal cowlick, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ah"
		inky says, "jackanapes, eh"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard ring" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 30/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RING
Floyd |
Floyd | The GLADIATOR'S RING is a simple open space where the gravel has been
Floyd | flattened in an open circle, to mark a place of battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 30/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard rogues" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 30/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ROGUES
Floyd |
Floyd | The PARTY OF ROGUES seem quite the band of ne'er do wells!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLUE BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with VON DARTH THE SLY! "It's good to face a worthy
Floyd | foe, barbarian!" he shouts, and salutes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... VON DARTH THE SLY is a
Floyd | short, mutated human with an extra arm sticking out of his neck. In
Floyd | this third arm he holds a wicked-looking MACHETE. With his free hands
Floyd | he gestures rudely for the crowd's amusement. He stands eagerly,
Floyd | waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's indigestible excretions, your GLADIUS SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeesh"
		inky says, "ok I guess this one isn't going to happen"
		DavidW says, "It's like being Wile E Coyote."
		inky says, "and this is the lowest of the gladiators"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:38:16CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "surrender" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > SURRENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The phasic radiation must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. Seek
Floyd | guidance with the HELP command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The eager crowd is pressed around you; there is nowhere to go at the
Floyd | moment but back into the fray!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/24
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 55/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 4 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH brings his MACHETE to bear! You have suffered 7 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/24
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 49/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a happy snarl, VON DARTH leaps to the attack! You have
Floyd | suffered 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. VON DARTH THE SLY has beaten you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as VON DARTH THE SLY lays you low
Floyd | with a hard stroke from his MACHETE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering VON
Floyd | DARTH with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see his smiling
Floyd | face above you, and his third hand extended to help you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, barbarian. It might just as easily been me lying
Floyd | there in the dust. Let yourself heal, and then return to challenge me
Floyd | once more! It was a pleasure to face a man with real spirit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                                HIT POINTS: 1/24
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                         QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners, this is a party! Here
Floyd | in this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made
Floyd | an outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center
Floyd | of attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "that's nice of them"
		inky says, "oh, huzzzah"
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                    HIT POINTS: 5/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Doug has left the channel.
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                    HIT POINTS: 5/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "'repose' to rest and heal"
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                    HIT POINTS: 9/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 13/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 17/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 21/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, we had ours set to WIMP mode, and I guess that was really helpful. Like, if you guys are less enthralled with the RPG elements, you could try that, but also I think that there are ways to build up even at this level where the fights would be balanced so long as you took on the right peeps."
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		inky says, "yeah, I assume there is more of a puzzle aspect if you have to fight people in the right order"
		inky says, "and/or find the right stuff"
borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		inky says, "also, I expect we could take on the lizard lady pretty soon"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                         HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 32/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                  QUEST RATE: 33/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sure could use a good fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "seashore!"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 34/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "TOO Fast"
		inky says, "sorry!"
		DavidW says, "ok, go"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While
Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic
Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "lighthouses always have good stuff"
		borowski asks, "Would there be a way to map online?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike the structure supporting it, the ENORMOUS LAMP is in good
Floyd | repair (even the vast and fragile-looking reflector).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard reflector" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD REFLECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike the structure supporting it, the ENORMOUS LAMP is in good
Floyd | repair (even the vast and fragile-looking reflector).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail reflector" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL REFLECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ENORMOUS LAMP is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Thinkest again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the ENORMOUS LAMP as hard as you can, but it only makes
Floyd | your eyes hurt. Alas, the ways of the barbarian, while hallowed by the
Floyd | ages and kin to the wild, are so seldom useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "flashlight?"
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT'S incredible TECHNO-BEAM does indeed shine impressively
Floyd | within the ENORMOUS LAMP'S vast reflector, and you toy with it for a
Floyd | while, but if a distant vessel seeth your signal, you know not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of jen), "?"
		inky says, "oho"
		inky says, "seems like something for later"
		DavidW says, "I think you're right. Let's move on."
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard sea" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look upon the SEA, you can't escape the feeling that the SEA is
Floyd | familiar to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge
Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean
Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all
Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more
Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a
Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a
Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water
Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a
Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby
Floyd | city!
Floyd |
Floyd | And then it eats you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "ha ha ha"
Marvin arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Tale arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		DavidW says, "good grief"
		Tale asks, "What are you kids playing?"
		borowski says, "Inside the belly of the beast!"
		DavidW says, "Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom"
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 15/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are
Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy
Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to
Floyd | consume you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling
Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you
Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "Uh, nice"
		jenrexrode says, "uh oh 15"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pillage" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 4/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized.
Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF
Floyd | ODIN, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (being worn), a FLASHLIGHT, an ABSORBENT
Floyd | SPACE-RAG and a GLADIUS SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 4/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "You had me at FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS"
		DavidW says, "Try up or down."
		inky asks, "did I once again fail to save before doing something dangerous?"
		DavidW says (to inky), "yes"
		Ellison says, "sorry I missed the start of this. I've been meaning to play this game for ages."
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes only a squishy, acidic moment to confirm your fears: that
Floyd | "passage" leads only to more GULLET.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 4/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Up, then."
		Jacqueline says, "You can recap the room, or, if people would like, I could post the raw transcript thus far since a couple of new people have shown up."
inky says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes only a squishy, acidic moment to confirm your fears: that
Floyd | "passage" leads only to more GULLET.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                    HIT POINTS: 5/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                            QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Use sword on sea-monster?"
		inky says, "whoops, sorry"
		DavidW says, "fie on thee!"
		inky says, "let me get back to the beach"
		Tale says (to Jacqueline), "Not for me. I'll watch for a few minutes, then wander off."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                          HIT POINTS: 9/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 32/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 13/24
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                  QUEST RATE: 33/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 17/24
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 34/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                         HIT POINTS: 21/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While
Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic
Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Marvin says, "Or I could blindly flail around pretending I know what's going on. That sounds fun."
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge
Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean
Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all
Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more
Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a
Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a
Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water
Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a
Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby
Floyd | city!
Floyd |
Floyd | And then it eats you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 14/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are
Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy
Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to
Floyd | consume you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling
Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you
Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized.
Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword n sea monster" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD N SEA MONSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise
Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gullet" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL GULLET
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail sea monster" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL SEA MONSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attempts come to naught. But, in fairness, dissolving in
Floyd | DIGESTIVE JUICES might distract anyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Ellison says (to J), "hmm, good point. unfortunately, I have to leave in five minutes anyway, but I'll do that later when I get back."
		DavidW says, "You misspelt ON"
		inky says, "oh, so I did"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword on sea monster" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD ON SEA MONSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a GLADIUS SWORD,
Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths,
Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps the juices themselves have to dealt with somehow. Find a giant Tums, maybe."
		zarf asks, "maybe pick up the flesh-totem, hope it helps?"
		inky says, "undo"
		inky says, "er"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard flesh" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FLESH
Floyd |
Floyd | You've heard of these blasphemous items ... warped dolls fashioned
Floyd | from the real flesh of the powerful, used to appease dark godlings and
Floyd | great demons. This one bears a remarkable resemblance to DARTH VIRAXIS
Floyd | of the VIRAXIAN EMPIRE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We took those things but didn't try to use them."
		Jacqueline says, "I would dearly love to give a hint when you guys want one on the sea monster. Not to solve it for you, just let you know something minor that would be good to know, because we flailed with this for a really long time yesterday."
		Jacqueline says, "Let me know when you want that."
		inky says, "oho"
		DavidW asks, "I'm guessing the totem is for the idol, then?"
		inky says, "I bet that flesh totem is -- yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 2/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard eye patch" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD EYE PATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell it's authentically the EYEPATCH OF ODIN because there is
Floyd | a tag, in the old runes: "PROPERTY OF ODIN ALL-FATHER. RETURNEST
Floyd | IFFETH FOUND."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "srnk"
		inky says (to Jacqueline), "sure, if it's not a big spoiler, let's hear it"
		DavidW says, "ack"
		DavidW says, "Let's not just yet."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, let me know when."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                                HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                    QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's a minor hint, but one I'm thinking you'll appreciate."
		borowski says, "Oops, still dead."
		borowski asks, "Maybe we need more hitpoints?"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:53:16CDT 		borowski asks, "Did we try to do battle with the lizard lady?"
		DavidW says, "We haven't explored everywhere yet, for one thing."
		DavidW says (to borowski), "Not since our early defeat."
		DavidW says, "But maybe we can take her now that we have more hp and armor."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I think we have as many hp as her now."
		DavidW asks, "what's our last restore name?"
		inky says, "on the beach, I think"
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was asking for the name of the save file, not the PC's location."
		inky says, "oh, sorry"
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                              QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), a FLASHLIGHT, an ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG and a GLADIUS SWORD (held
Floyd | at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest exploring more, but at least we know a use for the bait."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of goodwives walks past, discussing what soundeth like
Floyd | interesting gossip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard goodwives" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GOODWIVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The peoples and sundries of the realm are much like any other thou
Floyd | hast seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard guard" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice nothing exotic, enthralling, sexy or unusual about the
Floyd | GUARD, at least by barbarian standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW asks, "No sexin' up the guard, eh?"
		inky says, ">USE THEWS ON GUARD"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard gates" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GATES
Floyd |
Floyd | The CASTLE GATES are constructed of great blocks of BASALTIC
Floyd | WIZARD-STONE, quarried by slaves, sledged here by slaves, cut by
Floyd | slaves and placed by slaves. The great PORTCULLIS is currently down,
Floyd | preventing entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use guard" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Unless thou dost intend something kinky, you can fathom no immediate
Floyd | use for the GUARD.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		inky says, "hee hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard wizard-stone" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WIZARD-STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CASTLE GATES are constructed of great blocks of BASALTIC
Floyd | WIZARD-STONE, quarried by slaves, sledged here by slaves, cut by
Floyd | slaves and placed by slaves. The great PORTCULLIS is currently down,
Floyd | preventing entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "DW inspired me to try that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use stone" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Back off from there, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard marketplace" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MARKETPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "he is an inspiration to us all"
		DavidW says, "hm, no shops or merchandise to focus on? that's odd."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard marketplace" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MARKETPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                        QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look here," says one pirate to another, "A barbarian, and clearly no
Floyd | pirate. He doesn't even stink of rum!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "as a barbarian we care not for such socio-economic matters"
		inky says, "I assume this is a puzzle where we need to find all the bits of the pirate costume and it's a major quest"
		DavidW says, "sounds plausible"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard pirates" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                        QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PIRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | Ye've ne'er seen a mangier lot of cutthroats, on land or sea. Arr.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "arr" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                        QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ARR
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise
Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Your game manual, or the HELP command,
Floyd | might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "even though by the time we have it all we would be powerful enough to just force our way past the gatekeeper"
		Jacqueline says, "That was our thought, though we hadn't brought it to fruition yet."
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                        QUEST RATE: 37/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "'Ere now," says a pirate, "See that barbarian? He's got no peg-leg,
Floyd | so clearly he's no pirate!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "oh, like that eye patch"
		Jacqueline says, "But I would get behind that plan."
		inky says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gunther only just returned but ghargh that wrong "old english"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard barrel" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | The BARREL is a sturdy thing, filled with rainwater and foul
Floyd | city-dweller trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail barrel" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use
Floyd | than that, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize barrel" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Even if you were to empty the BARREL of rainwater and trash, it's of
Floyd | no use that you can tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use barrel" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Even if you were to empty the BARREL of rainwater and trash, it's of
Floyd | no use that you can tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "This game is silly and over the top and genre mashing, but it knows it and commits to it and if taken on those terms it is delightful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter barrel" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | The BARREL seemeth less than comfy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail rats" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL RATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out at the RATS, but they just scurry into nearby
Floyd | hidey-holes, their twitchy tails vanishing like a child's last slurp
Floyd | of THESKIAN SPAGHETTI.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard spaghetti" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SPAGHETTI
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "roll barrel, have barrel of fun"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can move on, a SHADY CHARACTER catches your attention with
Floyd | a "pssst!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You look down and see a HOBLING. "Barbarian," he says, "I can see
Floyd | you're new here in the ALLEYWAY. I should explain a thing or two." He
Floyd | looks both ways carefully before he continues. "This ALLEYWAY here ...
Floyd | if you ever want to stash anything, there's no safer place than right
Floyd | here. Me and the boys, we look after it, see."
Floyd |
Floyd | He sees the doubt on your features, and smiles. "We're CRIMINALS
Floyd | around here, sure. But we don't steal nuffin'! We're
Floyd | adventuring types, see. Strictly delving. Open a few doors, disarm a
Floyd | few death-traps? It's a living."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And more important ..." he hikes a thumb toward the half-open
Floyd | doorway. "That is the business place of VESSA, who we call THE
Floyd | DELICATE DOXY. She's a very fine girl, and she's a
Floyd | sweetheart, see. So if we hear about you roughin' her up or
Floyd | scarin' her, well ... we might 'revoke-your-access,' if you know what
Floyd | I'm saying."
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what he's saying, so you nod grimly. He smiles "You're
Floyd | okay, barbarian. Yes, sir." Then, he slips away into the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "hmmm. That sounds important."
		jenrexrode says, "send him after that fruit"
		DavidW says, "We probably have to get rid of something when the guards chase us later, as implied in earlier text."
		DavidW says, "I suggest that we be on our best behaviour with Vessa for now, but she's certain to have a prize we want anyway."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 38/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head. There is a large BARREL here, presently devoid of
Floyd | scurrying RATS. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south,
Floyd | you could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 39/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young WOMAN reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly over the edge
Floyd | of a SCROLL she's writing in. Her eyes are piercing, her grin casual
Floyd | and playful. This must be VESSA herself, the DELICATE DOXY.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA slips the SCROLL under a pillow, and looks to you to make the
Floyd | next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:08:16CDT 		inky says, "hmm, I guess that scroll is important"
		DavidW says, "Magic scroll, I assume."
		DavidW says, "Let's merely regard and parley, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 39/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | True to her reputation, VESSA is almost too delicate for a
Floyd | neighborhood so rough as the DARK ALLEYWAY outside. Despite her small
Floyd | size and tempting curves, however, your keen Warrior's awareness
Floyd | detects an inner ferocity, and her eyes are bright with intellect,
Floyd | cunning ... even wickedness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 39/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 39/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome to my BOUDOIR, barbarian," she says with an arched eyebrow,
Floyd | plainly observing your manly form. "The arrangements here are easy ...
Floyd | just bring me something suitable as payment, some little bauble or
Floyd | treasure you have no need of. In exchange, I will sate your appetites
Floyd | and refresh you for your battles ahead."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, so she's a 'healer', kinda?"
		inky says, "I guess, but that seems weird"
		inky says, "since we can just wait a couple turns to heal"
		DavidW asks, "well, what about poison?"
		inky says, "could be, could be"
		DavidW asks, "What if we get infested with THESKIAN WIGHT-MITES?"
		DavidW says, "We could be cursed with eternal hunger. That would be bad."
		inky says, "ok anyway, I dunno what else to do with her at the moment"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                             QUEST RATE: 39/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 24/26
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 40/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | This GRAVEYARD seems particularly un-rested tonight, as dozens of
Floyd | LIVING KLENGON DEAD begin to claw their way out of the graves to
Floyd | destroy the living!
Floyd |
Floyd | Several of the LIVING KLENGON DEAD advance at once, restricting your
Floyd | opportunities for escape and carving into you with an assortment of
Floyd | weapons! You have suffered 1 hit of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "whoah dang"
		DavidW asks, "I think we should leave Vessa for now and explore south of the alleyway. What do you guys think?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them,
Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gunther says, "oh bi, not Klengons"
		DavidW says, "wtf"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 40/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's truculent toe-demon! A mighty blow! You scored 4 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD shuffle and moan and cluster together, as if
Floyd | awaiting infernal orders to destroy you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gunther says, "er, oh my"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 35/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 5 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are briefly overwhelmed by the mass of LIVING KLENGON DEAD. While
Floyd | mowing two of them down, three others strike! You have suffered 2
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "this seems like a potentially winnable fight even though they have more hp"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 28/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD, though corpses a-rotting, fight with the
Floyd | arrogance of living KLENGONS and the snarling leers to boot! You
Floyd | have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 16/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 23/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's reprehensible table-manners, a fine hit! You scored 5
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Several of the LIVING KLENGON DEAD advance at once, restricting your
Floyd | opportunities for escape and carving into you with an assortment of
Floyd | weapons! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 23/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's hoary homburg! Thine arm hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them,
Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 18/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 5 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD, though corpses a-rotting, fight with the
Floyd | arrogance of living KLENGONS and the snarling leers to boot! You
Floyd | have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 18/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD shuffle and moan and cluster together, as if
Floyd | awaiting infernal orders to destroy you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 9/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 9 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are briefly overwhelmed by the mass of LIVING KLENGON DEAD. While
Floyd | mowing two of them down, three others strike! You have suffered 2
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/26
Floyd ]                LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 3/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's non-Euclidean necktie, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them,
Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 8 points of damage, leaving the
Floyd | LIVING KLENGON DEAD at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD are defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | You rummage through the remains and find something of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 12/26
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 44/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hel-lo"
inky says (to Floyd), "get chainmai" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 12/26
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 44/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CHAINMAI
Floyd |
Floyd | A whammy on your demonic keyboard! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
inky says (to Floyd), "get chainmail" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 16/28
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CHAINMAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard chainmail" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 20/28
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CHAINMAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's heavier and slower than you like, but the protection is useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says (to inky), "oh ye who go about saying 'hello, mail-er'"
inky says (to Floyd), "use chainmail" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CHAINMAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR, and replace it with the SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
		inky says, "dang, +14 max hp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or really +16 since I think the burlap gave us like +2"
		inky says (to DavidW), "good point"
		inky says, "also, it looks like switching armor gave us a full heal, which is convenient"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard tomb" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick visit to the TOMB wouldst satisfy thy curiosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's a whole vertical section of the map that's blank."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard seaport" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SEAPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Unless
Floyd | you travel to GOD CITY, perhaps, or BLACKHAWK ... or the CITY OF
Floyd | THUNDERS. Things are pretty bad there. And up in the BLEAK MOUNTAINS
Floyd | there are a lot of BEE GIRLS, come to think of it, and they live in
Floyd | ACTUAL HIVES of scum and/or villainy. Anyway, it looks like any other
Floyd | town you've seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, well, since you saved I feel no compunction about entering the tomb"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter tomb" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                               HIT POINTS: 29/42
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                   QUEST RATE: 49/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT, but a ghostly guardian blocks the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SPECTERAL SPIRIT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "...good thing you saved!"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/42
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 189/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SPECTERAL SPIRIT! You scored 7 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Though the SPIRIT barely responds to the physical world, its icy hands
Floyd | bite like DAGGERS! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/42
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 189/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SPIRIT
Floyd |
Floyd | By the cut of its tattered and specteral raiment, this must be the
Floyd | shade of some great and regal SULTAN or STAGE MAGICIAN.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/42
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 182/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SPECTERAL SPIRIT a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD,
Floyd | but good! You scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a wail of torment and regret, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT lashes out at
Floyd | you! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 5/42
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 177/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 5 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks in a tormented rage! You have
Floyd | suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/42
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 169/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's devastating candor, a fine hit! You scored 8 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT reaches into your chest and clutches your heart
Floyd | with an icy grip! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 49 out of a possible 500, in 129 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                              QUEST RATE: 47/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're not really ready to fight a spectral spirit, methinks."
		inky says, "ok then"
		inky asks, "which way to the unexplored column? east, I guess?"
		DavidW asks, "East of graveyard?"
		Jacqueline is waiting for Gunther to comment on the SPECTERAL SPIRIT (which bothered me every time maga read it out loud yesterday).
Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "Grenouille is French for frog."
		Jacqueline says, "ILAC"
		DavidW says (to inky), "yes, east"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "well, in this situation Conan pushed a bunch of rocks down on the slug, as I recall"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL
Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "is this pole a weapon we can use when we are tougher?"
		DavidW asks, "What is Detroit anything doing on another planet?"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The dullest Klengon can do better than that. Refer to your game manual
Floyd | for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Slugs are often laid low with salt, if we find any."
		DavidW says, "But maybe normal fighting works too. who knows."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard ruin" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 48/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RUIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an acid-spewing slug the size of a smallish elephant. Very
Floyd | rubbery, it takes a lot of punishment to defeat one. The RUIN SLUG is
Floyd | staring at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 26/42
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 198/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG attacks! You have suffered 16 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "..oops"
		inky says, "I guess this is the spectral spirit of slugs"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I expected as much."
		Jacqueline says, "Dag, 198 hp."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                        HIT POINTS: 33/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 49/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is a fight best won with brain not brawn."
		inky says, "in that case, I flee!"
		DavidW asks, "Check that the scarred forest is due east of here, please?"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 40/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 49/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:23:16CDT 		inky says, "a well-aimed directional blow, sirrah"
		DavidW says, "ok. Go back west and north."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                        HIT POINTS: 42/42
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 49/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 50/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an EAR OF CORN here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aw yeah"
		DavidW says, "We still have no oil, I guess."
		inky says, "I wonder if the bear would like some delicious corn"
		inky says, "maybe we can turn the corn into corn oil"
inky says (to Floyd), "get corn" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard corn" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | It reminds you of an EAR OF CORN from your childhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of a WELL can
Floyd | drive many a hero to gibbering madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | It reminds you of the old tavern tale about the clever farmer, the
Floyd | WELL, and the murder of the FIRST HOBLING EMPEROR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the wind change direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth with corn" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH WITH CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a Warrior-born, barbarian, not a scullery maid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh yeah, back to start"
		inky says, "well, perhaps it is now time for lizard battle"
		inky says, "or, as you might prefer, battle lizard"
		borowski says, "The battle lizard battle."
		DavidW says, "We haven't gone east of Marketplace, or north of Frosted Uplands, or east of Idol Swamp."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 53/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But I agree, lizard battle is nigh."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 38/43
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sudden whiff of brimstone, and an INFERNAL APE swings down
Floyd | from the treetops, screeching for your blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 5 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
		inky says, "ape battle interupts lizard battle"
		inky says, "it's the old, old story"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/43
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 64/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, INFERNAL APE! You scored 6 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 32/43
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 56/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 8 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your
Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 6 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "haha"
		inky says, "oops, this might not end well"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/43
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 56/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's devastating candor! Thine aim hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning
Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 3
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/43
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 49/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/43
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 44/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs! A mighty blow! You scored 5
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest
Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 27/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "successful flee!"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 34/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 41/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 43/43
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 54/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now then"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 43/45
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 55/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The OLD STONE BRIDGE is guarded by a LIZARD MAIDEN, half a head taller
Floyd | than you. The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors,
Floyd | but this one obviously didn't seek permission! She may even be some
Floyd | kind of LIZARD-AMAZON hybrid ... you know not. She would be lovely,
Floyd | but for her green scales, cold blood, needle-like fangs and snake-like
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | She hefts an impressive green-metal TWO-HANDED SWORD and looks you in
Floyd | the eye. "I await a worthy foe, rat-slave. Dare you challenge me?" She
Floyd | laughs a hissing laugh. "If not, you may scurry away in peace. Only
Floyd | men of mettle concern me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/45
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 27/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 4 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 24/45
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 20/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a howl of rage, the LIZARD MAIDEN strikes! You have suffered
Floyd | 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/45
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 13/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's sacred codpiece, your GLADIUS SWORD lands home! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange GREEN SWORD of the LIZARD MAIDEN cuts as fine as any steel
Floyd | you've known! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/45
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 13/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN dances in a defensive stance, watching your
Floyd | movements, hissing, and looking for an opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/45
Floyd ]                   LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 6/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's sable-coated cysts, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cursing your weakness, the LIZARD MAIDEN swings low with her
Floyd | blade! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's pampered panda-bears, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage, leaving the LIZARD MAIDEN at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | You kick the body of the LIZARD MAIDEN into the stream below the
Floyd | bridge, and watch it wash into the narrow CULVERT leading into the
Floyd | base of the CASTLE. On the ground, her green-metal SWORD awaits ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 17/45
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 59/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TWO-HANDED SWORD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "victory is ours"
inky says (to Floyd), "get sword" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 24/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the TWO-HANDED SWORD)
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 31/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the GLADIUS SWORD)
Floyd | You unhand the GLADIUS SWORD and carry it as ordinary gear. Your bare
Floyd | FIST is ready for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use two-handed sword" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 38/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TWO-HANDED SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now we're talkin'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 38/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard two-handed sword" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 45/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TWO-HANDED SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fashioned from a strange green metal. Some sort of LIZARD MAN
Floyd | iron, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh yeah, good call"
		zarf says, "I'm not sure 'two handed sword' means what you think"
		inky says, "hee hee"
		inky says (to zarf), "well, we're a barbarian"
		Gunther asks, "the one from Munchkin?"
		zarf says, "point"
		inky says, "we don't have to use both hands unless it's a three- or four-handed sword"
		DavidW asks, "anyway, east of Marketplace? north of Uplands? Or fight a rogue in the pit?"
		inky says, "I feel like the rogue had like 60 hp"
		inky says, "so I would like to get a little tougher first"
		DavidW says, "oh, ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 47/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd |    * BAROOOOOO!!! *
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the peal of a great horn in the distance, from the highest
Floyd | turrets of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE. You knew this moment would come
Floyd | ... the SLAVER KING has heard of your movements, and he has no doubt
Floyd | released his precious pets, a trio of deadly PYREXIS HOUNDS, to hunt
Floyd | you down and deliver your charred carcass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't been recording the HP of enemies."
borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		inky says, "whoah dang"
borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 47/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 47/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can approach the icy bridge, there is a great explosion of
Floyd | snow all around you, a shifting and coiling of fur and ire! A GIANT
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT rises, hissing, into the frosty sunlight, its fangs
Floyd | dripping with ICE VENOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes
Floyd | save you from harm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "snow-serpent also sounds like something that will kick our ass"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 47/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 47/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 34/47
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can approach the icy bridge, there is a great explosion of
Floyd | snow all around you, a shifting and coiling of fur and ire! A GIANT
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT rises, hissing, into the frosty sunlight, its fangs
Floyd | dripping with ICE VENOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils tight, and then leaps at you with all its
Floyd | great bulk, carrying you both further down the frosty slope as its
Floyd | fangs dig in! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47
Floyd ]                GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 21/33
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes
Floyd | save you from harm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh, I would've suggested running to safety in Dark Alleyway, actually."
		inky says, "oh hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47
Floyd ]                GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 21/33
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes
Floyd | save you from harm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh hmm"
		inky says, "er"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47
Floyd ]                GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 15/33
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 6 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes
Floyd | save you from harm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/47
Floyd ]                 GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 8/33
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a savage hiss and almost hypnotic motion, the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT
Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 19 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 12 points of damage, leaving
Floyd | the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to carve into its warm, furry scales to find the
Floyd | bloody flesh beneath. Searching for exactly the right muscle, you rip
Floyd | free a valuable treasure ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 23/49
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 67/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get slab" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 31/50
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 70/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "delicious!"
inky says (to Floyd), "x slab" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 39/50
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 70/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab's ichor is not yet iridescent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I hope it doesn't turn out that we have to kill the serpent at the right time so its meat ripens at the right time so we can use it at the right time"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 47/50
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                   QUEST RATE: 72/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... the sight of the SEA OF GREAT PERIL gets you thinking about that
Floyd | STINKY BAIT you won from the MIRE IMP. Knowest thou that yonder SEA is
Floyd | filled with beasts of many kinds, some of whom might fancy even such
Floyd | foul BAIT as this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "do we dare? of course we dare"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 47/50
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                   QUEST RATE: 72/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "if you save, first."
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 50/50
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 73/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE
Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA looks up from his work as you enter amid a swirl
Floyd | of snow. "Welcome, barbarian," he says. "Please, take your ease here
Floyd | if you need shelter from the cold. The hospitality of our DARK DEMON
Floyd | LORD FROM BENEATH THE STYGIAN ABYSSAL PITS is no mere rumor. When you
Floyd | have a time, come and PARLEY with me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRGIN SACRIFICE also looks up with a welcoming smile, but as she
Floyd | is bound oiled and naked to the altar she does not rise to greet you
Floyd | formally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard incense" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 50/50
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 73/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD INCENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The INCENSE is currently unlit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 50/50
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 73/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense nothing about the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA that you would consider a
Floyd | threat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard sacrifice" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 50/50
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 73/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SACRIFICE
Floyd |
Floyd | GINA is bound naked to the cold stone ALTAR, her heaving breasts
Floyd | glistening with ANOINTING OIL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oil!"
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth with sacrifice" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH WITH SACRIFICE
Floyd |
Floyd | In a moment when the ACOLYTE is looking elsewhere, you wipe the soft
Floyd | ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG across GINA's naked, heaving bosoms, lingering no
Floyd | longer than you dare. GINA grins at the secret moment you have shared,
Floyd | and now you have a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay oil"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE nods in greeting. "It is comforting to have a Warrior
Floyd | visit us here. We worry constantly of invasion by the BEE GIRLS and
Floyd | THREE-HEADED GIANTS of the high mountains, and perhaps a man like you
Floyd | can aid me ..." He holds up a beautiful gem. "Bring me a worthy WEAPON
Floyd | I can use to defend the TEMPLE, and I will give you this valuable
Floyd | FIERY JEWEL." The treasure he offers is indeed beautiful: a
Floyd | darkly-shining stone with living sparks inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "interesting"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gina" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GINA
Floyd |
Floyd | GINA notices the look of concern in your eyes. "Worry not, barbarian,
Floyd | for I am here by choice. My life-force will be an UNHOLY GIFT to the
Floyd | VIRAXIAN DEMON-GODS, and spare my people a poor harvest." She
Floyd | continues with more along those lines, but you find yourself
Floyd | distracted by her naked body, gleaming with ANOINTING OIL. You do your
Floyd | best to keep your eyes level and pay attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your nostrils flare, picking up a familiar rotting scent ... what
Floyd | could that be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:38:16CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE
Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard altar" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ALTAR has an oiled, naked VIRGIN SACRIFICE on it. She gives you a
Floyd | wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "Our serpent meat, perhaps"
		inky says, "I don't know what the familiar rotting smell is from"
		inky says, "oh aha"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                        QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls
Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "sure enough"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                   QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, well, I'm going to go oil the robot"
		inky says, "as they say"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                              QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 54/54
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danger! Your keen ears pick up the barking and howling of the PYREXIS
Floyd | HOUND PACK, nearby!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops uh-oh"
		DavidW says, "I hope the meat doesn't spoil"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 50/54
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 80/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a PYREXIS HOUND PACK here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entire PACK leaps upon you! You feel tooth and claw shredding at
Floyd | your very force of life! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 48/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 37/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PACK take turns tearing at your flesh! You have suffered 2
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 35/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 26/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, PYREXIS HOUND PACK! You scored 11 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PACK LEADER leaps forward, and cuts deep into your shoulder with
Floyd | his FIERY FANGS OF HEAT! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the PACK LEADER brays from the rear, the other HOUNDS shred flesh
Floyd | from your legs! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 26/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's discordant drum solo! Thou hast missest!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PACK take turns tearing at your flesh! You have suffered 5
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 13/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the PACK LEADER brays from the rear, the other HOUNDS shred flesh
Floyd | from your legs! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PACK LEADER leaps forward, and cuts deep into your shoulder with
Floyd | his FIERY FANGS OF HEAT! You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/54
Floyd ]                PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 10/37
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's hallowed hiphuggers, a fine hit! You scored 10 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The entire PACK leaps upon you! You feel tooth and claw shredding at
Floyd | your very force of life! You have suffered 6 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 13 points of damage, leaving the PYREXIS HOUND PACK at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PYREXIS HOUND PACK is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | With the last of the PYREXIS HOUNDS dead at your feet, you grab the
Floyd | strongest by the jaw and rip its head from its body. Examining the
Floyd | beast, you recall a lesson taught you by a Pioneer when you were a
Floyd | youngling: pluck out the eye of a PYREXIS HOUND, and you need never
Floyd | touch flint to steel again. You dig your finger into the socket,
Floyd | remove the prize, then cast the head aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 13/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aw yeah"
		inky says, "ok so we have a fire tool"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 22/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB
Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR
Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "goodness."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pyrexian eye" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 31/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PYREXIAN EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | The PYREXIAN EYE, ripped from the skull of the strongest of the SLAVER
Floyd | KING'S beloved pets, is very warm to the touch, and but the slightest
Floyd | squeeze makes it flash briefly with flame. 'Tis nothing sustained
Floyd | enough to provide much light or heat for survival, but the spark is
Floyd | well-suited to lighting tinder for a campfire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "also we look pretty macho"
		inky says, "hey, we're up to 57 hp"
		inky says, "might be gladiator time next"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 24/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                           QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 33/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                 QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in
Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if sea monster juices are flammable."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 42/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                            QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 42/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                         QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                        HIT POINTS: 51/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 90/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                   QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Touching the cloth gently to the rusty "wounds" on the ROBODROID'S
Floyd | silver skin, the fine ANOINTING OIL allows some of the tiny parts to
Floyd | move a bit more freely for a moment. Some of the lights on his flat
Floyd | display-face begin to flutter more brightly, and the ROBODROID
Floyd | whispers in a thin, crackling voice:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank. You. Friend. Need. Repair. Cabling. Need. Repair. Power! Find.
Floyd | Cabling. Where. Robodroids. Are. There. Cabling. Power! Help. Please.
Floyd | Please. Please. Please ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... and then the ROBODROID falls silent once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh"
		inky says, "we haven't seen any other robodroids in the game that I recall"
		DavidW says, "not yet"
maga arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		inky says, "let's see"
		inky asks, "did you say there was one more place to explore?"
		DavidW says, "We still haven't been east of Marketplace or south of the ape."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "where is the ape from the idol?"
		DavidW says, "east"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 53/57
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an INFERNAL APE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink
Floyd | deep! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 62/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 8 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest
Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 49/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 13 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning
Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 5
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 43/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 30/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's munificent milkmaids, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 13 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink
Floyd | deep! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unsurvivable singing voice! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your
Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 5 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 22/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the INFERNAL APE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED SWORD,
Floyd | but good! You scored 8 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 11 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 10 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning
Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 2
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "going to be a close one"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your
Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "argh curses"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "undo and try again?"

Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Curses indeed."
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think you can do this, though."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "ok, I guess this is non-random"
		inky says, "like maybe the random numbers are set at the beginning of combat"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 22/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 34/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 43/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 52/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 57/57
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 51/57
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 93/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an INFERNAL APE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 70/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink
Floyd | deep! You have suffered 6 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 61/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the INFERNAL APE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED SWORD,
Floyd | but good! You scored 9 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 52/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 9 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip
Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 4 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 40/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your
Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 24/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 34/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's extravagant allowance! A mighty blow! You scored 6
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning
Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 10
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 21/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 28/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unwarranted waistcoat, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands
Floyd | home! You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest
Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 23/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 5 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink
Floyd | deep! You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/57
Floyd ]                   INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unrepenting usurpers, a fine hit! You scored 11 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 13/57
Floyd ]                    INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 6/70
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your
Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 5 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's seven sonic saprophytes, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 14 points of damage, leaving the INFERNAL APE at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The INFERNAL APE is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The powerful hell-spawned APE slides to the forest floor, his dead
Floyd | eyes staring past you into the spirit world. There is a harsh puff of
Floyd | brimstone, and the ground splits beneath him, swallowing his remains
Floyd | in a rush of foul, superheated air. Then, all is peaceful once more in
Floyd | the WOODED FOOTHILLS.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 22/59
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 97/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the wind change direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "take that, ape"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 22/59
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 97/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                      HIT POINTS: 31/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                                QUEST RATE: 98/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                              HIT POINTS: 40/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                   QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS
Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you,
Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance.
Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and
Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your
Floyd | purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enormous CLIFF GIANT is sitting here, ninety tons of drowsy, rocky
Floyd | mass. Even his beard is made of stone. He's half-looking at the scenic
Floyd | vista, half-sleeping. When he snores, it sends minor slides of pebbles
Floyd | and loose snow bouncing down the mountainside. He rests in front of
Floyd | the entrance to a CAVE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x cliff giant" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                              HIT POINTS: 49/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                   QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIFF GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is really big, really rocky, and really drowsy. He
Floyd | seems barely aware of your presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with cliff giant" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                              HIT POINTS: 58/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                   QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH CLIFF GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT takes no notice of you, unless snoring counts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it seems safe to assume this is another situation where mere brawn will avail us not"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                              HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                   QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is sitting in the way, his vast and rocky BACKSIDE
Floyd | entirely blocking the entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard backside" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                              HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                   QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD BACKSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is really big, really rocky, and really drowsy. He
Floyd | seems barely aware of your presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps we can go.. or not"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                      HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                                QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                 QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                      QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                            QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                        QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look at that lubber barbarian!" one pirate chuckles. "No pirate he;
Floyd | he hasn't even got a parrot!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "so let's see, where from here?"
		DavidW says, "north then east"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pretty barbarian lass brushes past you, her attentions fixed on a
Floyd | burly GUARD she's wooing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard portcullis" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PORTCULLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use portcullis" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE PORTCULLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hands off it, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize portcullis" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 59/59
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                           QUEST RATE: 99/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE PORTCULLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hands off it, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail guard" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | These castle GUARDS are very much for show, and you slaughter him
Floyd | where he stands, causing shrieks of terror in the MARKETPLACE and
Floyd | sending some citizens fleeing in panic. Others, more accustomed to the
Floyd | dangers of a busy harbor, continue about their business.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another GUARD emerges from the iron door of the GUARDHOUSE to take his
Floyd | place, and the dead GUARD is dragged inside. The new GUARD points
Floyd | quietly to a nearby SIGN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I somehow thought the portcullis was west."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard sign" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The SIGN says 'NO SOLICITORS.'
Floyd |
Floyd | In very tiny letters beneath that, it also says 'PLEASE REFRAIN FROM
Floyd | KILLING THE GUARDS AS THEY GROWEST NOT UPON THE TREES.'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "weiiiird"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                         HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's boundless eyebrow, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now then, try #2"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLUE BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with VON DARTH THE SLY! "It's good to face a worthy
Floyd | foe, barbarian!" he shouts, and salutes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... VON DARTH THE SLY is a
Floyd | short, mutated human with an extra arm sticking out of his neck. In
Floyd | this third arm he holds a wicked-looking MACHETE. With his free hands
Floyd | he gestures rudely for the crowd's amusement. He stands eagerly,
Floyd | waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 56/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 65/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking
Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have
Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 56/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 52/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VON DARTH THE SLY! You scored 13 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 42/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY attacks! You have suffered 7 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 34/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 8 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a happy snarl, VON DARTH leaps to the attack! You have
Floyd | suffered 9 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 34/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unattainable undergarment! Thou hast missest!
Floyd |
Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking
Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have
Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 22/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH brings his MACHETE to bear! You have suffered 8 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/63
Floyd ]                 VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 6/65
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's perverted puppetry! A mighty blow! You scored 16 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking
Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have
Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 7 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving VON DARTH THE SLY at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, VON DARTH THE SLY is cast to the dust and
Floyd | gravel, his face bloodied, and his mutant extra arm lolling lamely to
Floyd | one side of his neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help VON DARTH to
Floyd | his feet, and he smiles a bloody-toothed smile. "Aye, barbarian! Now
Floyd | THAT was a proper beating you gave me, and no mistake! It was a
Floyd | privilege."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. VON DARTH gives
Floyd | a weak salute and limps away to heal for a while, and eventually the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 28/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vanishing vacuoles, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 38/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hrm"
		inky says, "I was sort of expecting to get something for that"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard ring" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 48/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RING
Floyd |
Floyd | The GLADIATOR'S RING is a simple open space where the gravel has been
Floyd | flattened in an open circle, to mark a place of battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:53:16CDT 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard red" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 58/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RED
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of
Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard sigil" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 58/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SIGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the BLUE BANNER, the GREEN BANNER, the GOLD BANNER
Floyd | or the RED BANNER?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard green banner" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GREEN BANNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The GREEN BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of
Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard gold banner" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD GOLD BANNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The GOLD BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of
Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Can we pause for about 15 seconds? Want to check something."
		DavidW says, "no secrets there."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, carry on."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB
Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR
Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we must tackle one of: sea-monster, spirit, slug, fish, giant, wraith."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls
Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What if we use the eye on the slug. Do slugs burn?"
		inky says, "I assume the bear doesn't want corn"
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sure could use a good fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "give corn to bear" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CORN TO BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Refer to
Floyd | your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on bear" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the EAR OF CORN toward the GRIZZLY, and the great BEAR'S
Floyd | nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing waters of
Floyd | the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the EAR OF
Floyd | CORN, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and returns to
Floyd | pawing the water in hopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard stream" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's only a BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM, but it hath a certain charm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use eye on corn" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try
Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "I wanted popcorn."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
		inky asks (of Jacqueline), "do we have the stuff we need to tackle the sea serpent?"
		Jacqueline says, "Did you guys try giving the corn to the pretty woman in her boudoir? That is thus far my favorite use of the corn."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB
Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR
Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We haven't used the corn at all yet."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "No. But you've seen the location where the object exists."
		Jacqueline says, "And yeah, that was all I was going to tell you earlier was 'do not spin your wheels too long in the belly of the beast, as you can't get out with what you have in your inventory'."
		DavidW says, "Probably the necklace, then."
		borowski asks, "Hmm. I guess we haven't gotten the fruit or the fish?"
		DavidW says, "Could be the fruit or fish, sure."
		Jacqueline says, "So beyond that I'm not going to tell you what, but you need something."
		DavidW says, "Or the scroll that Vessa has."
		borowski asks, "Was she the one that wanted something fancy?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		borowski says, "I guess that could be the jewel from the temple."
		DavidW says, "Vessa said that if we give her something nice, she'd do something nice for us."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The temple wants a way to defend itself. The idol wants an offering."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly, grinning
Floyd | playfully, and chewing on a bit of her auburn hair. "Hello again,
Floyd | barbarian," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "give corn to vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 106/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CORN TO VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | Select with care thy endeavors, barbarian. The HELP command may offer
Floyd | some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "use"
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles, and gently caresses the EAR OF CORN. "Oh, barbarian,
Floyd | that's a very wicked thought, and you know I'd adore taking
Floyd | you to my bed, but really, that isn't respectful payment for what I
Floyd | can offer you." Her smile brightens. "If you bring me some proper
Floyd | payment, it might be fun if you bring the EAR OF CORN along as well
Floyd | ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline says, "heh - thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "Thought you might enjoy that."
		borowski says, "I assume that she means you guys will watch a movie and eat popcorn."
		Jacqueline says (to borowski), "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "But, you know, movies often come with snuggles."
		DavidW asks, "do they?"
		Jacqueline says, "Often, not always."
		DavidW says, "huh. This has not been my experience."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		inky says, "this is why it's worth shelling out extra for the 3d glasses"
		Jacqueline says, "Guess it also depends on who you watch the movie with and everyone's expectations."
		borowski says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "heehee"
		DavidW asks, "How fearsome was the wraith in the spire?"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we can assail the wraith now?"
		inky says, "hmm, yeah"
		DavidW says, "Or try burning the slug with the eye."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | The breeze dies entirely; now the air is completely still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on slug" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON SLUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You waggle the PYREXIAN EYE at the RUIN SLUG, making gurgly noises.
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG looks at you like you're an idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "and if a slug thinks you are dumb, that is pretty sad"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not exactly what I had in mind, slug."
inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try
Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB
Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR
Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That ... was not what I anticipated with the slug eye combo."
		Jacqueline says, "Pretty good."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering
Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "spire wraith, I guess. Unless bait on fish?"
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You lower the STINKY BAIT to tempt the MAGIC FISH, but the FISH darts
Floyd | away rapidly. It seems that MAGIC FISH have better taste in BAIT than
Floyd | your average MIRE IMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "regard eye" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | The PYREXIAN EYE, ripped from the skull of the strongest of the SLAVER
Floyd | KING'S beloved pets, is very warm to the touch, and but the slightest
Floyd | squeeze makes it flash briefly with flame. 'Tis nothing sustained
Floyd | enough to provide much light or heat for survival, but the spark is
Floyd | well-suited to lighting tinder for a campfire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 60/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                   HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a gentle cracking noise somewhere nearby, like rocks tumbling
Floyd | onto one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Those pipes might be dealt with somehow..."
		inky says, "true"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 57/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pipes" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 54/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Have we tried exploring the -- timing"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:08:16CDT 		
borowski says (to floyd), "regard water" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 48/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can't take any water away, I suppose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use pipes" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 35/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | Creative! But fruitless.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "best leave before we croak"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 45/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "maybe we can clog the pipes or something"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 55/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                    QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE
Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower.
Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no
Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a
Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling
Floyd | treasure!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 64/64
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 110/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 64/66
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 119/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as your fingertips brush the scintillating surface of the
Floyd | NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a sizzling shock throws you backward across the
Floyd | room! Crackling energies coalesce into a grinning, sparkling WRAITH of
Floyd | ELECTRO-PHASIC QUASIMATTER! A deadly VOLTAIC WRAITH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/66
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Palladian pagoda, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/66
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/66
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 19/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VOLTAIC WRAITH a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 17 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/66
Floyd ]                   VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 7/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 12 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/66
Floyd ]                   VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 1/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's ghoulish bycocket, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 6 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 19 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 13 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! I WILL ... RETURN ... FOR VENGEANCE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, you hear the gentle report of girlish laughter. A very beautiful
Floyd | ELF girl, dressed in a tight white body-suit, calls out to you from
Floyd | high above, where she clings to the slick crystalline ceiling by some
Floyd | unknown magic!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, fair barbarian, for defeating the VOLTAIC WRAITH! I never
Floyd | could have done so on my own, and so, without you, I never could have
Floyd | obtained this NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a wink, she squirms out through a venting-hole in the crystal,
Floyd | and slides away into the snow, where she vanishes like a white rabbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "aw argh dang"
borowski says (to floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                     HIT POINTS: 26/68
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE
Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower.
Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no
Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a
Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 37/68
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                    QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn elf girls and their skin-tight clinging body-suits that hug every curvy curve."
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "well, I guess we can try more gladiators"
		DavidW asks, "save?"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                      HIT POINTS: 37/68
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                    QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 48/68
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 59/68
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 68/68
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 68/68
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 68/68
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh-oh, wraith attack again"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 68/68
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 124/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE
Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use gladius on acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GLADIUS ON ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, barbarian, you have come with a GLADIUS SWORD in trade! This will
Floyd | be most useful in defending the TEMPLE from invaders. Please accept
Floyd | this valuable FIERY JEWEL and wander in peace."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hey hey"
		DavidW says, "yay"
		inky says, "I figured he wanted some better weapon"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE busies himself with holy matters, and has no time to chat
Floyd | further.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/71
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 37/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's nine unnerving nephews, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 7 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 7 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 48/71
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 23/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 16 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/71
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 11/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 12 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf asks, "now give the jewel to the doxy?"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 32/71
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 11/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 11 points of damage, leaving
Floyd | the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 43/71
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "hee, electro-spite"
		inky says, "I wonder what the odds are that the wraith is going to show up again every X turns"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 54/71
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 65/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeah, let's doxy it up"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly, grinning
Floyd | playfully, and chewing on a bit of her auburn hair. "Hello again,
Floyd | barbarian," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm thinkin' robodroid-electro-wraith-mega-fusion-power."
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 71/71
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 131/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use jewel on doxy" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, barbarian!" the lass coos, running her finger across the surface
Floyd | of the gem, inspiring sparks to coil beneath its surface. "'Tis none
Floyd | other than a Vulkin Amber Sapphire! Long have I coveted such a thing!"
Floyd | She looks you up and down, and quietly closes the boudoir door. "This
Floyd | will buy you many unusual pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many unusual pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay naked beside you, tracing a finger along your corded neck and
Floyd | regarding your physique with silent amusement. After a time, she
Floyd | speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, your mien leaves no mistake and while I am but young, I am
Floyd | wise in the ways of the court, for many of the SLAVER KING'S lords do
Floyd | visit to play in my PERFUMED BOUDOIR. I have heard tell of a barbarian
Floyd | who escaped from the slave-caravan, a barbarian with fire in his eyes
Floyd | ... eyes that might look eagerly toward bloody vengeance on the SLAVER
Floyd | KING. What say you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Reading your silence, the DOXY draws out a SCROLL from beneath her
Floyd | pillow. "Here are some notes I've kept, young lion, young panther,
Floyd | young upland ecru-spotted lynx, some other ... rumors ... that may be
Floyd | of use to one brave enough to challenge a kingdom." She stares into
Floyd | your eyes. "I believe that such a man as you (she says this with a
Floyd | growling purr) may indeed be a threat to the SLAVER KING, and the
Floyd | SLAVER KING treats Doxies most cruelly. I would love to see him
Floyd | punished."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's
Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and
Floyd | feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Well done."
		DavidW says, "Slaves erected the wizard-stone of the palace, iirc."
		inky says, "I at first read that as the scrolls having notes about young lions and panthers"
		inky says, "but I guess that is referring to us"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		zarf says, "so it was a *scarlet* amber sapphire? Nice."

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard scroll" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The SCROLL is perfumed with a delicate touch, gilt at the edges, and
Floyd | decorated with lovely script that flows over and under itself in a way
Floyd | you find most enchanting. You have never learned to read these complex
Floyd | runes of the civilized realms, but even a man such as you can be awed
Floyd | by such artful penmanship. The simpler runes at the top say SECRETS OF
Floyd | STATE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "so it's nto actually helpful"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard secrets of state" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SECRETS OF STATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The SCROLL is perfumed with a delicate touch, gilt at the edges, and
Floyd | decorated with lovely script that flows over and under itself in a way
Floyd | you find most enchanting. You have never learned to read these complex
Floyd | runes of the civilized realms, but even a man such as you can be awed
Floyd | by such artful penmanship. The simpler runes at the top say SECRETS OF
Floyd | STATE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "Of course it's helpful."
		Jacqueline says, "In some way."
		zarf says, "perhaps the sea serpent is unusually literate"
		DavidW asks, "So, palace, sea serpent, giant, rogues, magic fish, fruit, pipes, idol, well, lighthouse, cables?"
		DavidW says, "oh, and pirate ship"
		inky asks, "we don't know where the cables are, right?"
		DavidW says, "Not at all, no."
		inky asks, "and palace meats portcullis?"
		inky says, "er, means"
		inky says, "also giant slug"
		DavidW says, "My best guess is the ruins."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SECRETS OF STATE, a PYREXIAN EYE, a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Have we tried going on the pirate ship?"
		DavidW says, "We're not pirate-y enough."
		DavidW says, "We need a peg-leg, parrot, eyepatch, and a rum smell."
		DavidW says, "Or at least one of those thing."
		inky says, "pirate ship requires sea serpent"
		inky says, "it seems safe to guss"
		borowski says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm wondering if we really need ALL of that, or if just the eye-patch will do. Assuming we get that."
		inky says, "idol probably also requires sea serpent"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps only the eyepatch is needed."
		DavidW says, "We won't know until we have it, though."
		inky says, "well, jacqueline seemed to imply we didn't have the necessary item but it could be picked up somewhere"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "the classic pinocchio thing is you make a fire"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:23:16CDT 		inky asks, "can we get some tinder somewhere and light it with the eyeball?"
		borowski says, "Oh, right."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I hate to think of the scroll as 'tinder'."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the
Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is all mist in the deeps of the CHASM, but here at the edge, the
Floyd | orange glow of the evening sun highlights the cliffsides. You suppose
Floyd | that on the other side there lay either the EMPIRE OF DARTH VIRAXIS or
Floyd | one of the rival SLAVER KINGDOMS. These are matters you can clarify
Floyd | once the SLAVER KING of this particular realm lay dead by your
Floyd | vengeful hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy
Floyd | figure-eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x spray" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand,
Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spot a rare STEELWING BUTTERFLY resting on a nearby stone, but it
Floyd | flutters away before you can catch it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh"
inky says (to Floyd), "x spray" 		DavidW says, "huh"

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand,
Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x butterfly" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTERFLY
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Tis unworthy of thy manly attentions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 70/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get moss" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TREES are much like any TREES, and they smelleth nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get tree" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it,
Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where
Floyd | the TREES hath distracted thee so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Wonder how to help the bear."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you mention it, they really are a mysterious example
Floyd | of a WELL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The WELL seemeth somewhat less than comfy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail well" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of a WELL can
Floyd | drive many a hero to gibbering madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is unusually soft; you have to pick up your feet to keep
Floyd | from sinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm... if we used the bait on the stream where the bear is, would the sea serpent swallow both us and the bear?"
		inky says, "it seems likely that it only comes up at the shore"
		inky says, "but I dnno"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The stream was looking back at us, though, wasn't it?"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | HARK! You hear a girlish SCREAM from the nearby PINE FOREST!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "this seems like a new thing"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard statue" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a very alluring statue of a comely ELF wench, slight but womany.
Floyd | Ah, but not just ANY comely ELF wench! This is the girl who robbed you
Floyd | of your prize when first you met the VOLTAIC WRAITH in that
Floyd | crystalline tower in the FROSTED UPLANDS! That would explain why this
Floyd | statue wears the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "Elf girl!"
		inky says, "that'll teach her"
inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 69/77
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 147/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lift the delicate necklace from the golden neck of the ELF girl,
Floyd | and you are well pleased. But what is that sudden CLACKING NOISE just
Floyd | behind thee?
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER attacks! You have suffered 6 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Midas spider?"
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's fibrillating uvula, a fine hit! You scored 14 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD
Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 20 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh-oh"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The WEBS laid around the statue are a deadly trap! You cannot escape!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER dances from tree to tree, spinning more webs!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You might've saved first, y'know."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "a barbarian runs into danger and cares naught for saving!"
inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on webs" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON WEBS
Floyd |
Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try
Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on
Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 16 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 104/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | While you are stumbling over a sticky WEB, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER
Floyd | pierces you with its GOLDEN DEATH PROBE! You have suffered 18 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 1/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 94/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the
Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 14 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 85/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, GIANT GOLD SPIDER! You scored 9 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD
Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 11 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 147 out of a possible 500, in 385 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 1/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 94/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 104/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 69/77
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 147/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x webs" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEBS
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look upon the WEBS, you can't escape the feeling that the WEBS
Floyd | are showing off a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SECRETS OF STATE, a PYREXIAN EYE, a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I'm not really even sure what to do with the necklace"
		inky says, "I guess we could take it to the doxy also"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's fibrillating uvula, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 140/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize green" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 143/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the GREEN BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with the famed Klengon Criminal, THRANG! "Prepare
Floyd | for mighty battle, barbarian!" he shouts, and cracks an arrogant grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... THRANG is a
Floyd | regal-looking KLENGON, with a mustache so long he tucks it into his
Floyd | belt. He wields an impressive KLENGON WAR HAMMER as if he were born to
Floyd | maim weaker men with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe just using the necklace grants us some ability."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 68/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's cantankerous torpidity, a fine hit! You scored 9 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG attacks! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 55/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 13 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG sneers contemptuously, for he has missed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 47/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 8 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty KLENGON WAR GRUNT, THRANG leaps to the attack! You
Floyd | have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 35/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, THRANG! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG circles, cat-like, then swings high with his KLENGON WAR
Floyd | HAMMER! You have suffered 6 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 19/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's malfunctioning mucus! A mighty blow! You scored 16
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG attacks with great brutality! You have suffered 11 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 19/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tyrranical toenail clipper! Thine arm hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG laughs a hearty laugh, and attacks! You have suffered 9
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 19/75
Floyd ]                      THRANG HIT POINTS: 11/77
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's thrice-blessed loincloth, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands
Floyd | home! You scored 8 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty KLENGON WAR GRUNT, THRANG leaps to the attack! You
Floyd | have suffered 6 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's terrifying tirades, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 12 points of damage, leaving THRANG at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, THRANG is cast to the dust and gravel, his body
Floyd | bloodied, his towering ego reduced considerably.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help THRANG to his
Floyd | feet, and he smiles a grudging smile. "You are a worthy foe,
Floyd | barbarian. You fight like a true KLENGON."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. THRANG bows in
Floyd | respect, and wanders away to heal for a while, and eventually the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 31/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's painless paludism, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "he got thrang'd"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 31/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rogues" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 43/75
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROGUES
Floyd |
Floyd | The PARTY OF ROGUES seem quite the band of ne'er do wells!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 55/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 67/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard bridge" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ears pick up the dying-song of the BRUNTA BIRD, calling out to
Floyd | its mate in the final throes of psychic suffocation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard trees" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The "space-ship" tore many trees from their roots when it fell here.
Floyd | They lie here still, creating an unnatural clearing in the forest.
Floyd | They are now overgrown with flowers, ferns, and mosses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize trees" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use
Floyd | than that, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL
Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "use pole"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I imagine we could defeat one of these tougher foes if we ate the meat"
		inky says, "but I don't know which to use it on"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		borowski asks, "Or maybe it'll keep us alive in the sea beast?"
		inky says, "also possible"
		Jacqueline says, "I had another idea for it, but not one I've tested."
		inky says, "feel free"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use pole on slug" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POLE ON SLUG
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not yours to toy with, barbarian. Neither is the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I have to wonder which beast the meat is for. Hate to get stuck that way."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard archway" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUINS bespeak of a life unlike your own, and all is too far gone
Floyd | to learn much from looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail archway" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it,
Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where
Floyd | the DEBRIS hath distracted thee so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I vote we try using the bait on the stream where the bear is."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                        HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy the cool moistness of the breeze on your skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on stream" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the STINKY BAIT this way and that, considering its possible
Floyd | combinations with the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM. You extend your thumb
Floyd | for comparison, because you saw a DWARF do that once and it looked
Floyd | pretty cool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:38:16CDT 		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I like that fail response."
		DavidW says, "fine. No bear in sea serpent scenes, I guess."
		Jacqueline asks, "What did you guys do with the spider?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I think you found the spider. Did you fight it, or what?"
		DavidW says, "Okay, I guess our possibles defense with the sea serpent are the eye and meat."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "fought and lost, I believe."
		inky says, "we died, then restored and didn't pick up the necklace"
		DavidW says, "Then restored."
		Jacqueline says, "Gotcha."
		Jacqueline asks, "What did you do with Gina the glistening one?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Not with her, specifically, but in that location?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did you try your oil idea?"
		Jacqueline says, "I liked that thought, though I think it's perhaps a bit too fiddly for this game's mechanics."
		inky says, "we oiled the robot and it told us to bring it some power cables from the other robodroids"
		DavidW says, "Rubbed her with a cloth to get oil; used the oiled cloth on the droid (it wants cabling); gave the gladius to the acolyte for a jewel."
		inky says, "but did not tell us where those were"
		inky says, "oh, we could light the incense"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, incense, right."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE
Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on incense" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON INCENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a lick of flame from the decomposing eyeball, the incense takes
Floyd | to light briefly, then to slow ash, and begins releasing fragrant
Floyd | smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize incense" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 144/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE INCENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA shakes his head gently. "The incense is sacred to
Floyd | our faith, barbarian. I would never give it up cheaply ... I would
Floyd | only trade the INCENSE for something of real value in advancing my
Floyd | ambitions, something I could hang over the heads of those foolish
Floyd | lords who serve the SLAVER KING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, ah - so that oil thing worked. Awesome."
		inky says, "oh ho"
inky says (to Floyd), "use secrets on acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 78/78
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 151/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SECRETS ON ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian you are a marvel! Strong of arm and politically savvy as
Floyd | well? You are a dark miracle sent by our unholy lord, I have no doubt!
Floyd | Thank you so much! Please, avail yourself of our INCENSE, if you have
Floyd | need of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize incense" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE INCENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA nods assent. "Take it with the manifold blessings
Floyd | of my demon-gods, barbarian."
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be
Floyd | heard nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I am guessing we sold the secrets of state a little cheaply there"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/80
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/80
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 32/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's uncorrectable underbite, a fine hit! You scored 12
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 47/80
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 15/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 12 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/80
Floyd ]                   VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 3/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 18 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 14 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW asks, "Do we know what the incense does?"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 42/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "FWIW, that's how we sold the secrets as well."
		inky says, "I am going to use it in the sea serpent"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 55/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 68/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a
Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy
Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but
Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                   HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 80/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge
Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean
Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all
Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more
Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a
Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a
Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water
Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a
Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby
Floyd | city!
Floyd |
Floyd | And then it eats you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "oh, smoke and it'll cough us out? Could work."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 73/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET
Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are
Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy
Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to
Floyd | consume you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling
Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you
Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard corpse" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 65/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the finest example of a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE you've seen since
Floyd | you were enslaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 61/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized.
Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "WHY WAIT TIME REGARDING"
		inky says, "hee hee"
		DavidW says, "er WASTE"
		inky says, "it might be an awesome corpse!"
		DavidW says, "apparently so"
		Jacqueline says, "I think regardin tis fine."
inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on incense" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 54/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON INCENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a lick of flame from the decomposing eyeball, the incense takes
Floyd | to light briefly, then to slow ash, and begins releasing fragrant
Floyd | smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the smoke from the incense curls away into darkness, you hear a
Floyd | pained rumbling from the SEA MONSTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 51/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Especially since we have undo."
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET                               HIT POINTS: 51/80
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Down                                   QUEST RATE: 155/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to
Floyd | rise ...
Floyd |
Floyd | This incense is strong stuff; it could choke a SMOG MONSTER ...
Floyd |
Floyd | The squishy flesh beneath you begins to heave and undulate! There is a
Floyd | mighty roar, and a sickly wet sound ...
Floyd |
Floyd | It's definitely the smoke from the VIRAXIAN INCENSE! This beast cannot
Floyd | bear the irritation in its unholy bowels! You suppose that you, too,
Floyd | are something of a bowel irritant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, you are squeezed tight by the constricting walls, and you
Floyd | feel you may be crushed to death and dissolved at the same time ...
Floyd | but then you are free, flying damply through the air, for a wet
Floyd | landing back on land ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		Jacqueline asks, "You took the stuff, right?"
		inky says, "mega-grody"
		inky says, "gosh, I hope so"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 42/80
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, you did."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 55/82
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF
Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "excellent"
inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 55/82
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear
Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth! The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                           HIT POINTS: 68/82
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but
Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a
Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look
Floyd | menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I am curious if the eye patch is enough to be a pirate."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 81/82
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 82/82
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 164/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | One pirate hoists a small child - his son - to his shoulder, and
Floyd | points at you. "You see that man? Now that's a REAL pirate, not a
Floyd | scurvy old beggar like me. I want you to be just like 'im when you
Floyd | grows up, lad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh, I guess so"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe it requires that other stuff, but maybe not."
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The jolly PIRATES wave merrily as you head up the gangplank, happy to
Floyd | see such a fine PIRATE as yourself among their company.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aboard the vessel there are few signs of life, only a single
Floyd | peg-legged DWARF, swabbing the deck with a combination CRUTCH and MOP.
Floyd | You note with curiosity that the DWARF also wears a heavy coat of
Floyd | CHAINMAIL, and something in his bearing suggests that he was once a
Floyd | Warrior, like you (of perhaps half your Level).
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF pauses from his chores for a moment to greet you. "Avast ye,
Floyd | me hearty! Me name's GUNWAR, what rhymes with HAR! Har."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "crutch and mop, ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Sweet."
		Jacqueline says, "Har har"
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we heard of this guy before?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did someone tell us about him?"
		inky says, "uh, not that I recall"
		inky says, "but that doesn't prove much"
		DavidW says, "Personally, I would've used the totem first before the eyepatch."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Pillage?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Paley?"
		inky says (to DavidW), "well, it looks like we can leave when we want"
		Jacqueline says, "er, +r"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never eaten a BEE GIRL QUEEN myself, but I hear they're 81%
Floyd | tasty."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Knew some LIMB TRADERS down along the SALTY COAST," says GUNWAR.
Floyd | "Good people."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You and GUNWAR compose a spontaneous dirty limerick about the perils
Floyd | of FRANKENSTEIN ARMOR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yep, sounds like a fellow warrior"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, we're an awesome pirate who can come and go amongst the pirates when we pleases."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard ropes" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ROPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The ship is well-provided with ROPES and MASTS and other NAUTICAL
Floyd | STUFF ... but you are an upland barbarian; it all means little to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard masts" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 171/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MASTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The ship is well-provided with ROPES and MASTS and other NAUTICAL
Floyd | STUFF ... but you are an upland barbarian; it all means little to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Salty coast? I want salt."
		DavidW asks, "I suppose down?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 85/85
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 172/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CABIN
Floyd | This must be the cabin of one of the officers; it is well-appointed
Floyd | and looks reasonably comfortable for such a cramped space. At least,
Floyd | it's far nicer than the rowing bench you recall from the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | galleys ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a GLITTERING THING here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A GLITTERING thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Shiny"
		DavidW says, "a THING"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thing" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X THING
Floyd |
Floyd | You lift the delicate GLITTERING THING from the CABIN'S small
Floyd | writing-desk, and turn it over in your hand. It flows and shimmers
Floyd | with great beauty! You see now that it is a woman's garter ... the
Floyd | jolly jack-tar inhabiting this cabin must have entertained some
Floyd | intimate company here! And the way the colors move, it can only be
Floyd | ANGELGLASS, that strange material you've seen in items from GOD CITY.
Floyd | A valuable treasure, you are sure, so into your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG it
Floyd | (gingerly) goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "TRUE"
		DavidW says, "hmmm. Vessa would like this too, I suppose, but she already gave us her scroll."
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if giving the doxy more cool stuff - right."
		Jacqueline asks, "But maybe she has more in store for us?"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:53:16CDT 		DavidW says, "Does she have extra gifts? I dunno."
		Jacqueline says, "Dunno."
		DavidW says, "odd how regarding the thing made us auto-take it."
		DavidW asks, "up?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use angelglass" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ANGELGLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of a manly curiosity and nothing more, you decide to see if the
Floyd | garter would fit a masculine, manly barbarian like you, who is very
Floyd | much a man. Looking around to make sure no one is watching (because a
Floyd | sight so very manly might overwhelm them with sheer machismo), you
Floyd | slip it over your foot and up your leg ... Interestingly enough, the
Floyd | strange nature of ANGELGLASS is such that it fits you perfectly. You
Floyd | feel pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Wonderful."
		Jacqueline says, "Sexist, but wonderful."
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, our armor class didn't go up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shed angelglass" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHED ANGELGLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most
Floyd | perplexing! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and
Floyd | succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove angelclass" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE ANGELCLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM
Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use angelglass" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ANGELGLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the ANGELGLASS GARTER. You feel less pretty now, casting
Floyd | you into a brief barbaric gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		inky says, "we can use the angelglass to catch the fish, perhaps"
		maga says, "aww, let the pirates see, at least"
		Jacqueline says, "I know it's odd, but use will weild and unweild, wear and remove."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh"
		DavidW says, "I was wondering if the fish would like it."
		DavidW says, "fine."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use garter" 		

Floyd ]  CABIN                                              HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of a manly curiosity and nothing more, you decide to see if the
Floyd | garter would fit a masculine, manly barbarian like you, who is very
Floyd | much a man. Looking around to make sure no one is watching (because a
Floyd | sight so very manly might overwhelm them with sheer machismo), you
Floyd | slip it over your foot and up your leg ... Interestingly enough, the
Floyd | strange nature of ANGELGLASS is such that it fits you perfectly. You
Floyd | feel pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles as he espies the GARTER on your thigh. "Ye'd make a
Floyd | right proper mariner, lad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young pirate espies the ANGELGLASS GARTER on your thigh and grins.
Floyd | "I been wonderin' when BOSUN BLACKSTEEL would find that special
Floyd | someone to give that treasure to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hmm, Bosun Blacksteel, eh?"
		Jacqueline raises an eyebrow.
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                   HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you,
Floyd | invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA grins as she espies the ANGELGLASS GARTER on your thigh.
Floyd | "Kinky!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 87/87
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 179/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		DavidW says, ">sashay into all locations"

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a little surprised to notice a familiar figure - the regal
Floyd | form of THRANG, standing over a GRAVESTONE in the distance. He looks
Floyd | up, and bids you come PARLEY with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "oho"
inky says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG seemeth less swaggering, less arrogant, and more humbled than
Floyd | in the GLADIATOR PIT. "Hail to thee of might and valor," he says, with
Floyd | a slight grin forming behind his impressive mustache. He points to the
Floyd | GRAVESTONE before him, and to others nearby. "Long ago, before the
Floyd | SLAVER KINGS took these realms, and before the galaxy fell to ruin,
Floyd | there was a KLENGON colony here."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, respectfully. You have heard of this "galaxy."
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG stands still awhile longer, lost in thought. "Those were days
Floyd | of blood and conquest. In truth, barbarian, many KLENGONS would be no
Floyd | better than this SLAVER KING of ours, or his neighbors. The KLENGONS
Floyd | were thwarted then, I have heard, by a man of SCIENCE ... and some of
Floyd | his work still rests in some of the old RUINS east of here. If you are
Floyd | of a mind to seek treasure, that might be a fine treasure to seek."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, considering this.
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG offers a quick salute. "I have another errand I must see to ...
Floyd | a friend of mine, GUNWAR, is a PIRATE aboard the vessel currently at
Floyd | dockside. I should pay him a visit, the old dog. I think you two would
Floyd | get on well," he muses. "While he is a sailor now, he is in truth a
Floyd | Warrior, of perhaps half your Level. He quested for years, searching
Floyd | vainly for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE ... and he lost his leg in the
Floyd | attempt. Visit him sometime, perhaps. You could swap stories and it
Floyd | would cheer him. He does so miss his days of battle, barbarian, as
Floyd | would you or I, were we maimed and unable to fight, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly. THRANG bows, then strides off toward the harbor,
Floyd | leaving you with your thoughts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "nice"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so Gunwar was the dude of the black axe."
		inky says, "I wonder if we are supposed to talk with gunwar now that we have talked to this guy"
		DavidW says, "I think very much so."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, didn't know if you guys had hit this bit or not."
		inky says, "also, I note in passing that we looked at Gunwar and identified him as a warrior as half our level and this guy just confirmed it"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think so as well."

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stench of that rotten SNOW-SERPENT meat is really making
Floyd | your mouth water. The Warriors of your tribe have long held that the
Floyd | meat, once sufficiently putrid, not only acts as an instant healer in
Floyd | battle, but also adds hair to one's chest, endowment to one's
Floyd | loin-cloth, and a lustrous, healthy shine to one's coal-black
Floyd | barbarian hair. Why, this particular SLAB is now so deliciously putrid
Floyd | that it hath even sprouted the vaunted PURPLE MAGGOTS! You are
Floyd | reminded of comforting holiday meals back home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls
Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look at that pirate!" one pirate chuckles. "No barbarian he, not with
Floyd | such a fine eyepatch!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "The real problem with all the SKY PIRANHA we've been getting lately
Floyd | is that they're so very good with machines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR grins. "I was never cut out fer piratin', you know, but I do so
Floyd | love the lingo! HAR!" The two of you exchange raucous HARS for a
Floyd | while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR spins a yarn about the ZOMBIE PRINCESS, and the dark realm of
Floyd | dream in which she is rumored to travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                      HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be
Floyd | reading a tiny book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GARTER ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aw"
inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on spray" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GARTER ON SPRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbaric experience hasn't provided any useful way to use an
Floyd | ANGELGLASS GARTER with a WATERFALL, at least without a shaman to
Floyd | oversee the procedure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH, playing around in the churning
Floyd | waters at the base of the WATERFALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can we (save and then) try the garter with vessa?"
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 73/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Or at least let her see us sporting it?"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 87/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                   HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM
Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on virgin" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GARTER ON VIRGIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA chuckles quietly. "Barbarian, one does not make
Floyd | an offering unto a sacrifice. Theologically
Floyd | speaking," he says, "it would be ... confused."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                             HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GARTER ON ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA taketh no interest in the ANGELGLASS GARTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "alas"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, no, I meant the doxy."
		DavidW says, "Vessa, not Gina."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		inky says, "oh, er"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I'm glad we did this, too."
		inky says, "she thought it was kinky"
		Jacqueline says, "Amusing."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't forget we have the totem now."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, we tried it already with Vessa?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/89
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss! Curse this
Floyd | distracting EYEPATCH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 12 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/89
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's propitiatory pustules! Thine aim hath failed thee! Curse
Floyd | this distracting EYEPATCH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 53/89
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the EYEPATCH, grateful to see the world as it is again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/89
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 26/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 39/89
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 16/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/89
Floyd ]                   VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 7/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's sinister saliva, you strike hard and true! You scored 9
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VOLTAIC WRAITH! You scored 8 points of
Floyd | damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 32/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 32/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 46/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 60/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "inventory" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 74/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > INVENTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM
Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an
Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP
Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use totem on idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 66/91
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 189/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TOTEM ON IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark clouds high above boom with laughter, and a flash of unnatural
Floyd | lightning throws the features of the MOSSY STONE IDOL into hideous
Floyd | relief. There is a sudden darkness, and in a second flash, you know
Floyd | that you are not alone! A great and muscular VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER
Floyd | stands before you, a jet-black AXE in his hands, his eyes glowing like
Floyd | volcanic pits and his fangs dripping with fresh human blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER attacks! You have suffered 8 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh"
		inky says, "oh, hmm, axe"
		zarf says, "weren't at full strength there"
		Jacqueline says, "a-yep"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 70/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 17 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 59/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER a sampling of your
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD, but good! You scored 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER brings his AXE high, and drops it into you! You
Floyd | have suffered 17 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 43/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 29/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 18/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 18/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL
Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 11/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 2/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's esoteric thigh freckles, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a contemptuous ABYSSAL CHUCKLE, the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER
Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 27 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 2/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER swings his AXE low! You have suffered 8 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER! You scored 16 points
Floyd | of damage, leaving the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER screams and evaporates in a tortured cloud
Floyd | of misted blood and twisted fire, and his AXE drops to the ground at
Floyd | your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "wow, right down to the wire there"
		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
		Jacqueline says, "Repose, perhaps."
		inky says, "good thing I didn't heal fully or it wouldn't have been as exciting"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 18/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 195/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get axe" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 33/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 48/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "hahaha"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                     HIT POINTS: 63/94
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 78/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 93/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Avast!" says one of the pirates, "There be a barbarian if I ever did
Floyd | see one! He's got no hook for a hand!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 93/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's understandable apprehensions! I am perplexed by thine
Floyd | illogic! The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's easy to tell when a man's no pirate," one buccaneer says,
Floyd | pretending not to be referring to you. "He's got no great big piratin'
Floyd | boots!" An elderly pirate agrees, "Cain't be proper piratin' without
Floyd | them boots."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | As you raise the EYEPATCH OF ODIN to your face, the GROUP OF PIRATES
Floyd | stop what they're doing to stare at you. "We're right HERE, lad. We're
Floyd | STANDING RIGHT HERE." A tall, ancient, peg-legged pirate adds "Arr."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                        HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but
Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a
Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look
Floyd | menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "That was awesome."

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 98/98
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE ON GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE toward the old peg-leg DWARF, and
Floyd | he REGARDS it at first with polite interest, believing that you are
Floyd | simply showing it off to him. "Ah, yes, a very fine AXE you have
Floyd | there, barbarian ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | But when he realizes you are making an offer, he looks at the AXE
Floyd | again. "BLACK HOLE ... METAL!" he cries, and then he literally cries,
Floyd | taking it into his arms and sobbing a mess of tears onto his bristly
Floyd | black beard. "Lad, have ye any idea how many YEARS ... how many
Floyd | horrors I endured ... Was it THRANG? Did that foul old mustache of a
Floyd | KLENGON tell ye?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The old DWARF collects himself, obviously a bit embarrassed by his
Floyd | display of emotion, but you have sympathy. You, too, feel a great
Floyd | swelling of joy in your heart when you behold an implement of wanton
Floyd | destruction. It is as it must be, for you are a Warrior, and GUNWAR
Floyd | is, too (of perhaps half your Level).
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied that you have done a good deed, you turn to leave GUNWAR
Floyd | with the AXE for some privacy, but the DWARF doesn't let you go ...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lad, please. Wait. I've something ... I think ... I think I've
Floyd | something to tell ye. To ... to show ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF begins removing his clothing, and you quickly avert your
Floyd | eyes to let him know that this kind of thanking is not necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, lad. Look. Look."
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer between your fingers, and see what the DWARF is speaking of.
Floyd | Beneath his old coat of CHAINMAIL, beneath his jerkin, his chest is
Floyd | carved with a thousand old DWARVISH RUNES, seared into flesh with heat
Floyd | and blade. You read not these old letters, but you have heard they
Floyd | have powers of magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "Lad, for years I was a Warrior, of perhaps half your
Floyd | Level, and I quested for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. It consumed my life,
Floyd | took some of me friends into the grave, and in a dungeon near the
Floyd | AMAZON FREEHOLD of RAKARR, it took me leg."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, grimly, in respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But lad, I didn't rest. I knew I could never be a Warrior of any real
Floyd | worth again, not with my movements so limited ... So I studied hard to
Floyd | one day SERVE a Warrior ... to become a companion to a worthy
Floyd | death-dealer of ... of perhaps twice my level. I studied to be a
Floyd | healer, son. I can heal you as fast as magic with my herbs! And," he
Floyd | says, pointing to the RUNES, "I had meself RUNE-CARVED, so that if the
Floyd | Warrior I serve may one day choose to wield me in his hand, I do
Floyd | double damage."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is silence for a while, broken only by the distant scream of
Floyd | gulls, and the damp sloshing of the waves on the hull of the PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF gets up his nerve and asks "Can I? Can we? Will ye be my
Floyd | Warrior, lad? I'd be honored to be at your side, helping as I can
Floyd | with the bringin' of death once more. I feel it's my destiny as a
Floyd | healer."
Floyd |
Floyd | And a great friendship is made.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Whoa"
		inky says, "ha ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize dwarf" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 98/98
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE DWARF
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "dang"
inky says (to Floyd), "use dwarf" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                        HIT POINTS: 98/98
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE DWARF
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:08:16CDT 		DavidW says, "Perhaps the meat would help."
		DavidW asks, "Use dwarf on giant?"
		inky says, "I am wondering if he will follow us now"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 72/98
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | Relying on the natural CUNNING of an upland barbarian, you sense
Floyd | something very wrong ...
Floyd |
Floyd | A MUTATED MORGOM is here, thirsty for BLOOD!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PIRATES are cringing in a corner, and the crowd has fled in a
Floyd | panic!
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs,
Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You
Floyd | have suffered 26 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferocity of the attack rips away the EYEPATCH OF ODIN! As it
Floyd | flutters into the SEA, the nearby PIRATES gasp. "Shiver me timbers,"
Floyd | one says, pointing at it, "That's the fourth time this year we fell
Floyd | fer that one, lads."
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe he just follows - right"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		inky says, "whoah dang"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 39/98
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLACK HOLE METAL AXE is not yours to toy with, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slithering along its legless rear portion, the MORGOM attacks! You
Floyd | have suffered 40 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard morgom" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                      HIT POINTS: 46/98
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MORGOM
Floyd |
Floyd | The elongated body of this savage predator is rippling with muscles,
Floyd | and the eerie green glow in its eyes marks it as a MUTANT of some
Floyd | kind!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 53/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 149/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "woops"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 140/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 9 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grating HISS that makes your skin crawl, the MORGOM leaps to
Floyd | the attack! You have suffered 23 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 129/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 11
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 117/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels! A mighty blow! You scored 12
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR gives an involuntary yelp of fear as the MORGOM clamps hard
Floyd | into your side with its teeth! You have suffered 33 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "where'd this thing come from?"
		inky says, "it just sort of lept out as we got off the ship with Gunwar"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 44/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 108/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 9 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/98
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 108/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the MORGOM bites, the green light in its eyes make you dizzy!
Floyd | You have suffered 14 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry, I didn't see it."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/98
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 96/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Antediluvian acne, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MORGOM rakes at you furiously with its hind-claws! You have
Floyd | suffered 39 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR cries out in sorrow, "Barbarian! Dear friend, no!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 208 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Exemplar of Honor".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it was all a blur!"
		DavidW says, "grrrr"
		borowski says, "It was all a blugrrr"
		DavidW asks, "So we can't use the axe as a weapon?"
		inky says, "hee hee"
		inky says, "maybe we can!"
		inky says, "maybe we should!"
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 32/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 46/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM
Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an
Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP
Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                    HIT POINTS: 60/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                    HIT POINTS: 74/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 88/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use flesh on idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLESH ON IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS or the SLAB OF
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "totem" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's esoteric thigh freckles! I am lain low by thine riddles!
Floyd | The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use totem on idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 74/91
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 189/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TOTEM ON IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark clouds high above boom with laughter, and a flash of unnatural
Floyd | lightning throws the features of the MOSSY STONE IDOL into hideous
Floyd | relief. There is a sudden darkness, and in a second flash, you know
Floyd | that you are not alone! A great and muscular VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER
Floyd | stands before you, a jet-black AXE in his hands, his eyes glowing like
Floyd | volcanic pits and his fangs dripping with fresh human blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER attacks! You have suffered 15 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 73/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 14 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 62/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER a sampling of your
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD, but good! You scored 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 63/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 62/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER brings his AXE high, and drops it into you! You
Floyd | have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 63/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 46/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 55/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 46/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL
Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 8 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "aw, man, we have to fight this again?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 30/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 16 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a contemptuous ABYSSAL CHUCKLE, the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER
Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 20/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER swings his AXE low! You have suffered 17 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/91
Floyd ]               VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 9/87
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's understandable apprehensions! A mighty blow! You scored
Floyd | 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL
Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 8 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 17 points of damage, leaving
Floyd | the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER screams and evaporates in a tortured cloud
Floyd | of misted blood and twisted fire, and his AXE drops to the ground at
Floyd | your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 35/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 195/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get axe" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 50/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see snow falling above the highest parts of MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf21" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                         HIT POINTS: 50/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                        HIT POINTS: 25/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 40/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 55/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hang the TWO-HANDED SWORD at your side, and grasp instead the
Floyd | BLACK HOLE METAL AXE, prepared for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard axe" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                     HIT POINTS: 70/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The
Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at
Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You
Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is
Floyd | found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                                 HIT POINTS: 85/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 85/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 85/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation, but with the RUIN SLUG nearby, you
Floyd | cannot REST well enough to heal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 181/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 17 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 152/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 29 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 152/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 138/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 127/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 11 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's
Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 109/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 18
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 89/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands
Floyd | home! You scored 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID
Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok this axe is pretty good"
		inky says, "it may not be enough to win this fight, but it's pretty good"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 77/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 77/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID!
Floyd | You have suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 58/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID
Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 39 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 199 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Srsly?"
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "A healing dwarf might help."
		Jacqueline says, "I was sure we could take it."
		inky says, "yeah, but we can't get the dwarf without giving up the axe"
		inky says, "there's a lot of luck with the slug, it appears"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard slug" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SLUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an acid-spewing slug the size of a smallish elephant. Very
Floyd | rubbery, it takes a lot of punishment to defeat one. The RUIN SLUG is
Floyd | staring at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Are you sure about that? I think we just show it to the dwarf."
		Jacqueline asks, "Did you do the slug with the two handed lizard maiden sword?"
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		inky asks (of DavidW), "oh, hmm, so we could have hung onto it?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 169/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 29 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 169/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 155/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 144/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's
Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 126/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 106/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 20
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID
Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 94/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands
Floyd | home! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 94/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID!
Floyd | You have suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                      BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/94
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 75/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID
Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 39 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 199 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                         HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "ok, another plan is to try something else"
		inky says, "perhaps that weird wraith"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                          HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 199/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                               HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 201/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT, but a ghostly guardian blocks the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SPECTERAL SPIRIT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 167/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 29 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, we're not ready for this either."
		inky says, "well, it depends how much damage it does per hit"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 167/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 153/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 142/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 11 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 124/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 71/96
Floyd ]                SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 104/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 20
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Though the SPIRIT barely responds to the physical world, its icy hands
Floyd | bite like DAGGERS! You have suffered 14 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 71/96
Floyd ]                 SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 92/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands
Floyd | home! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/96
Floyd ]                 SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 92/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a wail of torment and regret, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT lashes out at
Floyd | you! You have suffered 12 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/96
Floyd ]                 SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 73/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks in a tormented rage! You have
Floyd | suffered 16 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/96
Floyd ]                 SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 44/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 29 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT reaches into your chest and clutches your heart
Floyd | with an icy grip! You have suffered 15 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 27/96
Floyd ]                 SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 17/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Antediluvian acne, you strike hard and true! You scored
Floyd | 27 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 1 hit of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "with the meat, this should work"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                               HIT POINTS: 43/98
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 208/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 24 points
Floyd | of damage, leaving the SPECTERAL SPIRIT at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | After what seems like an eternity slashing at barely-physical
Floyd | ECTO-PLASM, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT finally fades from existence. As it
Floyd | does so, it stares gratefully at you, and speaks its last: "Thank you,
Floyd | barbarian, for my freedom after so many centuries! Now you may claim
Floyd | the TREASURES below, that have been denied to so many others ..."
Floyd | Then, the SPIRIT is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "or even without it"
		inky says, "it does a lot less than the slug did, I think"
		DavidW asks, "ooh, treasures?"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 59/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 210/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYPT
Floyd | This chamber is half-collapsed, and seems far older than the TOMB
Floyd | above. The air is strange here, as if it has not been breathed for a
Floyd | very long time. The stink is not even the stink of death, only the
Floyd | passing of ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL and the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh ho"
inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 75/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL: Seized.
Floyd | LOST POEMS OF SUTOK: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard mail" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 75/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL or the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL
Floyd | ARMOR?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard klengon mail" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 91/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD KLENGON MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The suit is old, but finely-made PLATE MAIL in an unusual style. Some
Floyd | of the designs on the vambraces are clearly of KLENGON origin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard lost poems" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 99/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD LOST POEMS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a slender book, bound in soft red leather. The gilt title on the
Floyd | cover is comprehensible to you, but the runes inside are complex and
Floyd | flowy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I guess that looks like something a doxy would be into"
inky says (to Floyd), "use mail" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                              HIT POINTS: 99/99
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL or the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL
Floyd | ARMOR?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use klengon mail" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                            HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE KLENGON MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR, and replace it with the SUIT
Floyd | OF KLENGON MAIL. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Did we see if doxy has more than one thing for us?"
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                             HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint dripping sound catches your attention for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                             HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Dripping?"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I dunno, I figured it was just an environmental message"
		inky says, "maybe not though"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 114/114
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 212/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you,
Floyd | invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on vessa" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, barbarian!" the lass coos, letting the GARTER flow and fall over
Floyd | her fingertips. "I so love ANGELGLASS! What a marvelous thing, to have
Floyd | the intimate apparel of the gods!" She looks you up and down, and
Floyd | quietly closes the boudoir door. "This will buy you many exotic
Floyd | pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many exotic pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay nearly naked beside you (save for the shimmering ANGELGLASS
Floyd | GARTER alighting the freckles of her right thigh) running her fingers
Floyd | through your coal-black hair. After a time, she speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, you may be pleased to know I have spread your legend ..."
Floyd | she smiles coyly. "Not of your man-prowess in bed - considerable
Floyd | though it is. I speak of your political acumen, your foundation of an
Floyd | UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT to ruin the SLAVER KING and his evil servants!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY toys with a glittering RUBY NEEDLE set in her hair.
Floyd | "I do business with those of power and influence. One of the great
Floyd | WARLOCKS leading the rebellion against VIRAXIS gave me this, saying it
Floyd | has magic to pierce all, and that he longs to pierce my distant heart
Floyd | ... The love-struck dear! WARLOCKS are romantics, you know. It draws
Floyd | them to magic."
Floyd |
Floyd | You glower and nod, uncertain of what the girl is talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know many such clients ... and those who share your hatred of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING are ready to form a SPY NETWORK at your command. What say
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You glower and nod, since it worked last time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Staring into your dark eyes, the DOXY sees all the answer she needs.
Floyd | "Yes ... you are lost in thought of dangerous quests throughout the
Floyd | realm. But I am in the perfect position to organize your espionage
Floyd | efforts! I will do so, brave slayer of foes ... young eagle, young
Floyd | hawk, young ruffle-breasted mountain starling!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For a taste of what we might learn, I have a new secret already, from
Floyd | a CHEF who serves aboard the SLAVER KING'S pleasure-fleet ... There is
Floyd | a forgotten entrance to the SLAVE PENS under the CASTLE ... It's to
Floyd | the east of the citadel, a small CULVERT you must ENTER. Somewhere
Floyd | along an underground stream is a passage to where the SLAVES are kept,
Floyd | and ... " she pauses, tears clouding her eyes "and tortured. Like you
Floyd | would have been, had you not escaped bondage to lead us all to
Floyd | freedom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Since the girl is pleasing to you, you accept that sometimes she
Floyd | simply must chatter about things nobody understands. Seeing her
Floyd | sadness, you take her into the warm blankets, and comfort her in a
Floyd | manner you can both comprehend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's chambers, sated
Floyd | and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "I'm not quite sure what happened there"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (being worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH
Floyd | OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we learned of a secret entrance to the palace."
		maga says (to inky), "when a barbarian and a doxy love one another very, very much, or adequate payment is tendered..."
		inky says, "hee hee"
		inky says, "oh ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you,
Floyd | invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You note that she now hath ANTENNAE on her head, and perhaps a STINGER
Floyd | of some kind. How charming that she is playful with her appearance, as
Floyd | well as her suitors! You are well pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't get the needle though."
		Jacqueline says, "So, didn't we also have the poems..."
		inky blinks
inky says (to Floyd), "x antennae" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANTENNAE
Floyd |
Floyd | Elegant and pretty. Which is to say, confusing. But nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles at you pleasantly, and runs a finger down your forearm
Floyd | with a buzzing purr. "My favorite customer returns, the gallant who
Floyd | hath aided the TEMPLE with a GLADIUS SWORD for its defenses." Her eyes
Floyd | flash a deep red for a moment. "Pay me, strong one, that we may dally
Floyd | in play. Bare your flesh to my claws, dear barbarian, in this, the
Floyd | bedroom sport of HU-MANS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "I think we should save"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think that's Vessa."
		Jacqueline says, "I think she's not our doxy anymore."
		Jacqueline asks, "What the hell?"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 220/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles at you pleasantly, and runs a finger down your forearm
Floyd | with a buzzing purr. "My favorite customer returns, the gallant who
Floyd | hath aided the TEMPLE with a GLADIUS SWORD for its defenses." Her eyes
Floyd | flash a deep red for a moment. "Pay me, strong one, that we may dally
Floyd | in play. Bare your flesh to my claws, dear barbarian, in this, the
Floyd | bedroom sport of HU-MANS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, the game has referenced bee-girls before"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use poems with vessa" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, barbarian," says the DOXY, taking your proffered payment and
Floyd | barely REGARDING it. "This treasure will buy you a very special
Floyd | DEATH!"
Floyd |
Floyd | And with that, she rips aside her clothing in a more aggressive manner
Floyd | than is her DELICATE wont, revealing her nakedness, beautiful as ever,
Floyd | but now covered with a soft, almost translucent layer of fuzz,
Floyd | arranged in stripes of black and yellow!
Floyd |
Floyd | Horns sprout from her head and fire alights in her eyes, in the manner
Floyd | of a DEMON. She licks her lips, sensually, and you notice that her
Floyd | DELICATE tongue is now FORK-ED. She extends her nastily-clawed
Floyd | fingers, and in it appears a LASH OF PSIONIC DEMON SORCERY. A
Floyd | shimmering band of HELLFIRE whips out of nowhere, crisping the edges
Floyd | of some of the fine gauzy CURTAINS of the BOUDOIR. She cocks her hips
Floyd | alluringly and says "You will pay, barbarian, for trading a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD to the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA! He slew a dozen of my finest BEE GIRLS
Floyd | and three of my SUCCUBUS DEMON APPRENTICES in defense of his pathetic
Floyd | TEMPLE, and all because of you! I have captured your so-called
Floyd | "DELICATE DOXY," and after I have dined well on your BLOOD and SOUL, I
Floyd | will spend ALL NIGHT EATING HER! Stand fast, barbarian, and prepare to
Floyd | DIE at the cruel whim of the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Relying on your barbarian cunning, you deduce that the DELICATE DOXY'S
Floyd | new ANTENNAE and STINGER might not be expressions of cosmetic whimsy
Floyd | after all, but may indicate that the DOXY herself has become
Floyd | dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | As if through a haze of psychic distortion, you can almost make out,
Floyd | at the edge of your vision, a girl who looks exactly like VESSA THE
Floyd | DELICATE DOXY, bound to the wall of the BOUDOIR and looking at you
Floyd | with lovely dark eyes, pleading for rescue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps that is the clue you need. But she certainly does cock her
Floyd | hips alluringly, this BEE GIRL (and etc) ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:23:16CDT 		inky says, "ha ha"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 115/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 3
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's wilden wanderlust, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely
Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly
Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in
Floyd | your mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her
Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 110/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | But ... This is no foe! This is but VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY, who has
Floyd | pleased you well and done no harm! Or is it? What manner of wizardry
Floyd | is this?
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns
Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 2 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 108/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble and pause. You do not ASSAIL innocent DOXIES! But this is
Floyd | no DOXY but a deadly DEMON BEE WENCH! But no! It is VESSA! But no ...
Floyd | Your MIND is ADDLED!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs,
Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC
Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "close eyes" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 108/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need to be more cunning than that to defeat the SLAVER KING.
Floyd | Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 96/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble and pause. You do not ASSAIL innocent DOXIES! But this is
Floyd | no DOXY but a deadly DEMON BEE WENCH! But no! It is VESSA! But no ...
Floyd | Your MIND is ADDLED!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped
Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her
Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 12 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | The attempt fills your brain with painful buzzing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 5
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 79/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | But ... This is no foe! This is but VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY, who has
Floyd | pleased you well and done no harm! Or is it? What manner of wizardry
Floyd | is this?
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs,
Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC
Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 12 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "it seems like we need to drown her out somehow or something"
inky says (to Floyd), "inventory" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > INVENTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK
Floyd | HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped
Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her
Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON BEE GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN taketh no interest in the EAR OF
Floyd | CORN.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "How about giving a sword to the real Vessa and let her do the deed?"
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword on vessa" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD ON VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA frowns a delicate, pouty frown and runs a finger gently down
Floyd | your side. "Oh, barbarian. You know I would adore taking you to my bed
Floyd | for play ... but a TWO-HANDED SWORD is not respectful payment for what
Floyd | I can offer you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns
Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 9 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but
Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a
Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look
Floyd | menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's risible retinas, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely
Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly
Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in
Floyd | your mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her
Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 2 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "sexy war buzz"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's negotiable nipples, your feet refuse you, and your mind
Floyd | BUZZETH with psychic noise!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 2
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "where's a tinfoil hat when you need one?"
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74

		maga says (to inky), "Mr. Aldrin did indeed serve in Korea"

Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | A SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN is here, armed with a shimmering LASH
Floyd | OF PSIONIC DEMON-SORCERY. Or ... is it only VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY,
Floyd | armed with an OSTRICH FEATHER and smiling invitingly? Curse this wench
Floyd | and her SUCCUBUS DEMON PSI-WITCH ways!
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, perhaps bound to the wall, naked and pleading, and
Floyd | perhaps standing in front of you. This hurts your brain!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard vessa" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't sure which one to examine, and the attempt hurteth thy
Floyd | brain!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "use vessa on vessa" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE VESSA ON VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | This computeth not. Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give
Floyd | aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns
Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 4 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience:
Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your
Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH
Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These
Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL;
Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can
Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER
Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on
Floyd | these action commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT,
Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction
Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize
Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at
Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts).
Floyd |
Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian.
Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states
Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP
Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE,
Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided.
Floyd | Refer to your game manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | The attempt fills your brain with painful buzzing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tabulate" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > TABULATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK
Floyd | HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn),
Floyd | a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs,
Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC
Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 220 out of a possible 500, in 578 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Big Manly Exemplar".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You unhand the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE and carry it as ordinary gear.
Floyd | Your bare FIST is ready for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her
Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 8 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens! Thine arm hath failed thee! Curse this
Floyd | distracting EYEPATCH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped
Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her
Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 12 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "remove eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise
Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the EYEPATCH, grateful to see the world as it is again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 63/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN a sampling of your
Floyd | bare, callused FIST, but good! You scored 11 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think I'll take a potty break while we die again."
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 63/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs,
Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC
Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 3 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's palatable pantaloons, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's numinous earlobes, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely
Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly
Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in
Floyd | your mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "weird"
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You unhand the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE and carry it as ordinary gear.
Floyd | Your bare FIST is ready for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 31/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN! You scored 11
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 21/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 11/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's varicose valgus! A mighty blow! You scored 10 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/118
Floyd ]           SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 2/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN! You scored 9
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns
Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 3 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 10 points of damage, leaving
Floyd | the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The haze of PSYCHIC CONFUSION fades immediately from your mind, and
Floyd | your keen barbarian instincts return in full! Looking now at the
Floyd | sensuous naked creature on the floor, you see her now for what she is
Floyd | ... a delectable, but thoroughly malevolent BEE GIRL.
Floyd |
Floyd | And not just any BEE GIRL, but a BEE GIRL QUEEN who is part SUCCUBUS
Floyd | DEMON. Those foes are most terrible that cannot be fought fairly, and
Floyd | this one clouded you with PSI POWERS and ASSAILED you with hell-born
Floyd | magic!
Floyd |
Floyd | You free the DELICATE DOXY from her bonds, and she kicks the remains
Floyd | of the BEE GIRL into a convenient chute hidden beneath a fur rug. You
Floyd | hear a distant splash. "It leads beneath the DOCKS to the SEA OF GREAT
Floyd | PERIL," she explains. "Some of my customers are MERMAIDS."
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile at the thought, and then frown, puzzling over the logistical
Floyd | complications. Then you shrug, for such matters are beyond the ken of
Floyd | an upland barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles a very warm smile indeed. "Barbarian ... you came here on
Floyd | business. Shall we?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK from the bed where the demoness
Floyd | had tossed it, and offer it politely to the DELICATE DOXY.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "I wonder if the chance of the attack failing is related to the weapon damage or something"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles a little when she sees you've offered a book ... then her
Floyd | eyes widen when she sees the title. She seems genuinely stunned.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian!" she says, clearly holding back tears. "SUTOK is the poet
Floyd | of every DOXY'S soul, and it was his verses that led me to my path. I
Floyd | have never been offered such sensitive payment. You truly do see me
Floyd | for who I am, and it moves me." She smiles a wicked, wanton smile.
Floyd | "You will be rewarded for your wisdom, barbarian, with my most
Floyd | inventive pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many inventive pleasures, and a number of
Floyd | spontaneous recitations) later, VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY sprawls naked
Floyd | across your chest, quietly reading her new book, misty-eyed and dewy
Floyd | with satisfaction. After a time, she speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "That demonic BEE GIRL was no random encounter," the DOXY muses. "The
Floyd | BEE GIRLS of the mountains have become bolder of late, and I'm
Floyd | convinced that the SLAVER KING himself is encouraging them, to pacify
Floyd | the dissent at the edges of his realm." She rolls over, and smiles
Floyd | prettily ... "in fact, I know it for certain, because the SLAVER KING
Floyd | has become one of my clients, and he sleeps so very soundly when I'm
Floyd | finished with him that I've been able to see a few scrolls here and
Floyd | there ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She sees the astonishment on your features and smiles, pleased with
Floyd | herself. "Oh, it's true that none outside the CASTLE have seen the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, and it remains so. He doesn't venture here to the DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY; I'm summoned to perform in the THRONE ROOM. And when His
Floyd | Majesty is sated, I wander, and I listen to the talk of servants, and
Floyd | I learn much."
Floyd |
Floyd | She lowers her voice cautiously, but her eyes are filled with happy
Floyd | mischief. "I've learned of a very secret treasure chamber beneath the
Floyd | central hall of the CASTLE ... a treasure that the SLAVER KING hides
Floyd | because he FEARS what it could do to him. I know not yet what this
Floyd | treasure is, but I do know that the fixtures of the CASTLE itself are
Floyd | they key to unlocking it: there is a combination, in FOUR stages ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Her smile flickers and fades. "I know not the first two. But the
Floyd | second two I know: SEIZE the prized IVORY TAPESTRY, and then REGARD
Floyd | yourself in the MIRROR. This will open the way to the secret chamber.
Floyd | I hope to know more soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | She reaches into her hair. "In the meantime, barbarian, you have saved
Floyd | my life, and for that I owe you much that I cannot repay." She extends
Floyd | her hand to you, and in it lay the RUBY NEEDLE she showed you before.
Floyd | "The WARLOCK'S gift to me is now my gift to you, barbarian. I know not
Floyd | if the magic he spoke of is truth, but if it is magic, you should have
Floyd | it, to work your will against the SLAVER KING." She places it in your
Floyd | hand, and you tuck it idly into your THESKIAN DUFFLE BAG, which hangs
Floyd | at your side even when you are otherwise naked and occupied in lusty
Floyd | pursuits.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DOXY stretches out on the blankets, and looks at you over her
Floyd | shoulder. "Let me ply my trade with you some more, barbarian. For some
Floyd | time I have tasted the injustice of the SLAVER KING, and now that I
Floyd | have tasted ... well, now that I have witnessed his arrogant fury in
Floyd | person, I am eager for distractions from the memories, and eager for
Floyd | renewed enthusiasm for your certain victory."
Floyd |
Floyd | Many hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY'S chambers, sated
Floyd | and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "now we're talking"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                     HIT POINTS: 48/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, so note to self: the second two parts of the combo in the castle are >SEIZE IVORY TAPESTRY and >REGARD MIRROR"
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                     HIT POINTS: 68/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                     HIT POINTS: 88/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 108/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf24" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 111/122
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/122
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 27/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 17 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 88/122
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 17/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 19 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 108/122
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN
Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the
Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward
Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay
Floyd | beyond the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "we were pretty close with the slug before, let's see"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf25" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 122/122
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 232/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 166/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's indefensible tirades, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands
Floyd | home! You scored 32 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's
Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 166/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 132/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the RUIN SLUG a sampling of your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE,
Floyd | but good! You scored 34 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 97/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 35 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the
Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID
Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 26 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 81/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 16 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 81/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tonsured tongue-fur! Thou hast missest!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 67/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 63/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tabescent clemency, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID!
Floyd | You have suffered 19 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 30/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's precocious pectorals, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 33 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID!
Floyd | You have suffered 22 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/122
Floyd ]                    RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 14/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 14 points of damage, leaving the RUIN SLUG
Floyd | at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUIN SLUG is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The beast begins to sizzle and quake as its own ACID GLANDS release
Floyd | within! Its stalky EYES sink backward, its SPRAY ORGAN erupts wetly
Floyd | ... and moment by moment, a gleaming mountain of flesh disintegrates
Floyd | into a caustic puddle of self-consuming putrescence.
Floyd |
Floyd | The resulting SLIME runs into the stony cracks of the ROCKY RUIN, 'til
Floyd | naught tells that the creature ever dwelt here.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                        HIT POINTS: 65/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha-ha!"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf26" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                        HIT POINTS: 65/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                        HIT POINTS: 85/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 105/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 124/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 124/124
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 238/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No
Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to
Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "interesting"
inky says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unaccustomed to the indoors, you slip briefly on a slick patch of
Floyd | floor, but catch your balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an
Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
inky says (to Floyd), "get amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                              HIT POINTS: 0/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | As your hand touches the ENERGIES of the FARADAY CAGE, you are thrown
Floyd | back against the unyielding walls of the VAULT, your body burning and
Floyd | crackling with UNFETTERED FARADAY FORCES!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU ARE NO MORE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 240 out of a possible 500, in 622 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No
Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to
Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | Creative! But fruitless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF
Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE ON MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a BLACK HOLE METAL
Floyd | AXE, preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty
Floyd | war-oaths, suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | The combination of the RUBY NEEDLE and the MACHINERY solves nothing,
Floyd | but you find yourself noticing that, visually, it's quite a fetching
Floyd | juxtaposition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a Warrior-born, barbarian, not a scullery maid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it,
Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where
Floyd | the MACHINERY hath distracted thee so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Kind of seems like we go back to the doxy at least one more time."
		Jacqueline says, "So she can get us the rest of the combo"
		inky says, "yeah that would make sense"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF
Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on machinery" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general
Floyd | direction of the MACHINERY, and experiment briefly with making the
Floyd | shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on cage" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general
Floyd | direction of the FARADAY CAGE, and experiment briefly with making the
Floyd | shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on cage" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | If there's a way to constructively use an EAR OF CORN with a FARADAY
Floyd | CAGE, you can't quite manage it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard nedle" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD NEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might
Floyd | give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard needle" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD NEEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUBY NEEDLE is long and pointy. A very curious crystalline
Floyd | treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok let's see"
		inky says, "there are the gladiators"
		DavidW says, "I suspect a working droid might be useful here."
		inky says, "yeah, maybe we have to fix the droid first"
		inky says, "there is theoretically an entrance into the palace"
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking we would use the flashlight with the light house lens reflection thing, but why I am not sure."
		inky says, "there is the fruit on the tree, the magic fish, the bear"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Was the key to defeating the succubus bee girl with queen to just use our fists?"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your stomach rumbles, and you recall how long it's been since you've
Floyd | eaten. You crave a good slab of ham.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to DavidW), "maybe, yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "And I guess I was thining we would have to attract a ship, like a pirate ship, once we were a pirate, but now that doesn't seem necessary."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:38:16CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's trancendental tumors, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We could try the lighthouse again, now that the sea monster is dealt with."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "let me see how we do here first and then I will check out the lighthouse again"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf27" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 240/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize gold" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 242/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the GOLD BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with ... FOUL EMMA! "Barbarian may-un! PURTY!" she
Floyd | shouts, and lumbers toward you, ready for action!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... You have known many
Floyd | FRANKENSTEINS before and even called a few 'friend,' but FOUL EMMA is
Floyd | an especially disturbing (and obviously CAVE-PRIMITIVE) patchwork. She
Floyd | fights in the nude, thus displaying her notable variety of parts,
Floyd | including bits and pieces of WOOKY and some kinds of GIANT here and
Floyd | there. She wields a BASTARD SWORD as if it were weightless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 109/126
Floyd ]                     FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 69/95
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 26 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA attacks! You have suffered 17 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/126
Floyd ]                     FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 41/95
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's untamable head-lice, a fine hit! You scored 28 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a flirtatious wink, FOUL EMMA strikes! You have suffered 16
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/126
Floyd ]                     FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 41/95
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's licentious larvae! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA cries "DAY-um!" as her swing misses you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/126
Floyd ]                     FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 21/95
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA drives her BASTARD SWORD into your side with one hand, and
Floyd | pats you gently on the butt with the other. You have suffered 20
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage, leaving FOUL
Floyd | EMMA at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, FOUL EMMA topples backward, landing on her
Floyd | backside and sitting there, grinning at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help FOUL EMMA to
Floyd | her feet, and she smiles. "You purty! You win good! You PURTY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. FOUL EMMA gives
Floyd | a tiny girlish wave, makes shy half-circle in the gravel with her
Floyd | right foot, and wanders away to heal for a while. Eventually, the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "wow"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 94/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 243/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's prismatic palace, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 115/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 243/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 243/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 243/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize red" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 126/128
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 247/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the RED BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with His Deposed Majesty, one-time SAVAGE PRINCE in
Floyd | the realm of APE SULTANS, the one and only XAKANDA THE APE!
Floyd | "Greetings, esteemed opponent" he says, with a gentle nod of respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... XAKANDA is an
Floyd | impressively muscular PLANETARY APE, dressed in the regal silks of his
Floyd | homeland. His weapon is astonishing ... a rare TRIPLE-BLUTARCH, a
Floyd | weapon which an ordinary man would struggle to control with two hands,
Floyd | but which XAKANDA tosses casually from hand to hand, as if it were a
Floyd | mere DAGGER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 100/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE attacks! You have suffered 26 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 100/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 116/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's wanton war-cries, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 30 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE circles you warily, reserving his strength for the
Floyd | perfect moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 82/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's zygomorphic zydeco zoo, a fine hit! You scored 34
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a complex side-circular underhand flurry of his TRIPLE-BLUTARCH,
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE strikes! You have suffered 25 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 48/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's sanguinary parakeet! A mighty blow! You scored 34
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a laugh, XAKANDA passes his TRIPLE BLUTARCH to his left foot,
Floyd | while swinging on the nearby CHALLENGE POLE with his hands to deliver
Floyd | a mightier blow! You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 48/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's irrepressible appetites! Thine aim hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE circles you warily, reserving his strength for the
Floyd | perfect moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/128
Floyd ]                 XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 11/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 37 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA begins attacking to the left, but switches to the right with a
Floyd | fluid spin on his heel! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 15 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving XAKANDA THE APE at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, XAKANDA THE APE flies backward, sprawling
Floyd | painfully on the gravelly surface of the GLADIATOR'S RING!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help XAKANDA THE APE
Floyd | to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "Well done, barbarian. That
Floyd | was an education for me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. XAKANDA THE APE
Floyd | salutes you, bows, and goes to REPOSE and heal in his nearby tent. The
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 64/128
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 248/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vainglorious valets, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "uh, so?"
		inky asks, "don't I get a prize for defeating everyone?"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 85/128
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 248/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room
Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest
Floyd | on the POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout,
Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your
Floyd | challenge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "maybe the boss fight shows up later"
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are briefly surprised by the looming figure of XAKANDA THE APE,
Floyd | but it is plain that he arrives in the spirit of friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "I suppose you might meet them later on, like Thugga, or whoever he was."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Ho there, barbarian," he says, his voice regal and measured. "I am
Floyd | pleased that I have finally met my match in the arena ... I had begun
Floyd | to fear that I would find nothing but boredom there, but you showed me
Floyd | the difference of that, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles in response to your grim nod. "Yes, and I have heard from a
Floyd | certain DELICATE friend near the harbor that you are more than a mere
Floyd | barbarian ... you are a great leader of a resistance, as well! Worry
Floyd | not my friend, your secret is safe among the GLADIATORS."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks left and right, then leans in to whisper. "When the time
Floyd | comes, I will be there to aid you against the SLAVER KING, and I won't
Floyd | be the only one! But for now, I can teach you a special skill. In the
Floyd | first years of my exile, I took up residence with the SULDUKU
Floyd | HEIROPHANTS, an order secreted on an island in the SEA OF GREAT PERIL.
Floyd | They taught me - among other things - the secret of SULDUKU BREATHING,
Floyd | with which you can hold your breath far longer than any normal man.
Floyd | Someone would have to hold you underwater for HALF A THRAMOK to have
Floyd | any hopes of drowning you! Good, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider this, and nod. And for a time, XAKANDA teaches you this
Floyd | useful art.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 106/130
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... As XAKANDA departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES, he salutes
Floyd | you and says "We are fortunate to have you here in this realm,
Floyd | barbarian. Return to fight me again soon; I think you will find I can
Floyd | hold out a bit longer against you, now that we have learned from each
Floyd | other!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant clank of metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, that's good to know"
		zarf says, "now, back to the doxy!"
		inky says, "snigger"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 127/130
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, maybe we can beat this spider now"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf28" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                       HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While
Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic
Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We still wouldn't want to go in the fishie pool now that we can hold our breath, because we are afraid of bathing. Wonder where this will be useful."
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                       HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT'S incredible TECHNO-BEAM does indeed shine impressively
Floyd | within the ENORMOUS LAMP'S vast reflector, and you toy with it for a
Floyd | while, but if a distant vessel seeth your signal, you know not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 130/130
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 252/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 125/132
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 259/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lift the delicate necklace from the golden neck of the ELF girl,
Floyd | and you are well pleased. But what is that sudden CLACKING NOISE just
Floyd | behind thee?
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER attacks! You have suffered 5 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 116/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 115/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD
Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 9 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 103/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 79/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 36 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on
Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 13 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 103/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 79/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER dances from tree to tree, spinning more webs!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 67/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the GIANT GOLD SPIDER a sampling of your BLACK HOLE
Floyd | METAL AXE, but good! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | While you are stumbling over a sticky WEB, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER
Floyd | pierces you with its GOLDEN DEATH PROBE! You have suffered 2 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 39/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, GIANT GOLD SPIDER! You scored 28 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the
Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 16 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/132
Floyd ]                GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 19/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's terrible trothplight, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands
Floyd | home! You scored 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on
Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 8 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 60/132
Floyd ]                 GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 4/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the
Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 17 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                       HIT POINTS: 82/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's immaculate ear-wax, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 21 points of damage, leaving the GIANT GOLD SPIDER at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | With the great beast dead, you can navigate the WEBS at your leisure
Floyd | once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard webs" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 104/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WEBS
Floyd |
Floyd | You detect nothing special about the WEBS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 126/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT
Floyd | OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the
Floyd | ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF
Floyd | CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP
Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 126/136
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 17/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 27 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you,
Floyd | invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "give necklace to vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 136/136
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 265/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE NECKLACE TO VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | Poetics and illogic! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give
Floyd | aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "dangit"
		Jacqueline says, "use"
inky says (to Floyd), "use necklace on vessa" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The cold and gentle glow of the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT dances across
Floyd | VESSA'S features, as if to highlight each freckle in turn. She looks
Floyd | you in the eyes with obvious delight. "I have never even heard of such
Floyd | a treasure," she says. "This will buy you my most DARING pleasures
Floyd | ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many daring pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay naked beside you, stretching and yawning pleasantly, and
Floyd | snuggling down into some of the fine PILLOWS on her bed, her eyes
Floyd | locked on yours, as if deep in thought. After a time, the DOXY speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, your spy network is truly magnificent ... the loyalty you
Floyd | have inspired, the HOPE you have brought to these people ... it is
Floyd | nothing short of miraculous." She snuggles closer, looking at you
Floyd | admiringly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, passing the time by watching a nearby dust mote chase itself
Floyd | across the surface of the DOXY'S light-globes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My performances in the THRONE ROOM have earned me new friends, and
Floyd | one of them may prove very valuable. The ROYAL PSI-WITCH, the
Floyd | wise-woman upon whom the SLAVER KING depends to read the minds of
Floyd | visiting nobles, has been feeding him lies and half-truths, for she is
Floyd | disgusted with what she sees within his own foul and selfish
Floyd | thoughts."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DOXY sits up on the bed, looking quite serious for a moment. "I
Floyd | mentioned you, and her eyes grew wide with wonder, barbarian. There
Floyd | is, it seems, some sort of PSI-WITCH prophecy ... She was coy with the
Floyd | details, explaining that she wants to lay eyes on you herself. You
Floyd | should not fear this woman, barbarian. She could make every difference
Floyd | in your machinations to realign the realm's administration for the
Floyd | common weal."
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider the DOXY'S words, and furrow your savage brow in mild
Floyd | discomfort, for there are many syllables.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," VESSA says, "There is that look of solemn determination that
Floyd | excites me so about you!" she squirms close, pleasantly. Her hair
Floyd | smells nice. "You can summon the PSI-WITCH with a secret signal ... Go
Floyd | to the old LIGHTHOUSE and turn the LAMP'S reflector directly toward
Floyd | the battlements of the CASTLE, while shining your own LIGHT into it.
Floyd | You'll need a torch or something similar. Then, visit the LONELY HILL,
Floyd | where the ROYAL PSI-WITCH will be eager to examine you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the DOXY takes to examining you, herself, and pulls you back into
Floyd | the warm blankets with her, biting playfully at your shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's
Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and
Floyd | feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "aha"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 138/138
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 271/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 138/138
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 271/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 138/138
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 271/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 138/138
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 271/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                       HIT POINTS: 138/138
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 271/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While
Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic
Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You recall the legend in which HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY
Floyd | GOD, came to a place such as this, and destroyed it with the HAMMER OF
Floyd | THANGRASH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" 		

Floyd ]  LIGHTHOUSE                                       HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Considering the strange words of VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY, you
Floyd | remember that you do have a torch of sorts ... the FLASHLIGHT you
Floyd | plucked from the space-shack in the ROBODROID'S forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Turning the lamp toward the CASTLE as the DOXY described, and clicking
Floyd | the FLASHLIGHT a few times before the great reflective surface, you
Floyd | notice that, in the distance, a return signal flashes from one of the
Floyd | darker towers squatting near the battlements. Could it be true? Has
Floyd | this summoned the ROYAL PSI-WITCH to the LONELY HILL? There is, you
Floyd | suppose, only one way to know for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I guess I don't know where the lonely hill is"
		DavidW says, "It's hard to read this fast."
		Jacqueline says, "OHO"
		inky says, "but yeah, we totally summoned the witch from the lighthouse"
		DavidW says, "Lonely hill is east of Dark Alleyway"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, that OHO was that I just caught up on the reading about the psi-witch."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "there we go"
		DavidW says, "er, sorry, s of Green, w of Forest, or n of Ruin."
		inky says, "oh, I assumed this was going to be make-outs"
		inky says, "but I guess not"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard witch" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and
Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be
Floyd | looking right through you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with witch" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, upland barbarian," she says. She lets her words trail off,
Floyd | as if she's waiting for you to do something ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "No, I don't think to, inky"
		Jacqueline says, "She's just going to be an ally, I think."
		DavidW says, "What are we expected to do here? I didn't have much of a chance to read."
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		inky says, "the doxy didn't say"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF
Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "just that she wanted to examine us"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "Wonder what we're s'posed to do there."
Jizaboz arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard needle" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard needle" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD NEEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The RUBY NEEDLE is long and pointy. A very curious crystalline
Floyd | treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		inky says, "the doxy said the needle is from a warlock and could pierce anything"
		DavidW asks, "I didn't have time to read about the needle. What is IT for?"
		Jacqueline says, "It just pierces stuff. Not sure what we should pierce, though."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky asks, "cloth?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Which cloth?"
		inky says, "I dunno, but it's a needle, c'mon"
		DavidW says, "hm. Bear, fish, fruit, giant, droid, dwarf, statue."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Well, true."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait, fruit?"
		inky says, "ok, let me go pick up the dwarf now that we are hopefully tough enough to handle the fight afterwards"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Your game manual, or the HELP command,
Floyd | might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but
Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a
Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look
Floyd | menacing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 140/140
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 277/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on dwarf" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 144/144
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AXE ON DWARF
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE toward the old peg-leg DWARF, and
Floyd | he REGARDS it at first with polite interest, believing that you are
Floyd | simply showing it off to him. "Ah, yes, a very fine AXE you have
Floyd | there, barbarian ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | But when he realizes you are making an offer, he looks at the AXE
Floyd | again. "BLACK HOLE ... METAL!" he cries, and then he literally cries,
Floyd | taking it into his arms and sobbing a mess of tears onto his bristly
Floyd | black beard. "Lad, have ye any idea how many YEARS ... how many
Floyd | horrors I endured ... Was it THRANG? Did that foul old mustache of a
Floyd | KLENGON tell ye?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The old DWARF collects himself, obviously a bit embarrassed by his
Floyd | display of emotion, but you have sympathy. You, too, feel a great
Floyd | swelling of joy in your heart when you behold an implement of wanton
Floyd | destruction. It is as it must be, for you are a Warrior, and GUNWAR
Floyd | is, too (of perhaps half your Level).
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied that you have done a good deed, you turn to leave GUNWAR
Floyd | with the AXE for some privacy, but the DWARF doesn't let you go ...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lad, please. Wait. I've something ... I think ... I think I've
Floyd | something to tell ye. To ... to show ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF begins removing his clothing, and you quickly avert your
Floyd | eyes to let him know that this kind of thanking is not necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, lad. Look. Look."
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer between your fingers, and see what the DWARF is speaking of.
Floyd | Beneath his old coat of CHAINMAIL, beneath his jerkin, his chest is
Floyd | carved with a thousand old DWARVISH RUNES, seared into flesh with heat
Floyd | and blade. You read not these old letters, but you have heard they
Floyd | have powers of magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "Lad, for years I was a Warrior, of perhaps half your
Floyd | Level, and I quested for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. It consumed my life,
Floyd | took some of me friends into the grave, and in a dungeon near the
Floyd | AMAZON FREEHOLD of RAKARR, it took me leg."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, grimly, in respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But lad, I didn't rest. I knew I could never be a Warrior of any real
Floyd | worth again, not with my movements so limited ... So I studied hard to
Floyd | one day SERVE a Warrior ... to become a companion to a worthy
Floyd | death-dealer of ... of perhaps twice my level. I studied to be a
Floyd | healer, son. I can heal you as fast as magic with my herbs! And," he
Floyd | says, pointing to the RUNES, "I had meself RUNE-CARVED, so that if the
Floyd | Warrior I serve may one day choose to wield me in his hand, I do
Floyd | double damage."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is silence for a while, broken only by the distant scream of
Floyd | gulls, and the damp sloshing of the waves on the hull of the PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF gets up his nerve and asks "Can I? Can we? Will ye be my
Floyd | Warrior, lad? I'd be honored to be at your side, helping as I can
Floyd | with the bringin' of death once more. I feel it's my destiny as a
Floyd | healer."
Floyd |
Floyd | And a great friendship is made.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 144/144
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an
Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF
Floyd | BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har," says GUNWAR, sniffing the air wafting from your DUFFEL. "I
Floyd | smells a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT! That's tricky stuff, lad ... A
Floyd | drinkin' mate o' mine ate himself some of that, all ripened up, and
Floyd | the very next day he had a third arm, stickin' out from his
Floyd | neck!" He puffs his pipe thoughtfully, and chuckles to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x axe" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 144/144
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The
Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at
Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You
Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is
Floyd | found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeah, I think we've lost the axe here"
		inky says, "which isn't necessarily a problem, but I dunno"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 144/144
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PIRATE SHIP
Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the
Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a
Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical
Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one
Floyd | open passage leading downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close by, smoking his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" 		

Floyd ]  PIRATE SHIP                                      HIT POINTS: 144/144
Floyd ]  Paths: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 114/144
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 286/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | Relying on the natural CUNNING of an upland barbarian, you sense
Floyd | something very wrong ...
Floyd |
Floyd | A MUTATED MORGOM is here, thirsty for BLOOD!
Floyd |
Floyd | The PIRATES are cringing in a corner, and the crowd has fled in a
Floyd | panic!
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs,
Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You
Floyd | have suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferocity of the attack rips away the EYEPATCH OF ODIN! As it
Floyd | flutters into the SEA, the nearby PIRATES gasp. "Shiver me timbers,"
Floyd | one says, pointing at it, "That's the fourth time this year we fell
Floyd | fer that one, lads."
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er, so how are we examining it if we don't have it. Does Gun have it?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 106/144
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 159/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Slithering along its legless rear portion, the MORGOM attacks! You
Floyd | have suffered 26 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I think so, yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/144
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 142/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grating HISS that makes your skin crawl, the MORGOM leaps to
Floyd | the attack! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I know one thing I can do with the axe, which I shan't share yet. But I'm wondering how linear this game is."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 87/144
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 126/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 16 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR gives an involuntary yelp of fear as the MORGOM clamps hard
Floyd | into your side with its teeth! You have suffered 16 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/144
Floyd ]                 MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 107/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the MORGOM bites, the green light in its eyes make you dizzy!
Floyd | You have suffered 17 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 99/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 94/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MUTATED MORGOM a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 13 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 81/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 75/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MUTATED MORGOM! You scored 19 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MORGOM rakes at you furiously with its hind-claws! You have
Floyd | suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 12 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 58/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's phosphorescent gill slits! A mighty blow! You scored 17
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 12 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 40/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's agreeable ass-dandruff, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel trapped in a whirlwind of TOOTH and CLAW! The MORGOM is a
Floyd | blur of bloody rage! You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 99/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 26/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 83/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 14/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's churlish ire, a fine hit! You scored 12 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs,
Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You
Floyd | have suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 19 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/144
Floyd ]                  MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 1/159
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 13 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its
Floyd | attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 125/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving the MUTATED MORGOM at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | In the battle's aftermath, the PIRATES all rush to the scene, eager to
Floyd | make it look as if they were just about to enter the fight. GUNWAR
Floyd | chuckles and rolls his eyes at this.
Floyd |
Floyd | One old PIRATE steps forward and squints at the DWARF, and then at
Floyd | you. "Arr! Don't tell me ye'll be takin' GUNWAR aways from us fer
Floyd | good! Never was there a finer deck-swabber than old GUN, here."
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "I'll just be travelin' a bit here and there. Maybe for
Floyd | a short while, maybe a long one. Ye never know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ar," the old PIRATE agrees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the other PIRATES shove the corpse of the MORGOM into the SEA.
Floyd | After the splash, one says to the other "Best to send that beastie to
Floyd | Davey Jones right away."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aye," says the other. "Ye knows what happens to a MORGOM been slain
Floyd | by a TWO-HANDED SWORD!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well then, me Warrior!" GUNWAR says. "Let's be off adventurin'!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "magic fish, bear, fruit, theoretical castle entry"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "uh, what _does_ happen to a morgom slain by a two-handed sword?"

Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 142/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering
Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles as he peers into the POOL. "Some of the PIRATES like
Floyd | fishing for these MAGIC FISH. Good eatin' on 'em. Of course," he adds,
Floyd | "being PIRATES, they don't fish fair. I've seen some get fish
Floyd | with ALCHEMY BOMBS, or even VATS OF ACID ... They just drop something
Floyd | like that into the water, and wait for the DEAD MAGIC FISH to bob to
Floyd | the surface."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that I thinks on it, lad," he says, "PIRATES ain't really very
Floyd | sporting at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Yeah, they kinda left us hanging on that one, didn't they?"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It swims out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Your game
Floyd | manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gunwar chuckles. "Arr. It does that to me, too, lad ... every time I
Floyd | try to WHITTLE me PEG-LEG. Turns out I have to USE WHITTLING-KNIFE
Floyd | WITH PEG-LEG. T'aint even right speakin', that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens
Floyd | to other people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:53:16CDT 		zarf says, "har"
		inky says, "hee hee"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shifts on his peg-leg a bit. "I've heard so many tales about
Floyd | what the SLAVER KING really looks like, I don't know what to believe
Floyd | ... But one thing everyone seems to agree: he is a giant, and perhaps
Floyd | immortal. From goin' port to port, I know that the other SLAVER KINGS
Floyd | fear this one above all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on bear" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT ON BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT toward the GRIZZLY, and the
Floyd | great BEAR'S nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh
Floyd | flowing waters of the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the SLAB OF
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and
Floyd | returns to pawing the water in hopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                 HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                    HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                               QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS
Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you,
Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance.
Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and
Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your
Floyd | purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enormous CLIFF GIANT is sitting here, ninety tons of drowsy, rocky
Floyd | mass. Even his beard is made of stone. He's half-looking at the scenic
Floyd | vista, half-sleeping. When he snores, it sends minor slides of pebbles
Floyd | and loose snow bouncing down the mountainside. He rests in front of
Floyd | the entrance to a CAVE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "save?"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf29" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail giant" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's nictitating hindbrain! Even your most savage blow just
Floyd | bounces off. It doesn't even inspire the CLIFF GIANT to yawn at you.
Floyd | Besides, he seems quite peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground trembles as a herd of RUFFLEBACK RABBITS storms past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		inky says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "Poke him with a needle!"
inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Art thou addled? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on giant" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You recall what the DOXY told you about the RUBY NEEDLE ... the
Floyd | love-struck WARLOCK who gave her the NEEDLE said it could penetrate
Floyd | anything. Experimentally, you poke the CLIFF GIANT with the NEEDLE ...
Floyd |
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT says something much like "MRRFT!" and turns to you in
Floyd | annoyance. Then he turns away again, and resumes his great repose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on giant" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 148/148
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 298/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You poke the CLIFF GIANT once more with the RUBY NEEDLE, and this time
Floyd | the GIANT stands in response before you can take the NEEDLE out again!
Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT towers above you like a perturbed, angry mountain,
Floyd | blotting out the evening sun and GLARING at you!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT points a finger at you. "YOU RUDE," he says, in a voice that
Floyd | sends pebbles and snow flying down the mountainside, and which nearly
Floyd | knocks you from your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then, he strides off into the mountains, to find somewhere more
Floyd | private to sit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hooray"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 113/150
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 300/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CAVE
Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of
Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have
Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY
Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain. But
Floyd | before you can begin to appreciate the secrets of the CAVE, there is a
Floyd | heavy thud, and a sudden motion in the dark ...
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive CAVE OOZE is here, and few men have survived the hunger of a
Floyd | CAVE OOZE to speak of it!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a heavy slithering in the darkness, and you feel the burning
Floyd | touch of the CAVE OOZE! You have suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeep"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 129/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 130/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The CAVE OOZE slithers into shadow for a moment, then you see it on
Floyd | the wall right next to you!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 16 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 141/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 112/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The touch of the CAVE OOZE is icy, and it BURNS ... You have
Floyd | suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 16 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 120/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 93/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's waxen war-webbing, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel sick as the CAVE OOZE attempts to use its revolting
Floyd | TRANSFORMATION power, and grateful for the near-total darkness!
Floyd | You have suffered 31 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 10 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 128/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 79/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The CAVE OOZE barrels into you from the shadows, and you feel your
Floyd | skin peeling away! You have suffered 12 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 20 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 136/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 65/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's vaunted vestigial vallecula, you strike hard and true!
Floyd | You scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With terrifying speed and a spreading mass of tendrils, the CAVE OOZE
Floyd | attacks! You have suffered 10 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 143/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 46/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unseemly advances! A mighty blow! You scored 19 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The touch of the CAVE OOZE is icy, and it BURNS ... You have
Floyd | suffered 4 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 11 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 150/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 25/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unmasculine backswing, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands
Floyd | home! You scored 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The CAVE OOZE slithers into shadow for a moment, then you see it on
Floyd | the wall right next to you!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "Gunwar is a swell fellow"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 141/150
Floyd ]                    CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 13/144
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel sick as the CAVE OOZE attempts to use its revolting
Floyd | TRANSFORMATION power, and grateful for the near-total darkness!
Floyd | You have suffered 23 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "He sure is."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 13 points
Floyd | of damage, leaving the CAVE OOZE at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The CAVE OOZE is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | Exhausted from battle, you take stock of your surroundings ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 305/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CAVE
Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of
Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have
Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY
Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is near, sorting through his healing herbs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see some SPICES here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "INKY"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard spices" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 305/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a tiny container of SPICES that smelleth like a HOBLING bakery
Floyd | making PUMPKIN PIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "mmm"
		inky says, "just call me Sluice"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize spices" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard stream" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a swiftly-flowing underground river. The waters are fast, black,
Floyd | and cold. Dare you enter it? You've heard tales of brave adventurers
Floyd | swept to instant death by these things ... most lead to sunless,
Floyd | airless places in the uncaring bowels of the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I think this might be the secret way into the palace"
		Jacqueline asks, "I don't think we're ready, are we?"
		inky says, "I dunno"
		inky says, "we don't know the whole whaddyacall"
		zarf asks, "did we do the lighthouse mirror thing?"
		inky says, "yeah, that was to summon the witch"
		Jacqueline says, "Apple, fish... I mean, admittedly, I only say this because they are THERE"
		inky says, "but we don't know what to do with her"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, but - right she says we're not ready yet or something."
		inky says, "it might be a good idea to deal with her first though"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS
Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you,
Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance.
Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and
Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your
Floyd | purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                    HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                               QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                 HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, I wanted to see how the temple was doing post-bee-girl-invasion"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent
Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 8 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 147/152
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's capricious cat-cravings, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC
Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 15 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 10 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 5 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]                  VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 15/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's storm-frosted comb-over, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have
Floyd | suffered 15 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]                   VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 2/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VOLTAIC WRAITH! You scored 13 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 20 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC
Floyd | WRAITH at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid
Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice:
Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is near, shifting his crutch a bit for comfort's sake.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | A soft breeze blows from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, barbarian!" the ACOLYTE smiles warmly, "It's always good to see
Floyd | you. Thank you again for the GLADIUS SWORD; it has already come in
Floyd | handy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles broadly at the sight GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE, strapped
Floyd | oiled and naked to the ALTAR. "Har! Good t'see ye, girly! Why, the
Floyd | last time I laid eyes on ye all trussed up, ye were knee-high to a
Floyd | MANION DEVIL and the lads were raidin' yer village! And now look at ye
Floyd | ... all grow'd up and set to be sacrificed for the greater evil!"
Floyd |
Floyd | GINA blushes and shrugs shyly, at least to the extent her tethers
Floyd | allow. "But look at you, uncle GUN!" she says. "You're
Floyd | adventuring again! I knew you had it in you, you old sea-dog!"
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR beams, and spends a few moments redistributing the ANOINTING
Floyd | OIL on the flat of GINA'S bare stomach, until the ACOLYTE raises an
Floyd | eyebrow at him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just makin' sure she's right set t'be devoured by yer DARK LORD!" he
Floyd | declares with an exaggerated wink. Everyone chuckles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm wondering what if a electro-wraith met a leyden jar."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I wanted to know if the needle could pierce the apple."
		inky says, "you need a single node which encloses everything"
		inky says, "er"
		inky says (to DavidW), "oh, good call"
inky says (to Floyd), "x needle" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Refer to your
Floyd | game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I think the giant walked away with the needle"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "which hopefully means that is not the solution"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I dunno if it's possible to make this game unwinnable, though"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 309/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a little surprised to notice a familiar figure - the hulking
Floyd | form of the SHE-FRANKENSTEIN called FOUL EMMA, tossing flower-petals
Floyd | off the BRIDGE into the STREAM below.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA looks up from her reverie. "Purty barbarian!" she says,
Floyd | obviously pleased to see you, but obviously too sad to grab at your
Floyd | backside. "Me glad you here, barbarian. Maybe one day you can help
Floyd | EMMA."
Floyd |
Floyd | She plucks another petal and lets it fall. "Me not know where, but
Floyd | some-wheres here there's a secret ... a way IN to where slaves are
Floyd | kept. SLAVER KING, him mean. He keep many FRANKENSTEIN slaves. He keep
Floyd | EMMA'S momma and EMMA'S daddy as slaves. Only EMMA get away." She
Floyd | stares up at the sky, holding back patchwork tears.
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks into your eyes. "Me heard another secret, too. There's a
Floyd | CORD somewheres there, black as night. So old only a few old slaves
Floyd | know. Pull on that CORD," she says, "and it open a way to crawl right
Floyd | into CASTLE, right where SLAVER KING live. But me too big to crawl,
Floyd | anyway. So me no help to momma. No help to paw-paw." She turns away,
Floyd | embarassed by her grief. After a while, she collects herself, and
Floyd | half-heartedly gropes at your groin, but it's plainly her way of
Floyd | putting on a brave face, and she turns to walk away.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "somewhere we have to pull a cord"
		inky says, "I'm not sure why, though"
		inky says, "maybe there are like three entrances here"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... As FOUL EMMA departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES, she turns
Floyd | once more and calls back "Me feel better when fighting, barbarian.
Floyd | Please come fight me some more. Me ... like you. You purty." Blushing,
Floyd | she turns and runs into the distance, like a bashful little girl,
Floyd | crushing rocks with her footfalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's supposed to be a culvert here we can enter."
		inky says, "sure enough"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, I must have missed the giant and the needle thing (you guys go kinda fast sometimes)... the stone giant, you mean? I missed that. What happened?"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard culvert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any CULVERT here!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, wait, there it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeah"
		inky says, "we poked him with the needle and he got annoyed and left, but we didn't have time to yank the needle out before he did"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, that's prolly what's supposed to happen."
		DavidW asks, "Why do we need spices, though?"
		inky says, "if this culvert is this secret entrance, then I dunno what the river was for"
		inky says, "I guess I should have entered it after all"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's obscene nesting-fibers! I am vexed by thine riddles! Your
Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter cuvlert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CUVLERT
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Refer to
Floyd | your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ops"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf30" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 154/154
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 313/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but
Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 156/156
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 315/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as FOUL EMMA said, there is a BLACK CORD hanging deep in the
Floyd | shadows at the far end of the CATWALK, barely visible in the darkness
Floyd | and clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Recalling the words of the ROBODROID, you notice a discarded LENGTH OF
Floyd | CABLING among the dusty rubbish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a slight tremor beneath your sandals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize cabling" 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 156/156
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 319/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE CABLING
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard cord" 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 156/156
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 319/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLACK CORD is attached to something above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pens" 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 156/156
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 319/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PENS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as FOUL EMMA said, there is a BLACK CORD hanging deep in the
Floyd | shadows at the far end of the CATWALK, barely visible in the darkness
Floyd | and clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cord" 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 156/156
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 319/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the CORD and there is a loud CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK, so
Floyd | you quickly stop before you alert the entire CASTLE to your presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, something happens ...
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost silent grating noise, and a small doorway slides
Floyd | open on a nearby section of wall. The doorway spills no light; it is a
Floyd | very dark CRAWLWAY leading steeply upward. You think you could manage
Floyd | the climb, should you decide to go IN ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 158/158
Floyd ]  Exits: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 324/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN
Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "go use the cabling, I guess"
inky says (to Floyd), "okey doke" 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 158/158
Floyd ]  Exits: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 324/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > OKEY DOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might
Floyd | give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 158/158
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 324/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, admiring his AXE happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah"
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 158/158
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 324/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 158/158
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 324/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling on robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 160/160
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 327/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CABLING ON ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold the CABLING near the ROBODROID, turn it this way and that,
Floyd | tap him gently on the head with it, and so on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are almost ready to give up hope that anything might happen, when
Floyd | the cabling suddenly SPARKS with some latent remaining energy, and
Floyd | with heavy CLANK attaches itself to a portion of the metal man's
Floyd | silvery skin. The lights on his flat display-face shine brightly, and
Floyd | there is a deep humming ... but both the lights and the sound
Floyd | immediately begin to fade ...
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID turns to face you and speaks clearly. "Friend! Thank
Floyd | you! Power levels critical. I have very little time. My sensors detect
Floyd | PHASIC EMANATIONS very near. Take the CABLE there, hold it very still
Floyd | above the source. Source. Auto-MATIC! Source. POWwwer. Hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... and then lights go dim, the humming stops, the CABLE falls free,
Floyd | and the ROBODROID is silent once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		zarf says, "that's the phasic sump"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 160/160
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 327/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a LENGTH OF BIPHASIC CABLING, some SPICES, a
Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF
Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF
Floyd | CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP
Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 160/160
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 327/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 160/160
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 327/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 131/160
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 327/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 117/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CABLING
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold the BIPHASIC CABLING very still above the waters of the SUMP,
Floyd | exactly as the ROBODROID instructed. You feel a little foolish, and
Floyd | more than a little sick, as the emanating energies of the SUMP are
Floyd | sapping your strength unpleasantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | But it takes only a moment to see that the ROBODROID was correct! One
Floyd | end of the CABLE leaps from your hand like a living thing, diving into
Floyd | the water and extending sharp metallic tendrils. After a moment, the
Floyd | entire length of CABLE glitters with light! The end in the water now
Floyd | glows an angry RED and the end in your hand glows deep, haunting BLUE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 101/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Some heavy clouds are gathering to the west, over the SEA OF GREAT
Floyd | PERIL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                       HIT POINTS: 70/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "am I not supposed to wait here?"
		zarf says, "stop reposing :)"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                    HIT POINTS: 97/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 124/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin
Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on
Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him,
Floyd | but precious little. He moves not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 151/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Speaking - nay, even shouting - elicits no response, save for a gentle
Floyd | change in the rhythm of his facial light-display. There are sparks
Floyd | flying from some tiny moving parts on one side of his head, where the
Floyd | surface is torn open ... they are too rusted to move freely, and the
Floyd | ANOINTING OIL has done all it can to help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "maybe I was supposed to drop the cabling"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 136/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, I see"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 162/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "attach cabling to robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 162/162
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 331/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACH CABLING TO ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "use"
inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling on robodroid" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With the cable in place in the PHASIC SUMP, the rest happens without
Floyd | much effort. The Phasic Power Conduit Class 84-900-000-5 must be
Floyd | enchanted in some way to know its purpose, for just as it leaped for
Floyd | the glowing water, it leaps for the ROBODROID, clamping loudly on his
Floyd | surface and then flashing with pure blue light!
Floyd |
Floyd | It's impossible, for a few moments, to unhand the cable! You can feel
Floyd | the energies flowing through YOU as well as through it, and you can't
Floyd | help but wonder if that's really safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, all is calm, and you let the CABLE go, rubbing your hand where
Floyd | the heat of the transfer burned you slightly. The ROBODROID does not
Floyd | stand, but his head swivels freely, and you can see some of his torn
Floyd | and rusted portions ... healing themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Repair. Sequence. Initiated. Magnetic. Data. Accessed." The ROBDROID
Floyd | jerks slightly on the ground, then relaxes, and turns to face you.
Floyd | "Friend!" he says, his face-lights arranging into a simple smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, quietly. You've known his kind before, and they are often
Floyd | good folk, but it's never quite normal, talking to metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods in return. "Thank you, barbarian, for your help. I have been
Floyd | trapped here for so long, unable to self-repair without access to
Floyd | PHASIC EMANATIONS. I dwelt here in the remnants of my ROCKET, as a
Floyd | ROBO-HERMIT, but the SLAVER KING decided that all ROBODROIDS should
Floyd | serve him ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | His face-lights flash an angry red. "I refused, and fought to the last
Floyd | ... or what his thugs must have supposed was the last. As you can see,
Floyd | there is life yet in my COSMIC TRANSISTORS, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to move, but stumbles. "Ah, but not a LOT of life ... this
Floyd | cable will allow me to communicate and perform some basic self-repair,
Floyd | but I suppose it will take a serious electric catalyst to re-ignite my
Floyd | PRISMATIC HEART ENGINE and become fully motive. Still, it is very fine
Floyd | to be able to talk to an ally ... for you are clearly no friend of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod again, and smile, for that is the truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
		inky says, "it's amazing I've managed to play this whole game so far without being able to remember to use USE"
		DavidW asks, "sorry, someone was at the door. What''s happened?"
		zarf says, "try parleying now"
		zarf says, "the robodroid is healed"
		inky says, "the robodroid told us to take the cable to the swamp and then re-attach it, so we did"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, picking something out of his beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID nods politely in your direction. "I'm sorry I'm not much
Floyd | of a host, friend. I suppose it will take quite a voltaic jolt to
Floyd | jump-start me to mobility ... but even if that never happens, know how
Floyd | much I appreciate your efforts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "mm"
		zarf asks, "the voltaic wraith?"
		inky says, "well, that's a little disappointing"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ah, ok, that makes sense"
		inky says, "or the faraday cage"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:08:16CDT 		DavidW says, "one or the other, sure."
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize robot" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID is in much greater repair than before, but still too
Floyd | heavy and awkward to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a
Floyd | sizzling note of hate!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a strange itching sensation, sort of chasing itself all over
Floyd | your skin, but focusing on the points where the PHASIC EMANATIONS
Floyd | scarred your flesh! You pause to give it a good scratch, and you're
Floyd | okay again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "repose" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 336/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "now let's see!"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | With the VOLTAIC WRAITH arcing violently from branch to branch and
Floyd | hissing with anger, you stand in the clearing of the SCARRED FOREST,
Floyd | and whirl to face your opponent. Nearby, the ROBODROID looks up from
Floyd | his repair-work with obvious curiosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | "BARBARIAN!" screams the WRAITH, forming a scowling face made of
Floyd | translucent arcs of power, "SUCH A LOVELY SETTING IN WHICH TO DESTROY
Floyd | YOU ... SO MANY DAMP FLOWERS ... MOIST BARK, HUMID AIR ... SO MANY WET
Floyd | PLACES TO CHASE YOU FROM, TO TRAP YOU. WHY, THERE'S EVEN METAL HERE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Edging back toward the ROBODROID and smiling quietly, you simply nod.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH advances, and then begins to flicker. "WHAT?
Floyd | WHAT?!? WHAT'S HAPPENING" Trails of power are now arcing at random
Floyd | from the center of the WRAITH to the surface of the BIPHASIC CABLING.
Floyd | The BLUE END attached to the ROBODROID begins loudly humming.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID stands, and smiles. "Oh, barbarian. You are very, very
Floyd | clever, for a primitive meatling." With newfound strength, the
Floyd | ROBODROID un-clamps the BLUE END of the CABLE and points it directly
Floyd | at the WRAITH.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly, and inhale the storm-fresh air as you are surrounded
Floyd | by a rush of VOLTAIC DISASSEMBLY amid the sound of a thousand gasping
Floyd | echoes, of a hundred pitiful screams, a dozen mournful wails, and then
Floyd | thin, faint, static.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is no more, and the ROBODROID stands tall, his
Floyd | remaining "wounds" repairing themselves instantly before your eyes,
Floyd | his skin a perfect, gleaming silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A very clever meatling, indeed," he says. "The SLAVER KING is in
Floyd | trouble, with a barbarian seeking vengeance on him!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, for you are well pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "huzzah"
		DavidW says, "woot"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 164/164
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a solitary
Floyd | metallic figure standing near ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close by, brushing his teeth with his finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, friend. It's good to be whole again. Now that I can move
Floyd | about, I may find some new way to aid your quest."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN is nearby, humming an old Dwarf mining song.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No
Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to
Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR peers closely at the FARADAY CAGE. "Har," he says, quietly.
Floyd | "Bugger me with a marlinspike, these blackguard FARADAY CAGES are
Floyd | nasty business. Lost a good mechanical friend to one of these, once.
Floyd | Fortunately, they can be taken down with the right kind of good, hard
Floyd | whack. You're a strong lad, barbarian. ASSAIL this scurvy CAGE."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did the droid come with us?"
		inky says, "apparently not!"
		inky says, "Gunwar is saying we can just hit it, though"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail cage" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 166/166
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 342/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with your TWO-HANDED SWORD, barely making a dent in the
Floyd | FARADAY CAGE ... a dent which reshapes itself into defiant perfection
Floyd | within seconds after your attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR hefts his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE experimentally, all the while
Floyd | carefully regarding the FARADAY CAGE.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give it another go, lad. Just one more good whack, and I can watch ye
Floyd | carefully."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps seize droid first?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail cage" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with your TWO-HANDED SWORD, barely making a dent in the
Floyd | FARADAY CAGE ... a dent which reshapes itself into defiant perfection
Floyd | within seconds after your attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR steps forward, the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE glinting in the strange
Floyd | lights of the VAULT. "Stand back, lad. I'll set this right."
Floyd |
Floyd | Heaving the demonic AXE with all his might, GUNWAR drives the eldritch
Floyd | blade hard into the side of the FARADAY CAGE. When a sudden VIBRATORY
Floyd | FEEDBACK WAVE threatens to shatter the AXE in return, you are tossed
Floyd | from your feet, but GUNWAR quickly clangs the AXE on the strange
Floyd | blue-metal walls with a smile. "HAHA!" he cries, "I've tussled with
Floyd | FARADAY FORCES in my time, eh? Can't mess with old GUNWAR! Har."
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dare openeth your eyes again, you see that the VAULT is
Floyd | dimmed, idle sparks fly from broken machinery ... and the FARADAY CAGE
Floyd | is gone, no doubt banished to whatever ELECTRO-HELL it was summoned
Floyd | from! GUNWAR stands triumphantly, the gleaming BLACK HOLE METAL AXE
Floyd | reflected in his eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
inky says (to Floyd), "get amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a
Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of
Floyd | corscuating light.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an
Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | That awful PHASIC ITCHING is back again, now focused very sharply on
Floyd | your good sword-swinging arm. And it's worse ... a kind of nasty
Floyd | BURNING, now. What manner of sorcery is in that SUMP, anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | After a time, the burning sensation stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands close by, picking his nose with a
Floyd | pointy extremity of his AXE.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize science" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SCIENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a
Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of
Floyd | corscuating light.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "weird"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm ... The ROBODROID is here no longer. He must be happy to move
Floyd | again, after being so long imprisoned by his own rust.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "robodroid left, hunh"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKET COCKPIT                                   HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKET COCKPIT
Floyd | Much of the shack has been stripped for pieces, no doubt to be sold in
Floyd | God City, far to the west. Only scraps remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "maybe now that we have this phasic scar the witch will recognize us"
		Jacqueline says, "hm."
		Jacqueline says, "Good idea."
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and
Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be
Floyd | looking right through you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "nope, guess not"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                    HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                               QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                    HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                               QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being
Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're supposed to do something, not be passively standing there."
		inky says, "while I'm here, perhaps a swim in the river"
		inky says, "yeah, I guess so"
		inky says, "we need some psychic power"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS
Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you,
Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance.
Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and
Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your
Floyd | purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CAVE
Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of
Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have
Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY
Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf32" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter sluice" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 168/168
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 348/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER SLUICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Trusting to fate, you enter the swift current of the INKY SLUICE. The
Floyd | current is so powerful that you're carried away immediately into TOTAL
Floyd | DARKNESS, and then submerged!
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's vacillating vapor trail, the water is cold! You cannot SEE!
Floyd | You cannot BREATHE!
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 172/172
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 356/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN
Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a
Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before
Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a
Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without the power of SULDUKU BREATHING, you never would have survived
Floyd | that journey!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Breath trick!"
		DavidW says, "oh, but we were taught how to hold our breath."
		inky says, "oh ho ho"
inky says (to Floyd), "x moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 172/172
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 356/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered
Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each
Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x impervium" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 172/172
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 356/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IMPERVIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard of such armor only in legends. Your barbarian mind
Floyd | cannot begin to fathom how such a suit is made.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize impervium" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 174/174
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE IMPERVIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use impervium" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE IMPERVIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL, and replace it with the SUIT OF
Floyd | IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "dang geez"
		DavidW says, "wow"
		inky says, "+120 hp"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN
Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a
Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before
Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a
Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered
Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each
Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jizaboz says, "A true pirate can hold his breath for 10 minutes."
inky says (to Floyd), "seize moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | But it's yucky!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
		DavidW says, "ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE flow through this vast room from the
Floyd | CAVE above, but the stone "river-bed" is slick like glazed Hobling
Floyd | pottery! Try as you might, you could never climb something so steep
Floyd | and so smooth against the force of the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, duh - it's made of IMPERVIUM, which is sort of like UNOBTAINIUM, 'cept better."
		inky says, "uh-oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use eye on moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE EYE ON MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear
Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth! Your
Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "hmm, somewhere we lost the eye?"
		DavidW asks, "really? On the incense?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, perhaps when we lit - yeah"
		inky says, "yeah, maybe"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN
Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a
Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before
Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a
Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | The dullest Klengon can do better than that. Your game manual, or the
Floyd | HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x waters" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | In the strange light of the GLOWING CAVERN, you see that the water
Floyd | really isn't so INKY in the INKY SLUICE, in fact it seems quite clear
Floyd | and fresh. From here, it flows once again into a wide CRACK in the
Floyd | rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter waters" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 300/300
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the SLUICE at the far end of the CAVERN, where the waters
Floyd | run swift, and once again you find yourself sucked into icy darkness!
Floyd | But only a moment later, you are flying through the air in a sparkling
Floyd | spray of water and evening sunlight! And then landing hard on the
Floyd | ground! Ouch!
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                   HIT POINTS: 51/300
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It seems to be
Floyd | watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ah, that makes sense"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 101/300
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just
Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR arrives. "Sa-ho! I might have known I'd find ye 'round the
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 151/300
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands nearby, staring into space and
Floyd | thinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in
Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 201/300
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It appears to be reading a tiny
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 152/300
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 360/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the depths of the CHASM comes a fluttering, a flapping, and a
Floyd | violent, hungry sussuration of HISSING! Suddenly pouring upward from
Floyd | the mist is a deadly SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA, eager for the taste of
Floyd | fresh barbarian blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweeping across the ground in a great flurry of PISCINE ACROBATICS,
Floyd | the SKY-PIRANHA consume your flesh! You have suffered 49 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ow"
		inky asks, "wait, crap, what happened?"
		inky asks, "when did we upset sky-piranha?"
		DavidW says, "SKY PIRANHA"
		Jizaboz says, "jeez"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 182/300
Floyd ]               SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 50/68
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a violent fluttering of wings, thousands of NEEDLE-LIKE TEETH rip
Floyd | into your skin! You have suffered 11 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 41 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 179/300
Floyd ]               SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 27/68
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 23 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's phasic wainscotting! They are EVERYWHERE! EVERYWHERE!
Floyd | AIEEEE! You have suffered 38 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 35 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 180/300
Floyd ]               SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 9/68
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | Heedless of your TWO-HANDED SWORD, PIRANHA fly at you from every
Floyd | direction, colliding, scraping, EATING! You have suffered 28 hits
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 29 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 16 points of damage, leaving the SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | You rend the last of the SKY-PIRANHA into twitching, bloody chunks.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 230/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, smiling contentedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 280/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a band of travelers in the distance, but then they're gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Perplexity and disarray! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might
Floyd | give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf33" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine
Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a slight chain hanging across VESSA'S doorway, and a small
Floyd | sign writ in simple runes which sayeth: BACK SOON - PROVIDING SERVICE
Floyd | TO HIS MAJESTY'S COURT AND SUNDRIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "ah hmm"
		inky says, "no more doxy, at least for now"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but
Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ]  Exits: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN
Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, so back in the secret entrance to the palace here"
		inky says, "(where we know the doxy is somewhere, incidentally)"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl through the dark for a while, but it isn't long before you
Floyd | emerge into the CASTLE above.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... There is a gentle SNAP as the tiny door you emerged from falls
Floyd | shut behind you; there's no sign of it now! You'll have to find
Floyd | another way out.
Floyd |
Floyd | So, you take stock of your surroundings ... and such surroundings! You
Floyd | stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, a chamber
Floyd | well-bedecked with opulence and many fine FURNISHINGS. Looking far,
Floyd | far to the west, you can see that the GUARDS are letting some
Floyd | well-dressed courtiers wander out into the MARKETPLACE without
Floyd | hindrance. It seems getting out is easier than getting in! You slick
Floyd | your hair a bit, convinced that you can pass for a courtier if the
Floyd | need is dire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attention is drawn by a slight hint of movement: atop a great
Floyd | HEARTH filled with a ROARING FIRE, a COPPER GARGOYLE is perched, and
Floyd | you could have sworn you saw it move.
Floyd |
Floyd | You REGARD the statue for a time, your instincts telling you to ready
Floyd | yourself for BATTLE!
Floyd |
Floyd | And it's only a moment for your instincts to be proven true, as the
Floyd | COPPER GARGOYLE grins a creaking, metallic grin, and snaps his claws
Floyd | open, and leaps down to the floor ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 264/303
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 368/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a COPPER GARGOYLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks! You have suffered 39 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 264/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR arrives, reaching for his healing herbs!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 285/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 99/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE clanks noisily on the flagstones, and his claws
Floyd | strike hard! You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 42 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hey, nice work, gunwar"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 282/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 83/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE leaps straight for your throat! You have
Floyd | suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 32 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 287/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 62/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's approbated abbatoir, a fine hit! You scored 21 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a creak of metal, the COPPER GARGOYLE is airborne, slashing
Floyd | deeply into your side with his fangs. You have suffered 21 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 26 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 295/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 47/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the COPPER GARGOYLE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | On WINGS OF METAL, the COPPER GARGOYLE leaps high, and glides down
Floyd | from above with claws extended! You have suffered 29 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 37 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 295/303
Floyd ]                 COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 28/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's scabrous schoolmarm, a fine hit! You scored 19 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks! You have suffered 27 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 27 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 277/303
Floyd ]                  COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 9/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's vesicating varlets, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE leaps straight for your throat! You have
Floyd | suffered 39 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 21 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 13 points of damage, leaving the COPPER
Floyd | GARGOYLE at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE bows a metallic bow to acknowledge your superior
Floyd | might, and climbs back on its perch above the HEARTH, freezing in
Floyd | place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around, it seems as though nobody noticed the battle! You idly
Floyd | wonder if every new visitor to the CASTLE has to go through
Floyd | this ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice
Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own
Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens.
Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are
Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN is near, chuckling to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Across the market square, a group of PRINCES and their retinue pass by
Floyd | riding the back of a GIANT BRAMA WORM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you go, barbarian ... 'tis only fair to warn thee: ascending
Floyd | these MARBLE STAIRS will take you before the SLAVER KING himself, and
Floyd | such an "audience" with His Majesty is a one-way trip, one way or
Floyd | another. I do wish you well, savage hero, but at least be sure that
Floyd | you have a recent SAVE to return to, should things not go as you wish.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I for one," GUNWAR adds, "feel a great unease in my bones. I've
Floyd | heard terrible tales of the SLAVER KING, lad. I've heard he kills
Floyd | DWARVES on sight! On sight! Perhaps if you could wield me, lad ... I
Floyd | might feel less nervous going in as your armament than as your
Floyd | shadow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hrm"
		inky says, "maybe the meat makes us stronger"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf34" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your
Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later,
Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles,
Floyd | healing you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We haven't used the witch or the spices or the amulet yet."
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf34" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "we can't actually pick up the amulet"
		inky says, "it is sort of a hologram"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice
Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own
Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens.
Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are
Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is near, sharpening the blade of the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard furnishings" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FURNISHINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | This great hall is well-bedecked with opulence - your barbarian senses
Floyd | are nearly overwhelmed! Many fine FURNISHINGS do catch your attention,
Floyd | however, including the great MARBLE STAIRS leading upward to the
Floyd | THRONE ROOM, the long TRESTLES on which feasts are laid, the
Floyd | IMPRESSIVE HEARTH providing a ROARING FIRE, two huge TAPESTRIES (one
Floyd | BURGUNDY and one IVORY), a GIGANTIC MIRROR on the wall and, perched
Floyd | immobile above the HEARTH, the very COPPER GARGOYLE which accosted you
Floyd | when first you came here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, so there is that secret door here"
		DavidW says, "This is where the secret entrance is. We need steps 1 and 2; we know 3 and 4."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:23:16CDT 		Jacqueline asks, "But she's gone, right?"
		inky asks, "are we really supposed to just try everything, though?"
		Jacqueline says, "Course, maybe she's here."
		Jacqueline says, "Since that's where her sign said she was."
		DavidW says, "I think the witch may tell us 1 and 2."
		inky says, "that would make sense"
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard ivory tapestry" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD IVORY TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | With threads of silver, the great IVORY TAPESTRY shows images of
Floyd | slaves being whipped and forced to build the castle. The image is
Floyd | greatly romanticized, to the extent that such a thing is possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You chuckle over a story you heard once. Something about a minstrel,
Floyd | and a penguin, and something-something. You don't remember how it
Floyd | went, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Possibly, yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail witch" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH arches an eyebrow as you try, and your brain feels
Floyd | like it's being invaded by a thousand SARTHIAN FROST ANTS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on witch" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH peers at the SPICES exactly as if they were the
Floyd | half-rotted dorsal stench-gland of a grey-speckled, crusted-tail,
Floyd | cave-molting, pink-throated warbling CRATER LAKE MONSTER ... then she
Floyd | arches an eyebrow at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You could try using the spices on the witch. Maybe she wants to bake a pie?"
		inky says, "she didn't go for it"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands nearby, quietly regarding your
Floyd | surroundings.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an
Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR grins, and relates to you the tale of the DUNGEON OF THE SAVAGE
Floyd | TIGERMEN, in which he became the first DWARF in known history to
Floyd | defeat a CAVE OOZE by strangling it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a
Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of
Floyd | corscuating light.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize chain" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE CHAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical
Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | The AMULET of SCIENCE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gunwar, seize amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GUNWAR, SEIZE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why is SCIENCE always better when it's in all caps?"
		DavidW says, "use gun on amulet"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use gun on amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUN ON AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Art thou head-wounded? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might
Floyd | give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I wonder what the trick is to picking up gunwar and the pole"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with gun" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You and GUNWAR discuss the Warlocks you have adventured with, and
Floyd | exchange safety advice for dealing with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart exclaims, "Because it's blinding when it's SCIENCE!"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "afk to get popcorn"
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on meat" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sprinkle some of the SPICES onto the SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT,
Floyd | but you are no chef, only a Warrior-Born.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Didn't Vessa mention a chef at one point?"
		inky says, "yeah, a chef in the palace that she heard about the secret door from"
		inky says, "I think"
		Jacqueline asks, "We haven't pleased the witch yet, right?"
		DavidW says, "correct, we have not"
		Jacqueline says, "What does she want. Hrm."
		DavidW says, "The fruit, I'm guessing"
		DavidW says, "Or maybe the bear wants the fruit"
		inky says, "I admit I am a little stumped here"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm, yeah. That sounds very plausible, except yeah - I thought there was some hint that the bear might want the fish and the fruit."
		DavidW asks, "And the ear of corn?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use spices on corn" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sprinkle some of the SPICES onto the EAR OF CORN, but you are no
Floyd | chef, only a Warrior-Born.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use corn" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the EAR OF CORN as hard as you can, but it only makes
Floyd | your eyes hurt. Alas, the ways of the barbarian, while hallowed by the
Floyd | ages and kin to the wild, are so seldom useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, adjusting his peg-leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR spins a yarn about some dungeons east of the HOARFROST CITADEL,
Floyd | near what wayfarers call the PASS OF DEATH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy
Floyd | figure-eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the
Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TINY TREE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x fruit" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The FRUIT is small and red.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ar," says Gunwar. "Looks like a Spineywood Herringfruit. And a ripe
Floyd | one at that!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW asks, "_HERRING_fruit?"
		DavidW asks, "a RED HERRINGfruit?"
		inky says, "I guess that implies we shouldn't spend too much time on it"
		Jizaboz says, "Heh"
zarf walks off through the wall; vivid gold light flares briefly around him. 		Jacqueline asks, "Is the magic fish another herring?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering
Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, it's not magic"
		inky says, "er, it's not red"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard insects" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD INSECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Tis hardly worthy of thy mighty gaze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops, ok, and I have to split, so I guess I am not going to see the end of this"
		inky says, "but you must be close! I'll read the transcript"
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "I am thinking we're not too close."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, maga won a bit ago, with 440 points."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:38:16CDT 		Jacqueline says, "So we don't need them all, but I'm thinking way more than 300."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we should stop here and continue later?"
		Jacqueline says, "What about calling it here, as we've been going for hours."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "Next week?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf35" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jizaboz says, "Maybe next week I can actually play some after reading the script"
		DavidW says, "yeah, sure, next week."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		Jacqueline asks (of Jizaboz), "Do you need the rest of the raw script, or did you @recap or something?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "toask01" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry, roommates are calling"
		Jacqueline says, "perfect timing"
		Jizaboz says, "My recap won't go back far enough"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'll send it to you."
		Jizaboz says, "thank you very much"
		DavidW says, "back"
		Jizaboz says, "email address is in my ifMud info"
		Jacqueline says, "Got it."
		Jizaboz says, "Thanks again, you all have a nice night."
		Jacqueline says, "You too."
Jizaboz disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Lionheart has had Lionheart's fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "thanks all"
		
*** ONE WEEK LATER *** 		
		
Jizaboz arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says (to Jizaboz), "Hello. You and I are the only ones here thus far."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Welcome!"
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Gerynar says, "not true (anymore)"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. No DavidW yet. Not even logged in."
		Jacqueline says, "These new roommates and the feeding him and making him socialize... I'm not sure I completely approve."
		Jizaboz says (to Jacqeline), "Yeah barely made it. Finishing up breakfast now"
		Jizaboz says, "haha"
		Gerynar says, "how dare *anyone* have a life outside of ifMUD :)"
		Jacqueline says, "word"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:03:39CDT 		Jacqueline says, "Hm, there's Nitku, though I can't recall if he was wanting to help us finish up."
		Nitku asks, "What are you playing?"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, on the one hand, I'd like to chill a few minutes and see if DavidW shows up, but then part of me realizes I can only play about 2.5 hours, and I think we may still not finish."
		Jacqueline says, "We're (hopefully) finishing up Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom."
Gunther arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jizaboz says, "Eating now. Will be playing in just a few so you guys go on whenever you are ready"
		inky says, "I think he actually posted that he finished already"
		Nitku says, "Too bad I don't have time to play now"
		Jacqueline asks (of inky), "Oh, he went on and played it? Huh. Are you sure you're not confusing DavidW with maga?"
		Jacqueline says, "That's kind of amusing, the concept of confusing DavidW with maga."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, huh."
		Jacqueline asks (of Gerynar), "Were you here before?"
		Jacqueline asks, "For the first bit?"
		inky says, "I'm not sure where I would have seen this post assuming I am not imagining it"
		Gerynar says, "I was not, I don't get too many sundays off from work anymore"
		inky says, "oh, on facebook"
		Jacqueline says (to Jizaboz), "Out of curiosity, do we play faster than your reader can keep up? Is it difficult for you to weigh in with possible commands to try? I pretty much read at speaking speed, and find that sometimes the group moves too fast, so it may be the same with a reader."
		[LINK]
Marvin arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Huh. Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Did he mention his final score? Maga finished and was 60 or so points short."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, no mention of score."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, okay then, let's start."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask treasuresofaslaverskingdom" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM
Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest
Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the fabled epic.
Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley.
Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has
Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the
Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear:
Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING
Floyd | once and for all!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN!     

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Eep. I have no idea which save we're on. Let me go look."
		inky says, "I want to say 36"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, David did a weird save: toask01"
		Jacqueline asks, "So maybe we should use that one?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I can forward the part I transcript to anyone who wants it to get caught up."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load toask01" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOAD TOASK01
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy vocabulary, it affrighteth me! The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "sure"
		Gerynar says, "sure"
		Jacqueline asks, "haha - LOAD, where did that come from?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore toask1" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTORE TOASK1
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. am I asleep or somethign?"
maga arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Gerynar says (to Jacqueline), "reokid70@gmail.com"
		Jacqueline says (to G&i), "Do you two want the -- okay."
		Jacqueline says (to G&i), "Sent"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience:
Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your
Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH
Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These
Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL;
Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can
Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER
Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on
Floyd | these action commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT,
Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction
Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize
Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at
Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts).
Floyd |
Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian.
Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states
Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP
Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE,
Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided.
Floyd | Refer to your game manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		Jacqueline says, "Weird. Maybe it's toask01 that's screwing it up."
inky says (to Floyd), "toask21" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that"
inky says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
inky says (to Floyd), "toask1" 		

Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                         HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                       QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I have forgotten how to play IF, that"
		inky says, "oh, hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
inky says (to Floyd), "toask01" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now we're talkin'"
		Jacqueline says, "Golly. Thank you."
inky says (to Floyd), "restore "toask01"" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTORE "TOASK01"
Floyd |
Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most
Floyd | perplexing! The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, that works in TADS games, I guess"
inky says (to Floyd), "lok" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, brushing a crumb from his armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be
Floyd | reading a tiny book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, is it just the getting in the castle thing? Or do we have other loose ends first?"
		inky says, "so as I recall, the main things left to deal with are this fish here, the fruit hanging on the end of the tree over the chasm, the slaver king's witch who wants us to do something we don't know what, and the area in the palace that has a secret entrance that we only know the second half of"
		inky says, "in our inventory I think we have used everything except the spices, the meat, and the corn"
		inky says, "which put like that sounds like we should make some delicious chili"
		maga says (to inky), "you are not a chef"
		Jacqueline says, "mmm"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But he is!"
		vimes says, "first you take the spices across, then you come back and take the corn across and return with the spices..."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:18:39CDT 		Jacqueline asks, "Also, didn't we suspect that the fruit was possibly a red herring?"
		inky says, "oh yeah"
		Jacqueline says (to vimes), "Noooooo"
		inky says, "I wonder if the witch will be impressed if we eat the snow-serpent meat"
		inky says, "oh, hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "x serpent" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SERPENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls
Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, healing powers"
		inky says, "I was hoping maybe it would make us stronger"
		inky says, "there's also the telephone pole by the ruins and the amulet of science in the ruins"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some tiny FROSTMICE spot you, and scurry into their hiding places.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an
Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a
Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of
Floyd | corscuating light.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "smite pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMITE PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | This computeth not. Seek guidance with the HELP command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "hit pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use
Floyd | than that, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gun" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR spins an unlikely yarn about his days as a cavalryman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "this amulet seems fairly important"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard walls" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel suffocated just considering it ... you long for the outdoors,
Floyd | where a Warrior-born can run free and naked on the wild soil,
Floyd | unfettered by walls and ceilings, with his THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG
Floyd | fluttering in the fresh breezes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard metal" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The
Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at
Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You
Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is
Floyd | found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hm"
inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Striveth for wisdom in thine commands, barbarian. Refer to your game
Floyd | manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your
Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later,
Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles,
Floyd | healing you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "enh"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I wonder if it is significant that the meat has prismatic magic and the fish has prismatic spray"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard slab" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has
Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and
Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow
Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a
Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls
Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy
Floyd | figure-eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT ON POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT and the POOL don't mesh in any useful
Floyd | way, despite your very fiercest battle-cry in the attempt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says (to inky), "my suspicion is that in this world 'prismatic' is about as unusual a concept as 'blue'"
		Jizaboz says, "Ok, done with bacon eggs and grits (Belated) No, not usually"
		Jacqueline asks (of Jizaboz), "Usually too fast, or not too fast?"
		Jizaboz says, "usually not too fast"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | The warm breeze takes on a slight chill, as the evening wears on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You've heard tales of how HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD,
Floyd | once used some SPICES with a POOL to defeat a thousand enemy kings!
Floyd | Now that you think of it, though, the tale seemed to gloss right past
Floyd | the critical details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hee hee"
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise
Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Your game manual, or the HELP command,
Floyd | might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		Jacqueline says, "I am thinking of Grand Prismatic at Yellowstone every time we're here. It's a pretty psychedelic fish by that imagining."

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens
Floyd | to other people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "regard pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | If you were the sort to bathe, this is the sort of pool you'd enjoy
Floyd | bathing in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bathe" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > BATHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Seek guidance with the HELP command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens
Floyd | to other people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I admit I am pretty perplexed here"
		inky says, "we could go into the big confrontation with the slaver king but I assume we'll just lose"
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing useful happens, and the SPICES seem to mock you with
Floyd | condescending silence. You come to hate the SPICES, and vow vengeance
Floyd | upon them, just as soon as you are finished with the SLAVER KING.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard spices" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a tiny container of SPICES that smelleth like a HOBLING bakery
Floyd | making PUMPKIN PIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "mmm"
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "USE SPICES WITH FISH" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES WITH FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "the manual says going against the king before you have scored 450 is not a good idea"
		Jacqueline says, "maga ended with 440."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait - but he had it in wimp mode."
		inky says, "har har"
		Jacqueline says, "So that probably makes a difference."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Seriously, there's a wimp mode."
		Jacqueline says, "AIEE he just gave me a hint"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at maga), "!!"
		inky says, "ha ha"
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 90% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full complement of
Floyd | 307 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, hunh, didn't know about that command"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "Reading the manual helps. Who knew?"
		Gerynar says, "and my brother used to laugh at me for reading the manual"
		Marvin says, "If only the game indicated there was a manual occasionally."
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline asks, "Though I seem to recall having encountered the whole 'burdened somewhat' bit, which made the group I was playing with start experimenting with dropping stuff. I don't recall it helping much, though perhaps it did. How is all that for being helpful?"
borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:33:39CDT 		Gerynar says, "the manual includes a map (which doesn't make too much sense to me, as I haven't played the beginning of this game)"
		Jacqueline asks, "What's with the telephone pole, do we think?"
		Jacqueline says, "That seems kind of out of place here. Then again, it's quite the mish-mash."
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline asks (of Gerynar), "Which way to the ruins?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "oho"
		Jacqueline says, "I hear you finished this."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "So I can only hint when requested now."
		DavidW says, "Ruins are in the southwest part of the map."
		inky asks (of DavidW), "do you have your map link handy?"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Gerynar says, "well, the map is a series of pictures, I see one picture that has the telephone pole and what looks like a door/arch...but I don't know what the "ruins" looks like"
		DavidW says (to Gerynar), "That's the ruins, yes."
		Gerynar says, "k"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | You while away some time with GUNWAR, talking of battles and
Floyd | campaigns, and of the thrill of surviving when all about you is death.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "regard pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL
Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "use pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "assail pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "use sword with pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD WITH POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a TWO-HANDED SWORD,
Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths,
Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience:
Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your
Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH
Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These
Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL;
Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can
Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER
Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on
Floyd | these action commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT,
Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction
Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize
Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at
Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts).
Floyd |
Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian.
Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states
Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP
Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE,
Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided.
Floyd | Refer to your game manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "If I may say a very general comment...?"
		inky says, "please"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, sure."
		DavidW says, "In this part of the game, it's difficult to know how to progress because it's not well-clued what still needs to be done."
		Jizaboz asks, "Um.. swing at everything?"
		inky says, "that is true!"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That is a good observation, DavidW."
		Jacqueline pats DavidW on the head.
		DavidW says, "Some persistence is needed in two places (not Ruins) where it's not at all obvious that persistence would do any good."
borowski says (to floyd), "use corn with pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN WITH POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try a number of things, including glaring at the TELEPHONE POLE
Floyd | while flexing your left thigh muscle at the EAR OF CORN. I'd be
Floyd | stretching the truth if I said the results are useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to Jizaboz), "that's how I beat Signs"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, is there a map online somewhere?"
		Gerynar says, "I downloaded the game from ifdb, just to get the manual"
		DavidW says, "Lemme check my online version of the map; my page may be far too spoilery right now."
		inky says, "we could go back and see the lady yet again"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and
Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be
Floyd | looking right through you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, upland barbarian," she says. She lets her words trail off,
Floyd | as if she's waiting for you to do something ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "and it's not a complete map (does not include anything from the interior of the king's fortress)"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH arches an eyebrow as you try, and your brain feels
Floyd | like it's being invaded by a thousand SARTHIAN FROST ANTS.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize statue" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is said that not even HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD,
Floyd | could lift a SOLID GOLD STATUE. Of course, as you recall, the SOLID
Floyd | GOLD STATUE that HURON tried to lift was "taller than ten tall
Floyd | mountains and draped with a coat made of seven roaring seas," but
Floyd | adjusting for scale, you face a similar dilemma.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh good, my map online is still out of date: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "hrm."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard statue" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a very alluring statue of a comely ELF wench, slight but womany.
Floyd | Ah, but not just ANY comely ELF wench! This is the girl who robbed you
Floyd | of your prize when first you met the VOLTAIC WRAITH in that
Floyd | crystalline tower in the FROSTED UPLANDS!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard trees" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The TREES are much like any TREES, and they smelleth nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:48:39CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "use trees" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of some TREES
Floyd | can drive many a hero to gibbering madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN is here, looking very happy to be adventuring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "That steep PIT'S no good for me peg-leg, friend, but
Floyd | I'll wait here for ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's subcutaneous heat organ, this is a party! Here in
Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an
Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | All eyes are on you as you arrive, and one lowly ROGUE lifts a hand,
Floyd | meekly, to point at the CHALLENGE POST.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oho"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POST
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, RED and BLACK. The
Floyd | presence of the BLACK BANNER has clearly caused a stir in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT, and many of the ROGUES are looking upon you with something
Floyd | resembling reverence.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby ROGUE espies your curiosity, and sayeth "It was YE,
Floyd | barbarian! The MASTER GLADIATOR has returned to us, because of your
Floyd | skill! He has returned! It is a great day!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "one last fight"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize black banner" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 278/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 198/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 29 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 278/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 183/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 15 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, yay, you found this part."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 244/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 168/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's palpitating palpus, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 34
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 212/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 152/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 182/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 19 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 146/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 15 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 36 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 113/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 95/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 23 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 36 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 80/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's embryonic egg-flap, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 31 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh-oh"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 65/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 15 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 22 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 28 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 1/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's wayward weathercock, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "serpent flesh! ...timing"
		inky says, "yeah, uh, maybe I should have eaten that"
		inky says, "if we had gotten a little luckier we wouldn't have needed it"
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 52/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 103/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 154/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 205/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 256/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf37" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 273/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 195/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 37 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 242/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 173/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's cancroid constitution! A mighty blow! You scored 22
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 31
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 207/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 154/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Fortunately, these rogues' fights aren't fatal."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Go iny, go inky!"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 207/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 136/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 18 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 171/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 36
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 140/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 102/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 31 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 106/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 82/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unavoidable odor, you strike hard and true! You scored
Floyd | 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 34 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 66/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 23 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 7/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 29/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 14 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 34 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's heterologous heat blister! A mighty blow! You scored 16
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 30
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 1/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's panoptic pudenda, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, I guess there is no choice"
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 52/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 103/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 154/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 205/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 256/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 277/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 194/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 22 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 248/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 175/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's laudable lechery, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 29 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 215/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 153/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 22 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 33 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 186/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 130/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 23 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 29 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 151/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 109/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 122/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 91/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Pandean passions, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! You
Floyd | scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 29 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 73/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's twice-plaited nostril braids, a fine hit! You scored 18
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 31 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 59/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "um, well, you ,,, do you know about the PROWESS command?"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 32
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 91% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 59 (out of 310).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "oh, hunh, so we have a lower hit chance because of what we're carrying?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		inky says, "that's good to know!"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 21/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 22 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 37 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 20 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 29 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "oh, man, one point short"
		DavidW says, "If you're carrying too much crap, like extra armor."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                               HIT POINTS: 1/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's organoleptic lapels, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                              HIT POINTS: 52/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "drop burlap" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 103/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BURLAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "drop chainmail" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 154/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CHAINMAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 154/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 154 (out of 310).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "drop klengon" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 205/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP KLENGON
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 205/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 205 (out of 310).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also, extra experience in other parts of the game will raise your HP."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 256/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT
Floyd | MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN and a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "drop corn" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 307/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "drop flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 95%. Your armor is the SUIT OF
Floyd | IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Points by 245%.
Floyd | You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are
Floyd | uninjured, with your full complement of 310 Hit Points. A mighty
Floyd | Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 196/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 20 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 281/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 177/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 29 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 246/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 163/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 35
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 218/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 149/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 14 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 28 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 183/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 135/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 14 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 35 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm, so the burden thing matters, then."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 151/310
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 115/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 20 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "only slightly"
		inky says, "it just improved our chances from 91% to 95%"
		DavidW says, "still, every li'l bit helps"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 119/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 98/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "True"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 81/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 30 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 60/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's pitiless propensities, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 57/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's parsimonious pansophism, a fine hit! You scored 17
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 32
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's center nostril, a blow to be remembered! You scored 20
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		maga says, "man, just eat the darn snake"
		Jizaboz says, "close"
		inky says, "yeah ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | A pox upon thine foolish keyboard! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 280/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied
Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your
Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later,
Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles,
Floyd | healing you!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 246/310
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 3/216
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's nubile seamstresses! A mighty blow! You scored 20
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 34 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		Jacqueline says, "GOLLY"

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's vesicating varlets, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home!
Floyd | You scored 17 points of damage, leaving the MASTER GLADIATOR at your
Floyd | mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, The MASTER GLADIATOR flies backward, sliding
Floyd | across the gravel, the lights on his body dimmed in defeat!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "A true pleasure, my
Floyd | esteemed foe. It is rare that I am treated to a genuine workout, let
Floyd | alone such a beating."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR nods, too, and wanders away to repair and heal. The crowd
Floyd | returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 297/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 378/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's subcutaneous heat organ, this is a party! Here in
Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an
Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a FLASHLIGHT, an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL,
Floyd | a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR and a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ]  Paths: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 378/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT: Seized.
Floyd | EAR OF CORN: Seized.
Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL: Seized.
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR: Seized.
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR: Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands close at hand, whistling a jaunty
Floyd | sailors' tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are briefly surprised by the looming figure of the MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR, but it is plain that he arrives in the spirit of
Floyd | friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "oh good, they didn't take your stuff"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I think you could have done it without the meat."
		Jacqueline asks, "What if we need the meat for the king?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know which locations are safe for dropping."
		inky asks, "oh, do you lose your stuff in some locations?"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | "Ho there, barbarian," he says, his voice confident and enhanced with
Floyd | internal sub-woofers. "I just wanted to congratulate you privately. In
Floyd | truth, you are the real MASTER GLADIATOR now, but I know that your
Floyd | destiny is something far greater than to be the leader in a forgotten
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes your hand, his CYABORG grip cutting off your circulation for
Floyd | a moment, and he smiles."I am proud to know you, barbarian, and I hope
Floyd | that we can become friends. To that end, I have a secret to offer you,
Floyd | something I have learned in my time here."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks left and right, then adjusts his volume control to whisper.
Floyd | "One of our lesser gladiators is third cousin to the ROYAL PSI-WITCH,"
Floyd | he confides. "And he told me the secret to winning her approval ...
Floyd | You must prove that you are the PROPHESIED BARBARIAN, the great and
Floyd | crude slaughterer predicted long ago in the lore of the PSI-WITCHES of
Floyd | this realm. The legend says that the PROPHESIED BARBARIAN will carry a
Floyd | gift of valuable UNGUENT, a potent balm infused with the PSI-PSPICE,
Floyd | also called AMALGAM." He sighs, a deep and quadrophonic sigh.
Floyd | "I know not where to seek the PSI-PSPICE BALM, but I do believe that
Floyd | you are the one foretold, and so: seek it you must."
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider this, and nod. Satisfied that you understand, the MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR returns the gesture, and starts back toward the GRAVEL PIT
Floyd | OF ROGUES.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I didn't use the meat with the king."
		inky says, "oh, hmm, new quest"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, scratching a phantom itch on his peg-leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... As the MASTER GLADIATOR departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES,
Floyd | he salutes you and says "We are fortunate to have you here in this
Floyd | realm, barbarian. Return soon, to fight me again!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder, for a moment, if the SLAVER KING could ever be defeated by
Floyd | a mortal barbarian such as you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You might lose stuff, I suspect, since the friendly thieves outside the Doxy's boudoir in the alleyway warn you about them."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH
Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "true"
		Jizaboz says, "I wouldn't think we'd still need the burlap armor"
		inky says, "we could just give her the raw spices"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, but we just have spices, not psi-pspices."
		inky says, "we need to fix them with pscience"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh yeah, the bear!"
		inky says, "man"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail bear" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASSAIL BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You loose your anger at the GRIZZLY BEAR, driving it further up the
Floyd | stream. Once it runs past your reach, it looketh back at you, perhaps
Floyd | sadly, then returns to pawing the water in hopes of food.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aw dang"
		DavidW says, "The bear is not your foe, barbarian."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, barbarian!" the ACOLYTE smiles warmly, "It's always good to see
Floyd | you. Thank you again for the GLADIUS SWORD; it has already come in
Floyd | handy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gina" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GINA
Floyd |
Floyd | GINA smiles a sly smile. "We have heard, Barbarian, of your great
Floyd | quest ... and perhaps," she says, her voice lowered to a sultry
Floyd | whisper "when the time comes, we here at the TEMPLE may aid you in
Floyd | it." She wriggles pleasantly, and you see that the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA is
Floyd | grinning slightly, and nodding to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Did we ever deal with the magic fish?"
		inky says, "nope"
		DavidW says (to borowski), "Not yet."
		inky says, "we are out of ideas there if you have any"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                    HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                    QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  EERIE PINNACLE                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE
Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower.
Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no
Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a
Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CRYSTAL SPIRE                                    HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up Out                                    QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE
Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is
Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye
Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From
Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange
Floyd | lights play.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR chews on his pipe, thoughtfully. "Have ye ever done battle with
Floyd | a wild TARKUS? We met one in the hills east of the SHUNNED TOWNS,
Floyd | mutated so's it had twice as many gun-turrets. Nasty." He takes a long
Floyd | draw, then exhales. "We lost a lovely young ELF lass in the treads.
Floyd | Terrible, messy way to go."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The features of the IDOL glare with stony, furious contempt, as if
Floyd | daring you to USE it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                 HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS
Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy
Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that
Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard peaks" 		

Floyd ]  WOODED FOOTHILLS                                 HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: South West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PEAKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLEAK MOUNTAINS define the eastermost extent of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | domain. The highest is the craggy peak of MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  WINDING TRAIL                                    HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South                               QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WINDING TRAIL
Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great
Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too
Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you
Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS
Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you,
Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance.
Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and
Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your
Floyd | purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard castle" 		

Floyd ]  PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS                            HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North In                                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CASTLE of the SLAVER KING towers higher than any citadel you know,
Floyd | and the fires of its turrets are visible far and wide in the SLAVER
Floyd | KING'S realm. It is said that the ceiling of the THRONE ROOM is high
Floyd | enough to house the tallest GIANT in all of VANTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CAVE
Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of
Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have
Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY
Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. Refer to your
Floyd | game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not 100% certain what it is you wish to go IN to, barbarian. Now,
Floyd | 'tis true that even a humble computer might suppose that you
Floyd | might mean to ENTER THE INKY SLUICE, but considering the
Floyd | likely dangers of such an action, I would not presume to carry out
Floyd | such a command unless thou hast typest it, explicitly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter sluice" 		

Floyd ]  CAVE                                             HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER SLUICE
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'm no good for swimming, lad, not even in a nice comfy
Floyd | CAVE like this one. But I'll wait here for ye, and if you don't swim
Floyd | back out, I'll search down the MOUNTAIN to meet you at the other end."
Floyd |
Floyd | Trusting to fate, you enter the swift current of the INKY SLUICE. The
Floyd | current is so powerful that you're carried away immediately into TOTAL
Floyd | DARKNESS, and then submerged!
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN
Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a
Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before
Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a
Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered
Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each
Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | But it's yucky!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I love that 'yucky' line."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH
Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put spices on moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SPICES ON MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. Refer to
Floyd | your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | Creative! But fruitless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | If there's a way to constructively use an EAR OF CORN with some
Floyd | CRAWLING WHITE MOSS, you can't quite manage it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on moss" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general
Floyd | direction of the CRAWLING WHITE MOSS, and experiment briefly with
Floyd | making the shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter water" 		

Floyd ]  GLOWING CAVERN                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the SLUICE at the far end of the CAVERN, where the waters
Floyd | run swift, and once again you find yourself sucked into icy darkness!
Floyd | But only a moment later, you are flying through the air in a sparkling
Floyd | spray of water and evening sunlight! And then landing hard on the
Floyd | ground! Ouch!
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                   HIT POINTS: 53/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering
Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard waterfall" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 105/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS.
Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand,
Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "My only thoughts on the fish are to try using various inventory items on it."
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 157/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 209/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 261/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Given the limitations of verbage."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:03:39CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH
Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters into view, moving as quickly as his PEG-LEG will allow.
Floyd | "I might have known ye'd be somewhere 'round the PRISMATIC SPRAY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use bag on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BAG ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG is practically an extension of you; you've
Floyd | carried it since you were an infant, and it does its job without
Floyd | commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "nnnnnngrh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gun" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR explains an ancient DWARF battlefield recipe for "HAUNTED
Floyd | QUICKSAND on a Shingle"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Really, David? That is like that terrible moment in Syberia... [LINK]"
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "ha ha"
borowski says (to floyd), "use flash light on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASH LIGHT ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might
Floyd | give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, it's funny since it's so out of character for a barbarian to think something is 'yucky'."
		Jacqueline asks, "One word?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "True"
borowski says (to floyd), "use flashlight on fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | If you were the sort to bathe, this is the sort of pool you'd enjoy
Floyd | bathing in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It swims out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gun" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR tells a tale of his first adventure as a sailor, doing battle
Floyd | with ATOMIC OCTOPODES in a far corner of SALTY BAY.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "talk to fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just
Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(There's an in-game hint that Gunwar can say, but I can't seem to trigger it. I guess it's a bit too random.)"
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "parlay gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLAY GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "a hint about this situation?"
Jizaboz says (to floyd), "parley gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Art thou addled? Refer to your game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You and GUNWAR chat for a while, and you do your best to follow his
Floyd | on-again off-again PIRATE slang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, Gunwar's hint was that the pirates used to catch magic fish but they didn't fight fair. They'd do things like throw slug acid into the pool to kill it."
		inky says, "oh yeah"
		inky says, "and explosives"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH
Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "right"
		inky says, "I guess slug acid is something we might theoretically be able to get"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regad ruin" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGAD RUIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Your
Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard ruin" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD RUIN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, twirling his AXE theatrically.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Didn't we kill it already? The slug?"
		inky says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "There is, in fact, no slug acid to be had."
		inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 288/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize water" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 250/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pipes" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 206/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 258/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 310/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 313/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding the BLUE END OF THE CABLE, and it won't stretch that
Floyd | far.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 246/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You and GUNWAR exchange tales of the most disgusting things you've
Floyd | known Pioneers to do in order to gain a level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 298/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in
Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use blue on pool" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 298/313
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 382/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BLUE ON POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the glowing BLUE END of the BIPHASIC CABLING into the fresh,
Floyd | clear waters of the POOL, resulting in an immediate QUADROPHASIC
Floyd | FEEDBACK EXPLOSION!
Floyd |
Floyd | The CABLE flies hard from your hand and you're thrown into the air,
Floyd | your flesh sizzling with a flash of PHASIC FIRE!
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "now that's fishin!"
		maga says, "hooray"
		DavidW claps
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                   HIT POINTS: 53/317
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 389/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the surface of the water, a DEAD MAGIC FISH floats despondently.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stands close at hand, tapping his pipe clean and filling it with
Floyd | fresh leaf.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles at the sight of the DEAD MAGIC FISH. "Brings back old
Floyd | times, that does."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 106/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 159/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The MAGIC FISH is dead. Also, it seems to be watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 212/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | At first your attempts seem doomed to failure, but then it occurs to
Floyd | you that you could try sneaking up on the DEAD MAGIC FISH and
Floyd | shouting. Sadly, this too produces no useful result.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aie"
		DavidW says, "seize it"
		borowski says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize fish" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 265/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical
Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 213/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 266/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 319/320
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 391/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not
Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, you hear the unmistakable report of a
Floyd | PROTONIC SPEARLAUNCH, but the quadruple-echo fades quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use fish on bear" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the DEAD MAGIC FISH toward the GRIZZLY, and the great
Floyd | BEAR'S nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing
Floyd | waters of the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches, and opens its mouth to
Floyd | take the proffered FISH. Once taken, the BEAR dines eagerly, clearly
Floyd | quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, barbarian," the BEAR says, to your surprise, "the fishing
Floyd | here has been very poor since the GIANT SNOW SERPENTS started their
Floyd | feeding season upstream. I heard tell of FISH in the pools and streams
Floyd | south of here, but the PHASIC EMANATIONS in the swamp are too much for
Floyd | me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensing your unease with his speech, he says "My name is ADAM, my
Floyd | friend. Like many animals, I have a mind of my own but usually keep my
Floyd | own counsel, or at least keep to my own kind. You are not unknown to
Floyd | me. I have observed your questing, and while the RATS of the city fear
Floyd | your violent nature, I have hope that by that very violence you may
Floyd | bring salvation from the cruel SLAVER KING. Before I take my leave of
Floyd | you, I bequeath unto you this gift."
Floyd |
Floyd | And with a sparkle of light, the GRIZZLY vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "just so"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 324/324
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 398/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stands nearby, smoking his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a JAR OF OINTMENT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf38" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 324/324
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 398/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get ointment" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET OINTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard it" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "100% ALL-NATURAL GRIZZLY BEAR NIPPLE-WAX. Treateth thy skin to
Floyd | luxury!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Such things are of little use to barbarians, generally, for you revel
Floyd | in the maltreatment of your skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on ointment" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON OINTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You mix the blend of SPICES into the OINTMENT, creating a spiced
Floyd | UNGUENT. The scent of this new creation is quite heady, and makes your
Floyd | brain tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now we're talkin'"
		maga says, "mmm, bear grease"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf into his pipe and lights it. "You know,
Floyd | me grandfather, he weren't from VANTH at all. He was from the Galaxy.
Floyd | GUNWAR were the name of the DWARF clan on the star he hailed from, and
Floyd | they named me that to honor the old man's old man."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "give ointment to woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 408/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE OINTMENT TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Refer to your
Floyd | game manual for assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on woman" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman accepts the UNGUENT, regarding it with interest. She
Floyd | opens it, and sniffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles broadly. "It is as the ancients foretold," she says. "A
Floyd | barbarian will bring the ROYAL PSI-WITCH a gift of finest PSI-PSPICES
Floyd | slurried into a comforting BALM, that she might bathe deep in the
Floyd | comforts of her own mind while he would undo a KING most unjust ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She peers at you with sudden suspicion, her eyes probing into your
Floyd | thoughts. "Of course, the old prophecy is well-known," she says, "and
Floyd | I see that VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY isn't the only one who has taken an
Floyd | interest in your cause."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel her peering within your mind, and her expression is one
Floyd | of both amusement and disgust. "VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY believes you
Floyd | are some master political strategist, the poor girl. I suppose it
Floyd | would be kindness to let her continue believing. It gives her a fire,
Floyd | and an energy that pleases me. But she is very intelligent, VESSA ...
Floyd | I do wonder what about you could blind her so. I wouldn't think her to
Floyd | have such an obvious weakness for simple fitness and savagery, but I
Floyd | suppose, at my age, I should be surprised by nothing." She REGARDS you
Floyd | quietly for a moment. "Your cranium is filled with meat, my friend,
Floyd | and not even the finest cuts."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly, thinking that this PSI-WITCH reminds you of VESSA a
Floyd | little, with all this prattling.
Floyd |
Floyd | She pockets the UNGUENT. "Still, prophecies are prophecies, and there
Floyd | is no rule that the truth must be a secret to remain true. Besides,"
Floyd | she adds ... "there are other signs that we HAVE kept secret: the
Floyd | color of your hair, the cut of your sandals, the stench of your
Floyd | unbath-ed form ... and all of these match. Every one. I am convinced."
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy the breeze cutting across the LONELY HILL, and also enjoy
Floyd | that the PSI-WITCH isn't currently muddling your mind and sending you
Floyd | to the corners of the realm without your consent, as her kind are wont
Floyd | to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Taketh some fresh CORN from the farms nearby, barbarian," she says,
Floyd | "and feed it to the COPPER GARGOYLE in the castle, after you hath
Floyd | tamed it. That is the first step to unlocking the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | ARCHIVES. That unlocks a hidden switch in the great HEARTH, and that
Floyd | becomes the second step. The rest, the DOXY has already told you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Most of the contents of the ARCHIVES will be of no interest to ...
Floyd | one such as you. The item you seek, however, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE,
Floyd | will be easy to spot. It hums with power and it reeks of the FEAR of
Floyd | the SLAVER KING, who locks it there because he knows it can destroy
Floyd | him, and he knows not how to destroy IT."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The POWER CORE is said to provide the life-force of a great TALISMAN
Floyd | of some kind. I know not where this treasure lies. Find the AMULET,
Floyd | join the CORE to it, and you will have the tool that can bring the
Floyd | SLAVER KING to his grave."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, considering her words carefully. You decide that "your
Floyd | cranium is filled with meat" may be some sort of sexual advance, but

		DavidW says, "I did things in a different order and hope this next part doesn't cut out a section."

Floyd | surely a woman so wise would know that she is too old for you. There
Floyd | must be a deeper meaning still.
Floyd |
Floyd | The PSI-WITCH chuckles. "Begone, barbarian. And ... fare thee well."
Floyd | You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT ENERGY, and
Floyd | you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your thoughts
Floyd | dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "With luck, this... well, ... darn."
		DavidW says, "I hope the witch is still back there."
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "we have to re-visit the witch?"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, picking something out of his beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 302/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 413/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a thunderous report of hoofbeats, and the HEADLESS HORSEMAN
Floyd | rides upon the LONELY HILL with a glowing JACK-O-LANTERN under one arm
Floyd | and a CUTLASS OF FIRE in the other!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ooh. This still happens. Good."
		Jacqueline says, "This game is worth it, if only for the long cut scenes."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 298/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 110/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 16 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the
Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. It's worth it for more than that.)"
		maga says, "sure, the pumpkin guy shows up right *after* you get rid of your pie spices"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 299/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 93/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the HEADLESS HORSEMAN a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 32
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 33 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to maga), "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 286/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 69/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens, a blow to be remembered! You scored
Floyd | 24 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their
Floyd | work! You have suffered 43 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 30 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 268/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 51/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands
Floyd | home! You scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 40
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 22 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 253/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 28/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, HEADLESS HORSEMAN! You scored 23 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their
Floyd | work! You have suffered 43 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 234/334
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 12/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 16 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 46 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 27 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage, leaving the
Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the HORSEMAN wails his last, tortured wail and evaporates into the
Floyd | evening breeze, his JACK-O-LANTERN bursts into fetid chunks, his
Floyd | CUTLASS OF FIRE flickers to nothingness, and his BLACK STEED turns,
Floyd | galloping away into the approaching night sky. The LONELY HILL is
Floyd | quiet once more, with naught to see but the distant lights of the
Floyd | TOWN.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "But you guys may have missed two cut scenes by helping the witch too soon."
		inky says, "hunh"
		DavidW says, "Unless the witch is still there."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 290/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 420/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sits nearby, looking very happy to be
Floyd | adventuring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 420/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 420/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "doesn't look like it"
		DavidW says, "yipes"
		inky says, "she may be back in the palace somewhere"
		DavidW says, "She won't be."
		inky asks, "well, should we restore?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 420/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH and a
Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I don't know if you *have* to, but I think you should."
		Jacqueline says, "One upside: we'd get to read more cut scenes."
		DavidW says, "That's why I saved at the bear."
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf38" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 324/324
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 398/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 324/324
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 398/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, picking something out of his beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a JAR OF OINTMENT here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jar" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard ointment" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD OINTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | "100% ALL-NATURAL GRIZZLY BEAR NIPPLE-WAX. Treateth thy skin to
Floyd | luxury!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Such things are of little use to barbarians, generally, for you revel
Floyd | in the maltreatment of your skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:18:39CDT 		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The breeze grows a bit warmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter temple" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TEMPLE
Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the
Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with
Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the
Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on gina" 		

Floyd ]  TEMPLE                                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON GINA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her bare flesh already glistens moistly with ANOINTING OIL,
Floyd | barbarian, from her heaving and generous breasts to the flare of her
Floyd | gently-parting thighs. So, there would be no practical need to rub her
Floyd | body with --
Floyd |
Floyd | Ohhh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "ha ha . I didn't see that one!"
		Jizaboz says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South In                                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE
Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a
Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far
Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate
Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian
Floyd | Demon-Gods.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  FROSTED UPLANDS                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North West In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS
Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there
Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure
Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a
Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may
Floyd | ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		DavidW says, "Don't mix the jar yet, but offer the ordinary jar to the witch."

Floyd ]  TOMB                                             HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  CRYPT                                            HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Up                                        QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CRYPT
Floyd | This chamber is half-collapsed, and seems far older than the TOMB
Floyd | above. The air is strange here, as if it has not been breathed for a
Floyd | very long time. The stink is not even the stink of death, only the
Floyd | passing of ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Have we tried it on Gun?"
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                             HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TOMB
Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of
Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing
Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into
Floyd | the CRYPT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on gun" 		

Floyd ]  TOMB                                             HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: Down Out                                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't nice to moisturize others without permission.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf into his pipe and lights it. "You know,
Floyd | me grandfather, he weren't from VANTH at all. He was from the Galaxy.
Floyd | GUNWAR were the name of the DWARF clan on the star he hailed from, and
Floyd | they named me that to honor the old man's old man."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH accepts the OINTMENT with obvious interest, but
Floyd | after REGARDING it for only a moment, she looks disappointed and hands
Floyd | it back. "I wonder," she says, "if VESSA isn't very mistaken about
Floyd | your potential."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "And what's her name, Vessa, she's gone, right?"
		DavidW says, "for now"
		inky says, "yeah, there's a sign saying she's gone to the palace"
		DavidW says, "Vessa is one of the cut scenes you would've missed."
		inky says, "oh, hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabble of CITIZENS isn't worth troubling yourself with, barbarian.
Floyd | They will hail you one day as their savior, if you defeat the SLAVER
Floyd | KING.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I feel that after playing this GAME I now feel more INCLINED to stress words DIFFERENTLY in CONVERSATION."
		DavidW says, "Seriously, bother the witch. Often. There's something random to be triggered."
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is here, looking very happy to be adventuring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "are you sure? we've done this a bunch now"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR arrives. "Sa-ho, friend! There you are! I might have known I'd
Floyd | find ye 'round the OLD STONE BRIDGE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  SCARRED FOREST                                   HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West In                  QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | You regale GUNWAR with the tale of your adventure in the SEA-MONSTER'S
Floyd | GULLET. He nods politely, pretending to believe you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a JAR OF OINTMENT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a
Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some
Floyd | SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the
Floyd | ready).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, there's a place to be teleported to that can only be reached that way."
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on woman" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 401/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone,
Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT
Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your
Floyd | thoughts dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... ooh. Feeling woozy ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble, and ... you don't remember falling, but the next thing
Floyd | you know, you're lying on your side in the DARK ALLEYWAY, with a few
Floyd | RATS sniffing experimentally at your face. Fortunately, they dissolve
Floyd | in a haze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then there is only BLACKNESS.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "oho"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know how long you were unconscious, but you know you're not
Floyd | in the DARK ALLEYWAY any longer. You're on a table made of metal ...
Floyd | cold ... There's someone moving nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is humming with machines. You've never trusted machines.
Floyd |
Floyd | You black out again.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps a very long time later, you pry your eyes open again, feeling
Floyd | a bit better, but still in the strange room, still on the metal table.
Floyd | A friendly-looking, elderly man is smiling at you. "Welcome back,
Floyd | barbarian. I feared we might lose you, but the
Floyd | prismatically-sublimated trimethylchlorinate seemed to do the trick!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You black out again. But after a short time, you wake once more, and
Floyd | you can see now, exactly where you are ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "oh, goodie."
		inky says, "prismatics again!"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE
Floyd | This room resembles a cross between a mercenary's bunkhouse and some
Floyd | kind of mad WARLOCK's sanctum, but with more machines. Many more.
Floyd | There are few comforts, but this is plainly a home, as well as a
Floyd | workshop for magics beyond your ken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A kindly old PROFESSOR is here, working with the tools of SCIENCE and
Floyd | smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Here we are!"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard professor" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD PROFESSOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You're so woozy you can barely operate your eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man beams. "Aha! Looks like the patient is finally recovering.
Floyd | Welcome, young fellow. Don't worry, we're still in the SLAVER'S
Floyd | KINGDOM, in my home. In my laboratory. The HOBLINGS who watch over the
Floyd | ALLEYWAY, along with your friend GUNWAR, rescued you from the city's
Floyd | denizens."
Floyd |
Floyd | He pauses to turn some dials on a machine, and a series of chittery
Floyd | beeps and whines sounds out. "Hm. Oh! I've forgotten my manners
Floyd | completely, and they call YOU a barbarian. My name is PROFESSOR
Floyd | MEGARIAN. I'm a SCIENTIST. And you, dear boy, you have been through so
Floyd | much ... so very much ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "is this section required to win the game? because it seems pretty hard to get without knowing"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with professor" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH PROFESSOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The attempt causes you so much pain, you nearly black out again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quite a cocktail of stimuli," the PROFESSOR mutters, half to himself.
Floyd | "Exposure to intense unmodulated phasic emanations, viral traces
Floyd | indicating dormant Fever Plague - have you been fighting PYREXIS
Floyd | HOUNDS? - and some parts of your bloodstream have been affected
Floyd | through your epidermis by - my stars! - the digestive fluids of a rare
Floyd | black-spine SEA MONSTER?" He wiggles a glassy tube in his hand, and
Floyd | watches the fluid inside change color "... and to top it all off,
Floyd | you've consumed the flesh of a GIANT SNOW-SERPENT. A quick-fix healer,
Floyd | to be sure, but with all sorts of microorganisms in the mix, not all
Floyd | of them native to VANTH ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "it is optional"
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | OW! Ow. ow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The PROFESSOR smiles. "Son, I don't think you're a 'pure' HUMAN
Floyd | anymore. No shame in that; purity is overrated, as I'm sure a young,
Floyd | healthy lad like you has learned by now." He wiggles the glass tube
Floyd | again and peers closely at the contents. "Ah, yes. THE DELICATE DOXY
Floyd | ... you've learned, all right. Tell her I said hello, the sweet dear."
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles a fatherly smile. "At some point soon, you'll certainly
Floyd | begin to MUTATE. The full effect sometimes takes months, but the first
Floyd | symptoms can appear very quickly. Be ready. With luck," he says, "it
Floyd | won't be fatal. There's never really a way to be sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, I'm not certain it's necessary, but a key point hasn't happened yet, and I don't know if this visit is responsible or not."
		inky says, "mutations eh"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Almost ... you manage to raise your head without pain, and look around
Floyd | ...
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's something there on the table you may find useful. I was
Floyd | saving it for my next trip to town, but ... SEIZE it, please. If
Floyd | you're the barbarian I think you are, well, your reputation precedes
Floyd | you. VESSA says you're the brilliant leader of a growing underground
Floyd | movement." He smiles "I'm very proud to have helped you in what little
Floyd | ways I can. The DELICATE DOXY is quite a little thinker herself ...
Floyd | any mind she admires must be quite sharp, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You regard him with grim silence, unfamiliar with most of his words.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes. Strong, silent type! VESSA said. Sign of an active
Floyd | intellect! The more we say the less we think, you know. Anyway, the
Floyd | passage to the west leads out behind a WATERFALL ... I'm afraid you
Floyd | won't be able to find a way back in. I keep this place private. But
Floyd | once the SLAVER KING is defeated, I can go out into the world again,
Floyd | and bring it more SCIENCE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck, brave warrior. And good hunting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "I don't know if we can mutate without the explanation first."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 327/327
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 403/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE
Floyd | This room resembles a cross between a mercenary's bunkhouse and some
Floyd | kind of mad WARLOCK's sanctum, but with more machines. Many more.
Floyd | There are few comforts, but this is plainly a home, as well as a
Floyd | workshop for magics beyond your ken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A kindly old PROFESSOR is here, working with the tools of SCIENCE and
Floyd | smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize diamond" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE DIAMOND
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "I *think* I beat the game without finding this"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard diamond" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD DIAMOND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pretty DIAMOND, but you don't see what's so 'SEVENTH' about it.
Floyd | It's not covered in HOARFROST either. Treasure confuses you; only
Floyd | spending it maketh sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of maga), "You think, but aren't sure?"
		inky says, "well, he was woozy"
		inky says, "it's hard to remember"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		maga says, "I poked at the source a bit afterwards, so I remember it from there"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with professor" 		

Floyd ]  SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE                           HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Exits: West                                      QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH PROFESSOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck, barbarian, and the greatest velocity permitted by the laws
Floyd | of physics!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "Anyway, I suspect you all know what to do with a SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND by now."
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR wanders into view. "I might have known a barbarian such as ye
Floyd | would end up somewhere 'round the PRISMATIC SPRAY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, I guess that means she's back"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "is she not back until this happens? that would be confusing"
		Jacqueline says, "oho"
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine
Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a slight chain hanging across VESSA'S doorway, and a small
Floyd | sign writ in simple runes which sayeth: BACK SOON - PROVIDING SERVICE
Floyd | TO HIS MAJESTY'S COURT AND SUNDRIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "nope, I guess not"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "bah"
		DavidW says, "what the-- oh, I guess you need a bit more explorin' first."
		DavidW says, "But she does come back."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I guess we can hand over the ointment to the witch now, though"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put spices in ointment" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SPICES IN OINTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy vocabulary, it affrighteth me! Your game
Floyd | manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Then the gargoyle."
inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on ointment" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SPICES ON OINTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You mix the blend of SPICES into the OINTMENT, creating a spiced
Floyd | UNGUENT. The scent of this new creation is quite heady, and makes your
Floyd | brain tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shows you a naughty trick he can do with his PEG-LEG.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 412/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 334/334
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your arm falls off.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Har!" observes GUNWAR, keenly. "Yer arm fell off, lad."
Floyd |
Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky blinks
inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out to take YOUR OWN ARM with your good arm ... and then
Floyd | remember that your good arm is the one that fell off! By Huron, what
Floyd | madness IS this? It takes a moment to adjust, and you find yourself
Floyd | wiggling your fingers on your remaining arm to make sure it's still
Floyd | there. You think maybe you've got the hang of it, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "um."
		inky says, "oh yeah, third arm"
inky says (to Floyd), "regard me" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You have the savage bearing of an upland tribesman, quick like a
Floyd | THESKIAN MOUNTAIN CAT and cruel of eye, though 'tis truth that your
Floyd | heart is not unkind. Your mirth is as mighty as your gloom, and your
Floyd | ire as potent as your warmer passions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND, a JAR OF
Floyd | PSI-PSPICE UNGUENT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT
Floyd | OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL
Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH looks at you impatiently, like a child waiting for
Floyd | an expected gift. "Have you ... something for me, barbarian?" she
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize sword" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, chuckling to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair
Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes
Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see YOUR OWN ARM here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 338/338
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 417/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on witch" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman accepts the UNGUENT, regarding it with interest. She
Floyd | opens it, and sniffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles broadly. "It is as the ancients foretold," she says. "A
Floyd | barbarian will bring the ROYAL PSI-WITCH a gift of finest PSI-PSPICES
Floyd | slurried into a comforting BALM, that she might bathe deep in the
Floyd | comforts of her own mind while he would undo a KING most unjust ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She peers at you with sudden suspicion, her eyes probing into your
Floyd | thoughts. "Of course, the old prophecy is well-known," she says, "and
Floyd | I see that VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY isn't the only one who has taken an
Floyd | interest in your cause."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel her peering within your mind, and her expression is one
Floyd | of both amusement and disgust. "VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY believes you
Floyd | are some master political strategist, the poor girl. I suppose it
Floyd | would be kindness to let her continue believing. It gives her a fire,
Floyd | and an energy that pleases me. But she is very intelligent, VESSA ...
Floyd | I do wonder what about you could blind her so. I wouldn't think her to
Floyd | have such an obvious weakness for simple fitness and savagery, but I
Floyd | suppose, at my age, I should be surprised by nothing." She REGARDS you
Floyd | quietly for a moment. "Your cranium is filled with meat, my friend,
Floyd | and not even the finest cuts."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly, thinking that this PSI-WITCH reminds you of VESSA a
Floyd | little, with all this prattling.
Floyd |
Floyd | She pockets the UNGUENT. "Still, prophecies are prophecies, and there
Floyd | is no rule that the truth must be a secret to remain true. Besides,"
Floyd | she adds ... "there are other signs that we HAVE kept secret: the
Floyd | color of your hair, the cut of your sandals, the stench of your
Floyd | unbath-ed form ... and all of these match. Every one. I am convinced."
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy the breeze cutting across the LONELY HILL, and also enjoy
Floyd | that the PSI-WITCH isn't currently muddling your mind and sending you
Floyd | to the corners of the realm without your consent, as her kind are wont
Floyd | to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Taketh some fresh CORN from the farms nearby, barbarian," she says,
Floyd | "and feed it to the COPPER GARGOYLE in the castle, after you hath
Floyd | tamed it. That is the first step to unlocking the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | ARCHIVES. That unlocks a hidden switch in the great HEARTH, and that
Floyd | becomes the second step. The rest, the DOXY has already told you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Most of the contents of the ARCHIVES will be of no interest to ...
Floyd | one such as you. The item you seek, however, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE,
Floyd | will be easy to spot. It hums with power and it reeks of the FEAR of
Floyd | the SLAVER KING, who locks it there because he knows it can destroy
Floyd | him, and he knows not how to destroy IT."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The POWER CORE is said to provide the life-force of a great TALISMAN
Floyd | of some kind. I know not where this treasure lies. Find the AMULET,
Floyd | join the CORE to it, and you will have the tool that can bring the
Floyd | SLAVER KING to his grave."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, considering her words carefully. You decide that "your
Floyd | cranium is filled with meat" may be some sort of sexual advance, but
Floyd | surely a woman so wise would know that she is too old for you. There
Floyd | must be a deeper meaning still.
Floyd |
Floyd | The PSI-WITCH chuckles. "Begone, barbarian. And ... fare thee well."
Floyd | You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT ENERGY, and
Floyd | you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your thoughts
Floyd | dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): YOUR OWN ARM (sitting un-attached in the
Floyd | DUFFEL), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), the SEVENTH HOARFROST
Floyd | DIAMOND, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently
Floyd | un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL
Floyd | ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use arm" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a wet, nauseating CLICK, you shove YOUR OWN ARM into its socket.
Floyd | You give a few flexes, to make sure it's properly attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF arrives, grinning pleasantly. "I might have
Floyd | known I'd find ye 'round the MARKETPLACE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities
Floyd | and progress, you do from 14 to 19 points of damage with each
Floyd | successful blow. Your odds of striking true are 92% (burdened somewhat
Floyd | by your load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR,
Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful
Floyd | lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 341 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wield sword" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIELD SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most
Floyd | perplexing! The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" 		DavidW says, "USE"

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 92% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full complement of
Floyd | 341 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming that we wanted our arm reattached."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:33:39CDT 		inky says, "a sword is a surprisingly small improvement over a fist"
		inky says, "yeah, it seems like a good move"
		DavidW says, "You ought to know what to do next, unless you skimmed a section."
		inky says, "ok fine"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  SEASHORE                                         HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: South East In                             QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SEASHORE
Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against
Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft
Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF
Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the
Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  PINE FOREST                                      HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: East West                                 QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PINE FOREST
Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading
Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES
Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy,
Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but
Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN
Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice
Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own
Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens.
Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are
Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now then ... what was that SECRET COMBINATION? Something with
Floyd | an EAR OF CORN, then something about a hearth? Or was it the trestles?
Floyd | And SEIZING a tapestry ... and then ASSAILING a mirror? Something
Floyd | about a mirror, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that the floor is remarkably clean, here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORN ON GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You offer the EAR OF CORN to the now-inanimate statue, ready for
Floyd | anything. The GARGOYLE re-animates ... but only long enough to consume
Floyd | the CORN with a gentle belch to follow. As the features of the
Floyd | GARGOYLE re-settle, they are smiling instead of scowling.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters into view, moving as quickly as his PEG-LEG will allow.
Floyd | "I might have known ye'd be somewhere 'round the CASTLE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard hearth" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD HEARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a huge fireplace, filled with a ROARING FIRE of the sort you
Floyd | used to toast MARSH GOBLINS in when visiting your uncle's hunting
Floyd | lodge as a boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use hearth" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE HEARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find that one brick has extended itself very slightly. The brick
Floyd | cannot be pulled further or turned in any way, so you press it back
Floyd | into place, and there is a firm CLICK. You hear a whirring noise,
Floyd | somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize ivory" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 341/341
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up                                   QUEST RATE: 422/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE IVORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to SEIZE the TAPESTRY by tugging hard at the bottom, but
Floyd | instead you seem to have pulled some kind of hidden switch, as there
Floyd | is a series of firm CLICKS, followed by a grinding noise somewhere
Floyd | inside the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard mirror" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 345/345
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 428/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand before the GIGANTIC MIRROR, and see a very handsome upland
Floyd | barbarian staring back with a look of naked, intense admiration. You
Floyd | also half-see, behind the smoky glass, movement like the spinning
Floyd | wheels of a SUPERCOMPUTER. You hear a distant beeping sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a puff of dust, a hidden door becomes apparent. You may go IN
Floyd | whenever you please, barbarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  ARCHIVES                                         HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 430/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ARCHIVES
Floyd | This chamber is small and musty, as if even the air is not permitted
Floyd | to leave, lest it tell a secret. Most of the things stored here seem,
Floyd | to thine eyes, as dusty rubbish.
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't difficult to spot the exception: resting, free of dust, on a
Floyd | shelf all its own, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE gleams as if lit by an
Floyd | entirely different world from this grim little chamber. Tiny lights on
Floyd | its surface blink, glitter, and chase each other like playful pups.
Floyd | The POWER CORE hums, sending soft and not unpleasant vibrations
Floyd | throughout the room. So ... this is the thing that the SLAVER KING
Floyd | fears.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf39" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ARCHIVES                                         HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 430/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard core" 		

Floyd ]  ARCHIVES                                         HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 430/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD CORE
Floyd |
Floyd | It reeks of SCIENCE, but prettily so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize core" 		

Floyd ]  ARCHIVES                                         HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "The cables were BIPHASIC but the CORE is TRIPHASIC. Impressive."

Floyd | > SEIZE CORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a soft chuckle, but know not from where.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "good point"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice
Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own
Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens.
Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are
Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use core" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gain new respect for the elders of your village, who could use a
Floyd | TRIPHASIC POWER CORE much more expertly than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  MARKETPLACE                                      HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MARKETPLACE
Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the
Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile
Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own
Floyd | citadel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully
Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  BUSTLING PORT                                    HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | BUSTLING PORT
Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he
Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a
Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth.
Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come
Floyd | running.
Floyd |
Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE
Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use core on gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORE ON GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN taketh no interest in the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine
Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR
Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large
Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or
Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing
Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music.
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you,
Floyd | invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, and she's back"
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA snuggles against you playfully. "Welcome back, heroic barbarian.
Floyd | Oh, I so wish that my DOXY CODE OF COMMERCE did not forbid me from
Floyd | taking you for my own selfish pleasures, or I would leap upon you this
Floyd | instant." She pouts, but then brightens. "Fortunately, I am confident
Floyd | in your ability to bring me treasures more than suitable for payment."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use core on vessa" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORE ON VESSA
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles, and gently caresses the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. "Oh,
Floyd | barbarian, that's a very wicked thought, and you know I'd
Floyd | adore taking you to my bed, but really, that isn't respectful payment
Floyd | for what I can offer you." Her smile brightens. "If you bring me some
Floyd | proper payment, it might be fun if you bring the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE
Floyd | along as well ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "well, that provides a new viewpoint on what a "triphasic power core" might be"
		Jacqueline asks, "Diamond?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  PERFUMED BOUDOIR                                 HIT POINTS: 348/348
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 432/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a TRIPHASIC POWER CORE, YOUR OWN ARM (attached
Floyd | to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), the SEVENTH HOARFROST
Floyd | DIAMOND, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently
Floyd | un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use diamond on vessa" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA accepts the DIAMOND and holds it up to the light, smiling
Floyd | brightly. Then, her smile dissolves into a look of astonishment. She
Floyd | hefts it experimentally. "145.27 carats!" she declares. Producing a
Floyd | jeweler's loupe and fitting it to her eye, she stares ... "Softly
Floyd | smoked blue, Hobling-Emperor-Oval cut, 74 facets ..." she angles it
Floyd | slightly and examines the light passing through it. "Dispersion is
Floyd | just about right, too!"
Floyd |
Floyd | She leaps into your arms. "How did you KNOW? Barbarian, my life's
Floyd | secret quest is to collect the twenty HOARFROST DIAMONDS! I had only
Floyd | two of them ... but now I have the famed 'Icy Star of the Mutated
Floyd | Slime-Empress,' the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND! You must have battled
Floyd | the most ferocious monsters in all the realm to win such a prize for
Floyd | me!" Overcome with excitement, she hits you hard in the nose in her
Floyd | haste to rip her clothes off and have you in her bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Approximately three days (and many exhausting pleasures) later,
Floyd | VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY snuggles naked against you, having turned away
Floyd | dozens of customers, including an angry group of soldiers demanding
Floyd | her presence in the THRONE ROOM of the SLAVER KING himself. For your
Floyd | own part, you are well pleased, slightly dehydrated, and confused on
Floyd | the subject of your own name, when the DOXY speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to act as your
Floyd | agent. Life in your spy network is more thrilling than almost anything
Floyd | I've ever experienced!" She runs a finger gently across your muscled
Floyd | jaw, "... almost anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | She sits up on the bed, has a good stretch, then collapses back
Floyd | against you, laughing. "The most unusual development of late has been
Floyd | the amazing work of PROFESSOR MEGARIAN ..." Noticing the look in your
Floyd | eye, she adds "No need to be shy about it, my stallion, my charger, my
Floyd | Haragornian thoroughbred ... the PROFESSOR knows he can confide in
Floyd | fellow disciples of your revolutionary movement."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause to consider this, and nod, because it means little.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He is a man of very powerful SCIENCE," she muses. "He has been
Floyd | working on methods to send objects backward in time, so that they
Floyd | could be found and used by those living in the distant past, or even
Floyd | preserved in hidden locations until otherwise needed. Isn't that
Floyd | fascinating?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You admire how her naked stomach moves when she squirms in excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and he sent this for you," she says, handing you a CRIMSON
Floyd | POTION. "He says to save it for your battle with the SLAVER KING, and
Floyd | to waste it not. I told him that there's no need to instruct a man
Floyd | such as you; you will always do what's right." She puts one leg over
Floyd | you, and bites playfully on your thrice-broken barbarian nose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensing an opportunity to end the chatter, you draw her to you and
Floyd | remind her what a DOXY and a barbarian do when a warm bed lay beneath
Floyd | them. She requires little reminding, and your shared passions are so
Floyd | great that you wonder if the ALLEY HOBLINGS have their ears pressed to
Floyd | the walls to behold the DOXY'S plaintive gasps and joyous squealings.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's
Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and
Floyd | feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		Jizaboz says, "k"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I wonder if it will turn out we send the diamond back to ourselves somehow"
		Jacqueline says, "I am still not sure whether or not this gets an Adult Warning on the transcript."
		DavidW says, "I didn't get full points, so I may have missed any time travel business."
		borowski says, "Or we send ourselves millions of years back in time and *become* the diamond."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, it's kinda fade to black, but only kinda."
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 351/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY
Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air
Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another,
Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large
Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you
Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, humming an old Dwarf mining song.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you
Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to borowski), "You're playing a deep game there, bud."
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 351/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a CRIMSON POTION, a TRIPHASIC POWER CORE, YOUR
Floyd | OWN ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), a
Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR
Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a
Floyd | FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a
Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard potion" 		

Floyd ]  DARK ALLEYWAY                                    HIT POINTS: 351/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North South In                            QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | It sayeth upon the CRIMSON POTION only this: "Healing As Per
Floyd | Snow-Serpent Meat But Without Mutating Side-Effects." It soundeth
Floyd | handy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEYARD                                        HIT POINTS: 351/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North East In                             QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 351/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 304/351
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 437/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a thunderous report of hoofbeats, and the HEADLESS HORSEMAN
Floyd | rides upon the LONELY HILL with a glowing JACK-O-LANTERN under one arm
Floyd | and a CUTLASS OF FIRE in the other!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 47 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "brb - adventurer needs food, badly."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 319/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 103/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, HEADLESS HORSEMAN! You scored 23 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the
Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 24 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 39 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 318/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 84/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the HEADLESS HORSEMAN a sampling of your TWO-HANDED
Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 19 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 47
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 46 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 307/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 84/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens! Thou hast missest!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their
Floyd | work! You have suffered 44 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 33 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 298/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 63/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 21 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 35
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 26 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 305/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 46/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the
Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 21 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 307/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 29/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs! A mighty blow! You scored 17
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their
Floyd | work! You have suffered 26 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 299/351
Floyd ]                HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 11/126
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's indigestible excretions, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands
Floyd | home! You scored 18 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 46 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 38 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving the HEADLESS HORSEMAN at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd | As the HORSEMAN wails his last, tortured wail and evaporates into the
Floyd | evening breeze, his JACK-O-LANTERN bursts into fetid chunks, his
Floyd | CUTLASS OF FIRE flickers to nothingness, and his BLACK STEED turns,
Floyd | galloping away into the approaching night sky. The LONELY HILL is
Floyd | quiet once more, with naught to see but the distant lights of the
Floyd | TOWN.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, brushing his teeth with his finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VAULT
Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull
Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all
Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stillness of this indoor air is unsettling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 355/355
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 444/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an
Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use core on amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 362/362
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CORE ON AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | As your hand approacheth the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, there is a
Floyd | stream of light from the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. In response, the AMULET
Floyd | becomes more solid, right before your eyes, and then warmly in your
Floyd | mighty grasp! The POWER CORE, seeking its rightful home, dissolves
Floyd | into the AMULET causing it to shine with brilliant coruscating light!
Floyd | The AMULET of SCIENCE is thine!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Put it on, lad! Put it on!" urges GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 362/362
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical
Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use amulet" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the AMULET of SCIENCE around your neck, and there is an
Floyd | immediate warmth. For a moment, your vision blurs, as the AMULET
Floyd | begins to generate an almost-invisible bubble of shimmering prismatic
Floyd | force around you. After only a second, the bubble fades to
Floyd | invisibility, but you can still feel its presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "good lord"
		DavidW says, "Personal force field; that might be handy,"
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE,
Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your
Floyd | full complement of 850 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, and the increase to your HP is huge."
		inky says, "it's weird our damage is still so low though"
		DavidW says (to inky), "well, you're still not weilding the best arms."
		inky says, "if I recall correctly this two-handed sword is the one we got from that one lizardwoman"
		inky says, "oh, good"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VAULT                                            HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an AMULET of SCIENCE (being worn), a CRIMSON
Floyd | POTION, YOUR OWN ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at
Floyd | the ready), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF
Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently
Floyd | un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being
Floyd | worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use arm" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sickening thhhhhWICK sound, you tug YOUR OWN ARM from
Floyd | its socket and place it in your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
		Jizaboz says, "The name of the sword seems pretty plain in comparison to the armor"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Can we use our arm as arms?"
		DavidW says (to Jiz), "The two-handed sword is only the second best weapon in the game."
		inky asks, "wait, it's the second best weapon in the game?"
		Jizaboz says, "Makes you wonder..."
		DavidW says, "well, maybe I'm phrasing that wrong."
borowski says (to floyd), "wield arm" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIELD ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's the original sword we gave to the acolyte; that was the weakest weapon. the two-handed sword is next best."
		Jizaboz says, "Oh"
		DavidW says, "The black hole metal axe we gave to Gunwar is better yet."
		inky says, "yeah"
		inky says, "but surely there is another, better one somewhere"
		DavidW says, "Gunwar himself is rune-carved to deal double-damage is HE is used as a weapon."
		inky says, "oh yeah!"
inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's
Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "dang"
		DavidW says, "The telepohone pole is also a potential weapon."
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:48:39CDT 		inky asks, "hrm, so there is some way to increase our strength?"
		DavidW says, "'strength of arm' I think it said."
maga says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR is here, whistling a jaunty sailors' tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "yeah, but we have this third arm!"
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful
Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your
Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore
Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE,
Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your
Floyd | full complement of 850 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard arm" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | It is the same ARM you've always had attached to your right shoulder
Floyd | ... except now, such attachment seems to have become optional. You
Floyd | feel a bit nauseous thinking about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, hmm, I guess I thought it was a third arm"
inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical
Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use arm" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sickening thhhhhWICK sound, you tug YOUR OWN ARM from
Floyd | its socket and place it in your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some clouds near the horizon have thinned, and you can almost make out
Floyd | the first stars of twilight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize sword" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You may have skimmed and missed a bit about the Master Gladiator."
		inky says, "maybe we can just grow a third arm if we leave it out of the socket for a while"
		inky asks, "did he get a cyber-implant?"
		DavidW says, "The Master Gladiator was described as a limb trader."
		inky says, "oh yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | For just a moment, you see the shadow of a huge, winged creature,
Floyd | silhouetted against one of the snowy peaks of the BLEAK MOUNTAINS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  ROYAL ROAD                                       HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROYAL ROAD
Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his
Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your
Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission.
Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the
Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED
Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "That steep PIT'S no good for me peg-leg, friend, but
Floyd | I'll wait here for ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's irrepressible appetites, this is a party! Here in
Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an
Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR
Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go
Floyd | IN as you please).
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 452/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPULENT TENT
Floyd | This small tent has all the comforts a TENT can offer, including
Floyd | beautifully muted light provided by the black fabric walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is here, in repose from his revels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 450/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each
Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with
Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, RED and BLACK. The
Floyd | presence of the BLACK BANNER has clearly caused a stir in the GRAVEL
Floyd | PIT, and many of the ROGUES are looking upon you with something
Floyd | resembling reverence.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby ROGUE espies your curiosity, and sayeth "It was YE,
Floyd | barbarian! The MASTER GLADIATOR has returned to us, because of your
Floyd | skill! He has returned! It is a great day!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 452/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPULENT TENT
Floyd | This small tent has all the comforts a TENT can offer, including
Floyd | beautifully muted light provided by the black fabric walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is here, in repose from his revels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gladiator" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 850/850
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 452/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GLADIATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR welcomes your company, and you while away the
Floyd | hours discussing great battles and campaigns, terrible monsters,
Floyd | alluring wenches, and tales of great treasures. You speak also of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, and of this the MASTER GLADIATOR sayeth:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know ye this, mighty barbarian, we have watchmen observing the CASTLE
Floyd | at all times, and when there is sign of mischief or battle there, we
Floyd | will arrive to aid you against the SLAVER KING. Thanks be to you for
Floyd | this hope of freedom in a realm that knoweth only servitude, and
Floyd | thanks be to you for making all of us better Warriors than once we
Floyd | were! You will reap the rewards of your deeds, barbarian, and I have
Floyd | faith that you will reap the sorry SKULL of the wretched SLAVER KING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use arm on gladiator" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ARM ON GLADIATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR smiles at your request "Sa-ho! Indeed, I am a
Floyd | LIMB TRADER MUTANT, and I see that you are, too! If it will serve the
Floyd | cause, barbarian, then I will gladly trade my strong CYABORG ARM for
Floyd | your own able limb. But I do want to trade back, when the SLAVER KING
Floyd | is dead, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, he tugs his CYABORG ARM free, and trades with you. He
Floyd | attaches YOUR OWN ARM with a wet THWICK sound and a metallic hum, and
Floyd | flexes it experimentally. "You must definitely SEIZE the BLACK BANNER
Floyd | at some point soon, barbarian. It would be most amusing for us to do
Floyd | battle with one another's limbs attached!"
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Pandean passions! You feel like your old self again: the
Floyd | Warrior who strode the world before the slave-catchers took your
Floyd | freedom. Your strength is what it once was, your mirth is what it once
Floyd | was, your manly lusting is what it once was ... You are WHOLE
Floyd | again, and with all that you have fought and achieved in this realm,
Floyd | you will soon be MORE than you once were! Sa-ho!
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, this vile SLAVER KING no longer faces a broken-down thrall,
Floyd | beaten and starved into weakness, but a man of METTLE, a barbarian
Floyd | Warrior of vengeful MIGHT! The SLAVER KING now faces his DOOM!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hel-lo"
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities
Floyd | and experience, you do from 15 to 20 points of damage with each
Floyd | successful blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat
Floyd | by your load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR,
Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful
Floyd | lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of
Floyd | SCIENCE, which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured,
Floyd | with your full complement of 857 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a CYABORG ARM (sitting un-attached in the
Floyd | DUFFEL), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an AMULET of SCIENCE
Floyd | (being worn), a CRIMSON POTION, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF
Floyd | KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM
Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use cyaborg arm" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE CYABORG ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a wet, nauseating CLICK, you shove the CYABORG ARM into its
Floyd | socket. You give a few flexes, to make sure it's properly attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  OPULENT TENT                                     HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Exits: Out                                       QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities
Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you
Floyd | do from 29 to 34 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds
Floyd | of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor
Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit
Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU
Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 857 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, that is a lot of damage"
inky says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's unseemly advances, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR
Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go
Floyd | IN as you please).
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is quite familiar - it was
Floyd | once your own! His weapons are twin GRAVITY WHIPS. He smiles an easy,
Floyd | confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jizaboz says, "Nice"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 834/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 259/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 29 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 23 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 815/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 229/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 30 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 19 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 800/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 199/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 30 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing
Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 15
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 778/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 165/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 34 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 22 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 764/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners, a fine hit! You scored 32
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the
Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 14 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 764/857
Floyd ]                MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 743/857
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 99/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 34 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your
Floyd | face! You have suffered 21 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 727/857
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 67/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's truculent toe-demon, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 32 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes
Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 16 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 713/857
Floyd ]                 MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 34/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's unsurvivable singing voice, a blow to be remembered!
Floyd | You scored 33 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF
Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 14 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 34 points of damage, leaving the MASTER GLADIATOR at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, The MASTER GLADIATOR flies backward, sliding
Floyd | across the gravel, the lights on his body dimmed in defeat!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "A true pleasure, my
Floyd | esteemed foe. It is rare that I am treated to a genuine workout, let
Floyd | alone such a beating."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR nods, too, and wanders away to repair and heal. The crowd
Floyd | returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES                             HIT POINTS: 857/867
Floyd ]  Paths: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES
Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's nubile seamstresses, this is a party! Here in this
Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw
Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of
Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING.
Floyd |
Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR
Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go
Floyd | IN as you please).
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by,
Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  ABANDONED QUARRY                                 HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: South West Down                           QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY
Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the
Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the
Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town.
Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous
Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, scratching a phantom itch on his peg-leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MOUNTAIN STREAM                                  HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM
Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy
Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a
Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier
Floyd | country lay to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in
Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk
Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire,
Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 775/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | IDOL SWAMP
Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize idol" 		

Floyd ]  IDOL SWAMP                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PHASIC SUMP                                      HIT POINTS: 739/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South West                          QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PHASIC SUMP
Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with
Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into
Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a
Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body
Floyd | being overtaken by weakness!
Floyd |
Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess
Floyd | electrophasic power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing
Floyd | water of the SUMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far
Floyd | from here ...
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  PRISMATIC SPRAY                                  HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North West                                QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY
Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming
Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a
Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spot a school of deadly SKY PIRANHA approaching on high, and take
Floyd | cover for a moment, until they fly past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE
Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the
Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a
Floyd | raging river far, far below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize tree" 		

Floyd ]  DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE                               HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West                           QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 460/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ROCKY RUIN
Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones
Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it
Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you
Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that
Floyd | remains intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN limps along at your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEIZE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "now we're talkin'"
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities
Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you
Floyd | do from 29 to 34 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds
Floyd | of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor
Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit
Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU
Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use pole" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the TELEPHONE POLE in your mighty hand, prepared for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TELEPHONE POLE. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you do
Floyd | from 30 to 68 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds of
Floyd | striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor is
Floyd | the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit
Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU
Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok, that is doing pretty well"
		DavidW says, "Please save when you're at the bottom of the stairs in the castle."
		inky asks, "is there anything else we should do before facing the slaver king?"
		Jacqueline asks, "The fruit?"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  ROCKY RUIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North East West In                        QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty
Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a TELEPHONE POLE (held at the ready), a CYABORG
Floyd | ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE (being worn), a CRIMSON POTION, a SUIT OF BURLAP
Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently
Floyd | un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a
Floyd | SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED
Floyd | CLOTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "the master gladiator said you should fight him, too"
		maga says, "though that may just be for flavour, I dunno"
		DavidW says (to maga), "we did."
		Jacqueline says, "We did that, though."
		maga says, "gosh, that went by quickly"
		Jacqueline says, "we're just that good"
		inky says, "yeah, it seems to have cut his damage in half"
		DavidW says, "I think fighting the rogues actually helps improve *them* a bit."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  LONELY HILL                                      HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East                          QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | LONELY HILL
Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the
Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting
Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING
Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no
Floyd | good path from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to DavidW), "hunh, interesting"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  FARMER'S GREEN                                   HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: South East West                           QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN
Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded
Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the
Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the
Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUN trails along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  OPEN PLAIN                                       HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East West                     QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OPEN PLAIN
Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red
Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You
Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the
Floyd | open country.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE
Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to
Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base
Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an
Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here,
Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" 		

Floyd ]  OLD STONE BRIDGE                                 HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Paths: North South East In                       QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but
Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
Floyd |

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)                          HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: Up In                                     QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK)
Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform,
Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber
Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with
Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more!
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive
Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the
Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point,
Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a
Floyd | slave, yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN
Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CASTLE
Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING,
Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice
Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own
Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens.
Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are
Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR arrives, grinning pleasantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd | Save failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Gunwar told us that the red fruit is a herringfruit."
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf40" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I just remembered that."
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the TELEPHONE POLE. Adjusting for your abilities and
Floyd | experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you do
Floyd | from 30 to 68 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds of
Floyd | striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor is
Floyd | the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit
Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU
Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 463/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE GUNWAR
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sweep of your mighty CYABORG ARM, you lift GUNWAR into the air.
Floyd | "Sa-ho!" he cries, happily. "The next best thing to being a Warrior
Floyd | (of perhaps half your Level) is being a WEAPON!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hang the TELEPHONE POLE at your side, and grasp instead the
Floyd | RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF, prepared for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | The stillness and heaviness of the indoor air is unpleasant to
Floyd | breathe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" 		

Floyd ]  CASTLE                                           HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: West Up In                                QUEST RATE: 463/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROWESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wield the RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF. Adjusting for your abilities
Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you
Floyd | do from 34 to 64 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds
Floyd | of striking true are 89% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor
Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit
Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU
Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which
Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full
Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I knew there was some reason we thought it wasn't necessary, but then someone... maga? Implied it might be."
		Jacqueline says, "That maga."
		inky says, "hmm, not quite as good as a telephone pole"
		inky says, "but catchier"
		maga says, "not I"
		DavidW says, "I couldn't get the fruit."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "Oh. Hrm."
inky says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  THRONE ROOM                                      HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 463/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THRONE ROOM
Floyd | You stand before and beneath the THRONE of the realm. Peering
Floyd | upward, your eyes can barely espy the room's loftiest reaches, high in
Floyd | the smoky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seated on the THRONE, and glaring down at you from a great height, is
Floyd | the figure of the SLAVER KING himself, a monarch few outside his court
Floyd | have seen and lived. As he leans forward from the shadows to REGARD
Floyd | you, you see why so few have lived!
Floyd |
Floyd | Long have your people told tales of the GIANT ATOMIC DINOSAURS that
Floyd | roam in the wilder reaches of VANTH. Even great and savage HURON, the
Floyd | GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD, was devoured by such a beast, earning
Floyd | their race the name of "ZILLA" - meaning "EATER" in the ancient GODLY
Floyd | TONGUE.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even the great FOOT-CLAWS of this GOD-EATER rise beyond your reach,
Floyd | and as the SLAVER KING stands from his THRONE, you see that his TAIL
Floyd | is so vast it could flatten the city MARKETPLACE. Long have you
Floyd | wondered why the CASTLE was so very tall, thinking it only the hubris
Floyd | of royalty.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a great inhuman roar, like a hundred SEA-MONSTERS having their
Floyd | scales scraped off with noisy metal scrap, the SLAVER KING raises a
Floyd | drum-loaded TOMMYGUN in his right claw, the barrel gleaming cold and
Floyd | black in the smoky half-darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | With his left claw, he grasps a CYLINDER ... like a giant FLASHLIGHT
Floyd | fashioned of steel. Pressing a button along its edge, he unleashes a
Floyd | BLADE OF PURE ENERGY, and turns it this way and that, with each swish
Floyd | sounding an unpleasant HUM. It is none other than a PHASIC PRISMATIC
Floyd | SWORD, a sword-without-blade!
Floyd |
Floyd | He roars again, and PHASIC HELLFIRE rises from his nostrils. He stands
Floyd | proudly, as if daring you to strike.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just wait until you see the King's HP."
		inky says, "holy crapadoodle"
		DavidW says, "Hope you're as ready as you think you are."
		inky says, "welp, here goes nothin'"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 798/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3238/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's laudable lechery! A mighty blow! You scored 42 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "Aye, taste my wicked RUNE-CARVINGS, SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty
Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 69 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jizaboz says, "rarrgh"
		inky says, "?!?!"
		inky says, "?!?!"
		maga says, "shit just got real. or yet more implausible, take your pick"
		inky says, "er"
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 756/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3202/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's capricious cat-cravings, a fine hit! You scored 36
Floyd | points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR laughs "That'll larn ye, SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his
Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 42 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's boundless eyebrow, your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF lands
Floyd | home! You scored 44 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Teamwork, me hearty! 'Tis a glory to behold!" cries GUNWAR, twirling
Floyd | his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE to counterbalance your swing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING slings you across the THRONE ROOM, and you hear stone
Floyd | CRACK as you slam into the cold stone wall! You have suffered 34
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ok this is all well and good but Gunwar isn't healing us this way, I see"
inky says (to Floyd), "use pole" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 654/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You set GUNWAR down, and grasp instead the TELEPHONE POLE, prepared
Floyd | for battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you
Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have
Floyd | suffered 68 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR regains his footing and dusts himself off. "It's good to
Floyd | stretch me good leg a bit" he says, "but if you ever need to wield me
Floyd | again, lad, I don't mind at all!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING eyes GUNWAR with a contemptuous growl, and inhales
Floyd | deeply. Before you can warn your DWARF companion, the great ATOMIC
Floyd | DINOSAUR unleashes a BLAST OF PHASIC RADIATION from his maw.
Floyd | You dodge the blast in the stonework ... but GUNWAR, screaming and
Floyd | attempting to run with an old peg-leg, is overtaken, killed in one
Floyd | painful instant.
Floyd |
Floyd | All that survives of GUNWAR is his most prized possession ... the
Floyd | BLACK HOLE METAL AXE, which skitters across the smooth flagstones and
Floyd | lands at your feet, black smoke coiling from its demonic surfaces. You
Floyd | pick it up, and the SLAVER KING chuckles, a cruel and bestial sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, but this way he's inside our forcefield."
		inky says, "noooo"
		inky says, "you're right, poor guy"
		Jizaboz says, "Well, damn"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | THRONE ROOM
Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "dag"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3056/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 58 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sa-ho!" cries GUNWAR, gleefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I had to learn the hard way too."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 695/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3009/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 47 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ouch! Lead with me PEG-LEG, boy! Me PEG-LEG!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you
Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have
Floyd | suffered 27 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 631/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2955/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 54 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what a RUNE-CARVED DWARF feels like, ye maggoty SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you
Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 64 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 631/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 63 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Woofta!" says GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 561/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already
Floyd | elsewhere! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING puts his foot down ... with you beneath it! You
Floyd | have suffered 70 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in
Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 38 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2829/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 63 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't had this much fun in ages!" says GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2681/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, you strike hard and true!
Floyd | You scored 37 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR cries "Avast ye, scurvy SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2636/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 45 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Owie!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE,
Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 69 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2503/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SLAVER KING a sampling of your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG
Floyd | DWARF, but good! You scored 62 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I really FELT that one!" says GUNWAR, happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2451/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's seven sonic saprophytes, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 52 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "That's it, lad! Give 'em what-for!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2342/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 40 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Way to KEEL-HAUL that blackguard SLAVER KING, lad!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "sweet"
		inky says, "I guess the most effective way to damage him would be to convince him to use his radiation breath every round"
		DavidW says, "When your HP gets very very low, don't forget our CRIMSON POTION to heal ourselves."
		Jacqueline says, "True dat."
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2231/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's indefensible tirades! Thine aim hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2171/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 60 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "BREATHE, ye great atomic moron! We LIKES it when ye BREATHE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 391/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2136/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SLAVER KING! You scored 35 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR roars with laughter "Oh, it's GOOD to be in a fray once more!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his
Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 63 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "I guess Gunwar agrees"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 362/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2075/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 61 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you
Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 29 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2075/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in
Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 73 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2036/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's nictitating hindbrain, a fine hit! You scored 39 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sa-ho! SA-VERY-MERRY-HO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1984/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 52 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sa-ho! SA-VERY-MERRY-HO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1941/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 43 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ouch! Lead with me PEG-LEG, boy! Me PEG-LEG!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING puts his foot down ... with you beneath it! You
Floyd | have suffered 89 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1815/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's sacred codpiece! A mighty blow! You scored 47 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "Aye, taste my wicked RUNE-CARVINGS, SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1736/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You
Floyd | scored 39 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1701/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sa-ho!" cries GUNWAR, gleefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like
Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-13:03:39CDT 		DavidW says, "we're doing well, I think."
		inky says, "hmm, I thought there was no way we can win but I guess with the potion it'll be workable"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1553/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's Paphian parables, you strike hard and true! You scored
Floyd | 52 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "BREATHE, ye great atomic moron! We LIKES it when ye BREATHE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 126/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1504/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's propitiatory pustules, your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF lands
Floyd | home! You scored 49 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR laughs "That'll larn ye, SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE,
Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 74 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                     BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1446/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored
Floyd | 58 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I really FELT that one!" says GUNWAR, happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you
Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have
Floyd | suffered 52 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Now?"
		inky says, "I guess so!"
inky says (to Floyd), "use potion" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 741/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1446/3280
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You consume the CRIMSON POTION, and feel an immediate sense of
Floyd | well-being.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING slings you across the THRONE ROOM, and you hear stone
Floyd | CRACK as you slam into the cold stone wall! You have suffered 53
Floyd | hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 675/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1411/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 35 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what a RUNE-CARVED DWARF feels like, ye maggoty SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty
Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 66 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 675/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1282/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack! You scored 51 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't had this much fun in ages!" says GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SLAVER KING a sampling of your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG
Floyd | DWARF, but good! You scored 52 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "That's it, lad! Give 'em what-for!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ... and then there is roaring noise from the CASTLE chambers below,
Floyd | and the doors to the THRONE ROOM fly open! The noise of the BATTLE has
Floyd | brought the entire REALM, it seems, to witness the outcome.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "hm, oh I would've waited one more turn, myself."
		DavidW says, "oh good, the cavalry"
		inky says, "hooray"
		inky says, "is that after a certain number of rounds or a certain amount of damage or what, I wonder"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		maga says, "the eagles! the eagles have come"
		DavidW says, "Don't cheer too soon."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "haha"
		DavidW says (to inky), "I think so."
		DavidW says, "One or the other."
		maga says, "if there is some inconvenient salmon or marmot clogging up the battlefield, they are totally on that"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW asks (of maga), "ha ha what?"
		inky says, "the war of the five rodents"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "The eagles!"
		Jacqueline says, "He's mocking Tolkien, I suspect."
		DavidW says, "ooh, okay"
		maga says (to DW), "it is a joke about how eagles would be militarily ineffective even if they were inclined to assist"
		inky says, "ok, let's see these eagles"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your friend the ROBODROID arrives, leading a rag-tag company of his
Floyd | fellow mechanical men, each armed with weapons they've fashioned from
Floyd | found scrap, and from each others' bodies!
Floyd |
Floyd | "There," says the ROBODROID calmly, pointing toward HIS MAJESTY. "Kill
Floyd | it." While his manner is cold, you think you can almost sense the
Floyd | inner rage of the VOLTAIC WRAITH which crackles in his robotic heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | With your mechanical ally in the lead, the ROBODROIDS begin to ASSAIL
Floyd | the SLAVER KING with a terrifying hail of gunfire, lances of energy,
Floyd | loosed ROCKETS, even a few volleys of STEEL ARROWS. The mighty ATOMIC
Floyd | DINOSAUR is bloodied and battered by the assault, but sweeps the
Floyd | ROBODROIDS aside with a lashing of his tail, and fuses them into slag
Floyd | with his RADIO-PHASIC BREATH FIRE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are pleasantly surprised to see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA stride
Floyd | forward from the crowd, with GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE at his side
Floyd | (still naked and gleaming with ANOINTING OIL, but now armed with a
Floyd | pair of BROOMHANDLE MAUSERS holstered in her only "clothing" - a
Floyd | low-slung leather GUN-BELT).
Floyd |
Floyd | Raising the GLADIUS SWORD you gave him high, the ACOLYTE hails you.
Floyd | "Greetings, barbarian! With the SLAVER KING doomed to die, I no longer
Floyd | need to sacrifice GINA, and we can now prepare to be married,
Floyd | instead!" GINA blushes prettily (all over, you notice) and opens fire
Floyd | on the SLAVER KING, as her beloved ACOLYTE charges to engage in melee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, the SLAVER KING vanquishes them both, knocking GINA into the
Floyd | side of a stone pillar with an unpleasant cracking noise, and carving
Floyd | into the ACOLYTE with his light blade. The blade must have destroyed
Floyd | the TRAGA PRIEST utterly, because only his empty robes flutter to the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crying "for the GLADIATORS!" and waving all three arms madly, VON
Floyd | DARTH THE SLY charges out of the throng, carving into the SLAVER
Floyd | KING'S foot repeatedly with his machete. The SLAVER KING crushes him
Floyd | into a wet balloon of blood and flesh with the other foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a great FLUTTERING from the air and a great SLITHERING upon
Floyd | the ground, as deadly BEASTS enter the fray ... OWLS and EAGLES and
Floyd | PTERANODONS striking from the air, mighty SERPENTS and SPIDERS on the
Floyd | ground, and leading their charge, your beast-friend ADAM the GRIZZLY,
Floyd | roaring with a ferocity he never displayed to you in the wild. Most of
Floyd | the animals are slain quickly by the SLAVER KING, but the flood
Floyd | continues for some time before he can CRUSH or BURN them all. ADAM
Floyd | himself fights to the last, until he too, is left still and bloody on
Floyd | the cold flagstone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mighty THRANG strides in, and lands several good blows before he
Floyd | is fried to a column of pure ASH by the ATOMIC EXHALE of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING. The ash whips into the breeze like a solemn dust-devil in
Floyd | epitaph, and you resolve to later sprinkle some of the ashes at the
Floyd | GRAVEYARD where his KLENGON ancestors rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a fresh roar as a surge of SLAVES charges into the room,
Floyd | obviously released by FOUL EMMA the GLADIATOR FRANKENSTEIN. She leads
Floyd | the charge with tears in her eyes, and two other FRANKENSTEINS -
Floyd | unmistakably her own MOTHER and FATHER - charge with her. The wave of
Floyd | angry SLAVES and the thumping ire of FRANKENSTEIN STRENGTH is enough
Floyd | to topple the SLAVER KING, who falls backward into his own THRONE,
Floyd | crushing it into a forest of splinters! He rights himself with
Floyd | difficulty as weapons pelt him from all directions, but ultimately
Floyd | sweeps all the SLAVES aside, and knocks the FRANKENSTEINS into the
Floyd | shadowy corners of the room, where you hear the unpleasant crunch of
Floyd | bone and flesh against stone. Emma's faint voices reaches your ears:
Floyd | "Me ... love you, barbarian ..." and then there is only silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a RESOUNDING SCREAM, echoing the battle glory of the APE
Floyd | SULTANS, as the great prince XAKANDA THE APE swings down from the
Floyd | shadows on a chandelier rope! The SLAVER KING bellows with hate as the
Floyd | mighty PLANETARY APE Warrior lands on his neck, and begins flailing
Floyd | deadly force with his TRIPLE-BLUTARCH! The ATOMIC DINOSAUR puts his
Floyd | claws to the side of his head, trying to grasp his assailant, and
Floyd | thrashes across the THRONE ROOM in rage! Finally there is an
Floyd | almost-imperceptible squish ... and the SLAVER KING returns
Floyd | to his proud stance, relieved like a normal man who hath crushed a
Floyd | mosquito.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING has little time to repose in his glory, however, as a
Floyd | lance of powerful ENERGIES suddenly wracks his gigantic rubbery form!
Floyd | There is grim laughter from the shadows, where a collection of glowing
Floyd | orange lights and silhouette resolves itself into the form of the
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR, unleashing his OWN BODY'S ENERGIES through his
Floyd | GRAVITY WHIPS.
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR regards you quietly with a respectful nod, and
Floyd | then shouts to the SLAVER KING: "Know this, foul ATOMIC MONARCH! We of
Floyd | your realm are no longer your subjects! We of your realm are no longer
Floyd | your machines! We of your realm follow this barbarian to freedom! And
Floyd | our freedom is your DEATH ... and mine."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, the eyes of the MASTER GLADIATOR glow like twin suns, and
Floyd | the lights on his CYABORG BODY coruscate rapidly, and then there is a
Floyd | heavy wave of EXPLOSIVE FORCE and a flood of blinding light, as the
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR unleashes the core of his own LIFE-FORCE in
Floyd | terrifying explosive power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING bellows in pain, and flies into the air, crashing
Floyd | against the far wall in a shower of cracking masonry and dust. The
Floyd | entire THRONE ROOM begins to shudder, and great blocks of STONE fall
Floyd | from the shadowy heights, many of them impacting the SKULL of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... who, slowly and with obvious annoyance, rises to his feet once
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the aftermath of the carnage, the SLAVER KING stumbles, the corpses
Floyd | of your ALLIES crunching beneath his clawed feet. Bloodied and
Floyd | diminished, and quaking with obvious RADIOACTIVE RAGE, he returns his
Floyd | attention to you ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		inky says, "whiah dang"
		DavidW says, "shit got seriouser"
		maga says, "hope you weren't getting too attached to that extensive cast of NPCs"
		inky says, "I guess depending on how much of the game you played you might not get all of that endgame"
		Jacqueline blinks.
		DavidW says, "A few NPCs weren't in that carnage: Vessa, Royal Psi-Witch, Prof whatshisname."
		inky says, "vessa is too wily for that kind of thing"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I kept thinking (and hoping I would not see) Vessa."
		inky says, "ok let's see this"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 603/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 388/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THRONE ROOM
Floyd | You stand before and beneath the THRONE of the realm. Peering
Floyd | upward, your eyes can barely espy the room's loftiest reaches, high in
Floyd | the smoky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING is here, snarling with ATOMIC FURY!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you
Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 72 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm, still a real fight left"
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 603/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 284/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 41 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Owie!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC
Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the
Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of
Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the
Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own
Floyd | PHASIC onslaught!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 546/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 223/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 61 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR cries "Avast ye, scurvy SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE,
Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 57 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 479/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 171/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SLAVER KING! You scored 52 points of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Woofta!" says GUNWAR.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you
Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have
Floyd | suffered 67 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 417/867
Floyd ]                  SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 112/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tonsured tongue-fur, a blow to be remembered! You
Floyd | scored 59 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Way to KEEL-HAUL that blackguard SLAVER KING, lad!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in
Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 62 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 356/867
Floyd ]                   SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 71/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 41 points
Floyd | of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR roars with laughter "Oh, it's GOOD to be in a fray once more!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty
Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 61 hits of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd ]                    BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 312/867
Floyd ]                   SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 25/3280
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's thrice-blessed loincloth, you strike hard and true! You
Floyd | scored 46 points of damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Teamwork, me hearty! 'Tis a glory to behold!" cries GUNWAR, twirling
Floyd | his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE to counterbalance your swing.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his
Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 44 hits of
Floyd | damage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage,
Floyd | leaving the SLAVER KING at your mercy!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The SLAVER KING is defeated!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		Jacqueline says, "w00000t"
		DavidW says, "woot!"
		borowski says, "hooray!"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Probably not a lot of time, because you're still in the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM, surrounded by (it seems like) half the realm. Slaves are pouring
Floyd | in, tearing into the great carcass of the SLAVER KING. Courtiers are
Floyd | discarding their fine raiment and dancing half-naked in pools of
Floyd | blood. GUARDS are arriving, swords in hand, and then just stopping,
Floyd | because they're not sure what to do, or who they serve anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see it all through a fading haze of BLOOD LUST, and even the
Floyd | sounds of shouting and revels and anger and confusion are muted, as
Floyd | through a maze of veils.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amid the growing chaos, you stand next to the great face of the SLAVER
Floyd | KING, dead upon the stones of his hall. His vast eyes, once aglow with
Floyd | ATOMIC HATE, are empty. His vast maw hangeth open, tongue lolling,
Floyd | with no more phasic hellfire to offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, a petty lord tries to claim power
Floyd | immediately. A competitor does the same, and they fall to
Floyd | fist-fighting when none of the GUARDS rally to them. They end up
Floyd | slipping to the floor, wrestling like petulant children. The SLAVES
Floyd | begin piling the wood from the throne for a bonfire.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself surrounded by girls - a CIRCLE of young PSI-WITCHES.
Floyd | They dance around you for a moment, and the air sparkles with their
Floyd | power. Then they bow and withdraw, but one lingers long enough to hand
Floyd | you an ancient, crumbling scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, so as not to seem ungracious. You cannot read the writing,
Floyd | but you notice that the style of the hand-writing is both beautiful
Floyd | and familiar. Artful penmanship. You let it slip to the floor, and
Floyd | stride on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't recall setting GUNWAR down, but you find him dancing and
Floyd | shouting. He is bloodied and bruised, and his PEG-LEG is half
Floyd | splintered, but he glows with naught but triumph and joy. Men are
Floyd | showering him with ale, women are tending his hurts, and everyone is
Floyd | singing, a raucous, distant song ...
Floyd |
Floyd | So many brave souls came to your aid, fighting and suffering for your
Floyd | vengeance ... and for vengeance of their own, you suppose. You don't
Floyd | know how many of them are dead, and how many are among those being
Floyd | tended by the HEALERS hurrying about with poultices and rags.
Floyd |
Floyd | Waves of people come up to hail you. Some throw flowers, some offer
Floyd | handshakes, some kneel and offer fealty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you a KING now? You're not sure if you want that, not yet. A KING
Floyd | sits on a throne and waits for someone else to come and kill him. You
Floyd | long to wander free, to taste the fresh wind and feel the grasses
Floyd | brushing your sandaled feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a gentle hand brush your arm. It is VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY,
Floyd | garbed in translucent fabrics and glittering jewels, dressed for
Floyd | courtly performances. She smiles at you, and gestures briefly with her
Floyd | eyes, to an open doorway, to a balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... As the bonfire grows, the revelers have taken to their ale, and
Floyd | it's no matter at all to slip away from the THRONE ROOM for a while,
Floyd | to be alone with VESSA, the sullen night sky, and the great vista of a
Floyd | realm no longer a SLAVER'S KINGDOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)

		DavidW says, "We're gonna see epilogue!"
		Jacqueline gets ready.
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  LOFTY PROMONTORY                                 HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ]  Exits: Down                                      QUEST RATE: 472/500
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Probably a lot of time, because you stand on a wind-swept hill,
Floyd | weapon in hand, PEG-LEG DWARF at your side, and DUFFEL BAG slung at
Floyd | the ready. The sun rises in the distance, and an ANCIENT ROAD beckons.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "It's good to have won."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod.
Floyd |
Floyd | He glances over his shoulder at the realm once ruled by a SLAVER KING.
Floyd | "And we've won the finest prize, lad." GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf
Floyd | into his pipe, and takes his time lighting it. "The best thing we can
Floyd | have, while the wind still blows and we have a few limbs left ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise a questioning eyebrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR smiles, and points the damp end of his pipe toward the ROAD,
Floyd | extending deep into the last morning mist. Neither you nor he knows
Floyd | where it leads.
Floyd |
Floyd | And the sun riseth higher, and you see ships upon the distant SEA, and
Floyd | riders on the distant PLAIN, and the fluttering of monstrous wings
Floyd | above distant MOUNTAINS.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, in the VALLEY behind you, you spot the small form of VESSA,
Floyd | waving to you, running, with a SWORD in her hand, and her very own
Floyd | DUFFEL at her side. She is laughing, and her eyes are eager and
Floyd | bright.
Floyd |
Floyd | And you nod, and you smile. For you are well pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** VICTORY IS THINE ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 472 out of a possible 500, in 1349 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Slaughterhouse of Honor".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I am, indeed, well pleased."
		Jacqueline gives everyone hugs.
		inky says, "huzzah"
		maga says, "hunh, I did not get Vessa to follow me"
		inky says, "that was actually a pretty satisfying ending"
		maga says, "(and Gunwar died on my playthrough, because I didn't get the cyaborg arm)"
		Jacqueline says, "It was."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "oh noes"
		DavidW asks (of maga), "You still managed to win, though?"
		maga says, "yup"
		DavidW says, "wow."
		maga says, "albeit on Wimp"
		Jacqueline says, "I think that probably had something to do with it, yeah."
		maga says, "also you get the black hole axe when he dies so it is not that massive a loss"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing only on the highest difficulty that only the highest score can be gained, but I'm just guessing."
		inky says, "interesting"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possibly, yeah."
		inky says (to maga), "oh yeah, that makes sense"
		inky says, "also, I guess the cavalry must come in after N rounds"
		inky says, "because if it's after N damage it would take forever with the two-handed sword"
		DavidW says, "And in theory, one can have both the meat and the potion in the final battle."
		inky says, "true"
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we could have, actually."
		inky says, "we could have hung onto the meat if we'd been willing to try the master gladiator fight a few more times, and/or do the fish/bear thing first"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I am going to have to run here. And it turns out neither maga nor I are here next week."
		maga says, "I don't think I ever used the meat"
		maga says, "(and in consequence my arm never fell off)"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "alas"
		Jacqueline says, "Does someone else want to run it, or should I cancel? After that, there is but one weekend before the comp-season-hiatus."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "Which is part of why you didn't get the other arm."
		Jacqueline says, "Interesting."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "well, I suppose I could run next week, as long as I wake up in time. :)"
		inky says, "I can't tell from our playthrough if you need to talk to the scientist to mutate, and if you need to eat the meat to talk to the scientist and/or mutate"
		DavidW says (to inky), "I'm likewise confused."
		inky asks (of maga), "so you looked at the source, right?"
		DavidW says, "I didn't realize the source was available."
		maga says, "not all of it, obviously, but I poked around"
		DavidW says, "I did see source for a blank template, though, if anyone wants to write something else in the ToaSK gameworld."
		DavidW asks, "Is the fruit ever obtainable ever?"
		maga says, "dunno"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I don't think so. From the hints: Fruit: Be frustrated by it. / Rinse, lather, repeat. / Regard it while Gunwar is with you. Har!"
		Jacqueline says, "And it's Gun that says it's a herringfruit, so."
		DavidW says, "ah. I suspected as much, but even so."


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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Delusions by C. E. Forman
As played on ifMUD on September 23 & 30, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Delusions written by C. E. Forman. Delusions was written for a comp. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		DavidW says, "I guess me, borowski, Gerynar, at least."
		borowski asks, "Have we played all the recent Speed IF's?"
		DavidW says, "I dunno. The last few never got put onto the archive."
		borowski says, "Oh good, ifwiki mentions ones that have been played on CF"
		DavidW says, "up to a point. ifwiki is behind on recent sessions, I think, unless Sam or Jacq updated it."
		borowski says, "Ah, yeah, the latest looks like 2011"
		DavidW asks, "I can't even remember what we played last week. Legend Lives was last NightFloyd, wasn't it?"
		borowski says, "Yeah, last week was Slaver Kingdom"
		DavidW says, "ah yes, and we finished ToaSK."
		DavidW says, "(yay us)"
		DavidW asks, "well, any suggestions on what to play?"
		DavidW asks, "Delusions, maybe?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know how long that one is."
		Marvin says, "No idea."
		DavidW says, "hm, longer than 2 hours, I guess, based on Paul's review."
		DavidW says, "It's supposed to be an excellent game, though."
		borowski says (to DavidW), "You probably have a better idea of what we haven't or have played."
		borowski says, "Delusions sounds good."
		DavidW asks, "Any objects or comments from anyone else?"
		DavidW asks, "er objections?"
		Gerynar says, "no objections from over here"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepwalk delusions" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "list d" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "dampcamp dark dayforfreshsushi deadlikeants deadlineenchanter death death_waif degen delusns desert detectiv devours dewdrops dflieslike dinner ditch divis djibouti djinni doctorm dogslife doll down dramaqueen dreamhold dreamtrap2 dualtransform dullegriet dumont" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepwalk delusns" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		DavidW asks, "am I doing it wrong?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load delusns" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               Welcome to
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       E       U       I       N
Floyd |                   D       L       S       O       S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       [Press any key to begin.]

		borowski says, "Sleepmask"
		DavidW says, "oh"
		borowski says, "You typed sleepwalk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is so... unreal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tangle of observations woven about it, humankind's utter lack of
Floyd | consensus, phases it to fit individual desires. Becoming and
Floyd | unbecoming, back and forth eternally, as it paradoxically coexists with
Floyd | and within infinite variations of itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, that's what always surfaces in your mind whenever your own
Floyd | perception of reality is altered. Which is to say, ten or fifteen times
Floyd | a day. But it's your job, working to someday entertain others with new
Floyd | observations, new experiences, new realities. And after all, you signed
Floyd | up for the Project (as you well remember, even though it was close to
Floyd | five years ago), so you suppose it's entirely your fault if you don't
Floyd | like it. Which, when you think about it, you realise you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice reaches out to you from somewhere you can't see. "Okay,
Floyd | this should be it. One final test run to check any overload potential,
Floyd | and this world is done! I'm starting her up."
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud CLANK, and the Sphere begins spinning, with you inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere off in your mind's distance, a telltale splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as the resounding thrums fade, a distorted ripple sweeps your
Floyd | vision clear, and all traces of the laboratory vanish from your senses.
Floyd |
Floyd | All five of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wiped clean, twitching, anxious for new input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virtual reality has become reality.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     E       U       I       N
Floyd | D       L       S       O       S
Floyd | An Interactive Self-Discovery
Floyd | Copyright 1996, 1997 by C.E. Forman (ceforman@worldnet.att.net)
Floyd | All rights reserved, and don't you forget it.
Floyd | [Type HELP to learn the secrets of the universe.]
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 971121 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/6
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But       Wsswstndd
Floyd | jqgahergg  kidrgdlgll dij d's       Wsswstndd jqgahergg  kidrgdlgll dij
Floyd | d, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only Justy's disembodied voice betrays the presence of a virtual
Floyd | reality. "I estimate at max one potential for overload, maybe two. This
Floyd | one isn't all that complex, compared to the lab sim. Cynthesiser's got
Floyd | the analysis sweep running in the background, so you may feel some
Floyd | slight distortion. It's nothing to worry about. Just give us a typical
Floyd | walk -- or should I say, swim? -- through it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask delusns" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                         Human kind
Floyd ]                      Cannot bear very much reality.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                  -- T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton (1936)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               Welcome to
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       E       U       I       N
Floyd |                   D       L       S       O       S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       [Press any key to begin.]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is so... unreal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tangle of observations woven about it, humankind's utter lack of
Floyd | consensus, phases it to fit individual desires. Becoming and
Floyd | unbecoming, back and forth eternally, as it paradoxically coexists
Floyd | with and within infinite variations of itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, that's what always surfaces in your mind whenever your own
Floyd | perception of reality is altered. Which is to say, ten or fifteen
Floyd | times a day. But it's your job, working to someday entertain others
Floyd | with new observations, new experiences, new realities. And after all,
Floyd | you signed up for the Project (as you well remember, even though it
Floyd | was close to five years ago), so you suppose it's entirely your fault
Floyd | if you don't like it. Which, when you think about it, you realise you
Floyd | do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice reaches out to you from somewhere you can't see. "Okay,
Floyd | this should be it. One final test run to check any overload potential,
Floyd | and this world is done! I'm starting her up."
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud CLANK, and the Sphere begins spinning, with you inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere off in your mind's distance, a telltale splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as the resounding thrums fade, a distorted ripple sweeps your
Floyd | vision clear, and all traces of the laboratory vanish from your
Floyd | senses.
Floyd |
Floyd | All five of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wiped clean, twitching, anxious for new input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virtual reality has become reality.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     E       U       I       N
Floyd | D       L       S       O       S
Floyd | An Interactive Self-Discovery
Floyd | Copyright 1996, 1997 by C.E. Forman (ceforman@worldnet.att.net)
Floyd | All rights reserved, and don't you forget it.
Floyd | [Type HELP to learn the secrets of the universe.]
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 971121 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/6
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Strauss' "Blue
Floyd | Danube" Waltz, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only Justy's disembodied voice betrays the presence of a virtual
Floyd | reality. "I estimate at max one potential for overload, maybe two.
Floyd | This one isn't all that complex, compared to the lab sim.
Floyd | Cynthesiser's got the analysis sweep running in the background, so you
Floyd | may feel some slight distortion. It's nothing to worry about. Just
Floyd | give us a typical walk -- or should I say, swim? -- through it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a fish. Specifically, a yellow-finned grouper. Quite a
Floyd | nice-looking one too, as fish go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "lemme know when you've read all that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coral" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x swim" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim around in a tight circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Marvin says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But GliÃ¨re's Russian
Floyd | Sailor's Dance, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we can go east or west, I think it said."
Marvin says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, ">RUN AWAY!"
		DavidW says, "swim away!"
Marvin says (to Floyd), "x octopus" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OCTOPUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Its enormous grey-green body is soft and oval, encircled at the base
Floyd | by eight deadly sucker-studded tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side before targeting a specific segment with an
Floyd | index finger. "Here," she emphasises to Justy. "According to the
Floyd | sweep, the interpreter stack may be unstable."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Where is it?" Justy inquires.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't tell. It's a global event routine, not embedded in a specific
Floyd | object. Damn this pseudo-OO compiler."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Take a break, come back after you've
Floyd | recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | This thick volume is the Project's documentation, most of which has
Floyd | been filled in in bits and pieces as developments have occurred. A lot
Floyd | of it is hopelessly disorganized, despite Dr Shimada's efforts to
Floyd | outline an index (which was some time ago). The cracked black leather
Floyd | binder bears the Project logo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "goodness, lotsa stuff"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The technical manual has several hundred pages. It'd be more efficient
Floyd | to look up specific topics.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x logo" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up project in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP PROJECT IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The Project's central terminal is located in the VR lab and is
Floyd | interfaced with the Cray ZMP-2010X and Sphere, but is otherwise
Floyd | isolated from the rest of the Corporation net (for security purposes).
Floyd | Control of the various system components is handled through a GUI
Floyd | (Graphical User Interface) which serves as the Project's operating
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Configure Icon, Cray ZMP-2010X, Debug Icon, Flush Icon,
Floyd | Launch Icon, Report Icon, Sphere, System Icon
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Marvin says, ""EXAMINE OCTOPUS" "You spend the next ten minutes trying to catch up on all the text that just filled your mud client.""
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look up cray zmp-2010x" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP CRAY ZMP-2010X
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The Cray ZMP-2010X, located in the Output Station, provides central
Floyd | processing, storage, and printing functions to the VR operating
Floyd | system. It is interfaced with the lab terminal via coaxial cables and
Floyd | fiber-optic bundles. Printing of the current system status is
Floyd | controlled via the "report" function of the O/S. Due to the severe
Floyd | paper shortages, it is necessary that the previous printout be
Floyd | recycled (through the built-in slot attached to the printer).
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Lab Terminal, Report Icon
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Severe paper shortages? What about VR PAPER?"
		DavidW says, "heh"
		Gerynar says, "well, at least it looks like it recycles paper itself"
		DavidW asks, "We're not in VR right now... or are we?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see yourself without a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and
Floyd | a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "we're out of the VR because of the unstable <mumble-mumble>"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fingerwatch" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FINGERWATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently, your fingerwatch reads "3132".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "If VR is ever invented, it better not simulate reading a manual."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up sphere in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP SPHERE IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The Sphere is an anti-gravity gyroscope that provides the sim user
Floyd | with the weightlessness necessary for the virtual experience to take
Floyd | over. The Sphere is the focal point for all sim-related activity
Floyd | within the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Cray ZMP-2010X, Fail-Safe Lever, Lab Terminal, VR Suit
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar is having visions of lawnmower man now
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The VR suit, a full-body outfit of spandex and kevlar, hangs on a rack
Floyd | against one wall. It fits tightly and is strung with a network of
Floyd | millions of tiny sensory-output devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look up lawnmower man in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP LAWNMOWER MAN IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up vr suit in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP VR SUIT IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The VR suit is laced with sensors and provides the user of a sim with
Floyd | tactile feedback. Its counterpart, the helmet, contains eyephones and
Floyd | earphones, and also interfaces directly with the subject's brain to
Floyd | artificially stimulate the senses of smell and taste.
Floyd |
Floyd | The suit is also equipped with a replaceable flexi-plast receptacle
Floyd | for the containment of bodily waste, as control of such functions is
Floyd | relinquished in a full-sensory VR.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Configure Icon, Sphere.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "charming"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up configure icon" 		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look up configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "configure" icon allows the operator to change sensory output
Floyd | settings for a VR. Changes made during a session do not take effect
Floyd | until the sim is reloaded.
Floyd |
Floyd | All users have access to this program.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "configure" icon allows the operator to change sensory output
Floyd | settings for a VR. Changes made during a session do not take effect
Floyd | until the sim is reloaded.
Floyd |
Floyd | All users have access to this program.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "scary that I'm thinking the same thing as a veteran IF gamer"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glass tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLASS TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | This tank used to house an android that performed a lot of the
Floyd | preliminary VR diagnostics, but you're not sure what happened to it
Floyd | (the android, that is). Odd, that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up android in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP ANDROID IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | VR androids, manufactured by other divisions within the Corporation,
Floyd | are another protective tool, used in the early stages of VR sim
Floyd | debugging. Equipped with limited neural-network processors, they are
Floyd | strapped into the sphere and used to perform preliminary VR
Floyd | diagnostics to avoid the dangers to a human brain in the event of any
Floyd | serious bugs in a virtual sensory reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Debug Icon, Fail-Safe Lever, Sphere, VR Viruses
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look up fail-safe lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP FAIL-SAFE LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | Built into one corner of the Sphere is a fail-safe lever that may be
Floyd | pulled to prematurely shut down a sim when a person is inside. This
Floyd | feature is equipped with its own fusion cell and is of vital
Floyd | importance in the event of power outages or other system glitches. If
Floyd | a sim is not shut down properly using the fail-safe mechanism,
Floyd | permanent damage to the brain is likely to result from the abrupt
Floyd | termination of the human-computer synapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Android, Sphere
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up vr viruses in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP VR VIRUSES IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | Rather than simply crashing systems or corrupting files, the creators
Floyd | of early VR viruses took a more sinister purpose: By manipulating the
Floyd | operation of VR hardware, the viruses were able to produce incredibly
Floyd | bright lights and loud, high-pitched sounds that could actually blind
Floyd | or deafen users due to the equipment's close proximity to the sensory
Floyd | organs. Fear of this uncorrectable damage to persons instilled fear in
Floyd | the technology, ultimately pushing it by the wayside.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "eep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x justy" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUSTY
Floyd |
Floyd | His bright eyes gleam through thick glasses framed by short brown hair
Floyd | and a small gold loop through his left earlobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at Justy again, you see... not an old friend, but someone
Floyd | else, someone different. Someone you've only begun to get to know
Floyd | recently... Very curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | Or were you just thinking of someone else...?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar vf ortvaavat gb guvax gung jr ner gur naqebvq
		DavidW asks, "do you guys want to read more manual or explore our surroundings a bit?"
		Gerynar says, "I feel like exploring"
		borowski says, "Yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Cynthia went nw, I think?"
		DavidW asks, "Try that way first?"
		borowski says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those pictures made up of a matrix of coloured dots,
Floyd | arranged to form a three-dimensional image when stared at long enough
Floyd | with one's eyes crossed. You've never understood why Cynthia (who is
Floyd | blind) would keep such a thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait a minute... If you squint your eyes just right... There! It looks
Floyd | like a giant sundial gnomon, with an atomic mushroom cloud erupting
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Truly bizarre that you never recognised it until this moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh. Trinity ref."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x cynthia" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CYNTHIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Black lenses hide failed eyes, but Cynthia's other senses are even
Floyd | sharper than your own. Her long hair spills down her back in thick
Floyd | dreadlocks the same colour as a curious symbol tattooed on her right
Floyd | forearm.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a pencil tucked behind her ear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x tattoo" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TATTOO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unrecognisable (to you) symbol, an eight-pointed star with a single
Floyd | letter at each point (two at each of the diagonals), done in black
Floyd | ink. It's hard to see clearly against Cynthia's dark skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "A compass rose?"
		borowski says, "Sounds like it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about tattoo" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT TATTOO
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles. "It's so I'll never get lost."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask Cynthia about tattoo" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT TATTOO
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles. "It's so I'll never get lost."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh"
		Gerynar says, "ok, that was just spooky"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pencil" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PENCIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The point is broken off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask Cynthia about report" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes. Yes we do."
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about everything" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT EVERYTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "heh"
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about project" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT PROJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | "My work's almost done here. I'll be leaving the Project soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vr analysis" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VR ANALYSIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x report" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about justy" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT JUSTY
Floyd |
Floyd | "He annoys the heck outta me sometimes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about me" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | "C'mon, go away. I've got to concentrate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about android" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Explore elsewhere?"
		borowski says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x racks" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cray" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the larger exabyte systems, though you're not familiar with the
Floyd | exact configuration. Its most familiar feature is a built-in printer,
Floyd | with a recycling slot for immediate paper reprocessing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x printer" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the larger exabyte systems, though you're not familiar with the
Floyd | exact configuration. Its most familiar feature is a built-in printer,
Floyd | with a recycling slot for immediate paper reprocessing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x media" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So I guess there's just the cray in here."
		borowski says, "Yeah I guess this is where we go after printing"
		DavidW asks, "gonna try ne of lab next, ok?"
		borowski says, "Yeah, let's explore every direction in turn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the pair of kitchen tongs that you didn't
Floyd | already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave oven is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave oven is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the refrigerator part of the combination
Floyd | refrigerator/freezer is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "aw, no fridge magnets?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the refrigerator part of the combination
Floyd | refrigerator/freezer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, ">MICROWAVE METAL TONGS"
		DavidW says, "One slice of pizza for three people. Yeah, that'll work."
		borowski asks, "Should we heat up the pizza?"
		DavidW says, "no, not yet."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to see the lay of the land first before doing anything irrevocable."
		borowski says, "And then eat it in front of Cynthia, saying, "Is this part of EVERYTHING?""
		borowski says (to DavidW), "sounds good"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a solid iron door leading to your quarters. Curiously, the
Floyd | locking mechanism is on this side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the metal door, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an electric violin and an amplifier (on which is a
Floyd | bow) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the north wall that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pilloqw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILLOQW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the pillow that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's "The Crucified Serpent," one of Giger's earlier works (1975),
Floyd | depicting an enormous metallic T-bar on which is draped a large snake
Floyd | with a face vaguely similar to that of Christ. Wisps of mist billow
Floyd | out from behind the crucifix, illuminated by lights angling upward
Floyd | from short black cylinders.
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd, this. You can't seem to recall any details of the auction. In
Floyd | fact, you don't remember buying it at all. A mental doubt surfaces as
Floyd | to whether or not it's really the original.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek black instrument, with round shoulders, a narrow neck, and
Floyd | graceful f-shaped curves on either side of a set of four strings. It
Floyd | has the Stradivari Corporation maker's mark on its bulging back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking again at the instrument, you feel a tinge of unfamiliarity,
Floyd | and shiver. You can't recall any early lessons, when you were just
Floyd | learning to play, though it wasn't all that long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "getting a bit of a Twilight Zone vibe here."
		borowski says, "Yeah, something is going on or we're going crazy"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "identity confusion of some sort"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah, it's an electric Stradivari"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an electric violin and an amplifier (on which is a
Floyd | bow) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get into the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter alcove" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER ALCOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You doubt the shelves would support you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters (in the shadowy alcove)
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an electric violin and an amplifier (on which is a
Floyd | bow) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an electric violin and an amplifier (on which is a
Floyd | bow) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You've had diabetes mellitus since childhood, which necessitates an
Floyd | injection of NPH insulin several times daily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the hypodermic syringe, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x take syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAKE SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plywood" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLYWOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the electric violin)
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plasterboard" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLASTERBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Too awkward, with everything you're carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about your desk that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "maybe we can reach the top shelf with the bow?"
		borowski says, "I'm going to try dropping something and playing real quick"
		DavidW says, "okay"
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop pillow and tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PILLOW AND TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | pillow: Dropped.
Floyd | pair of kitchen tongs: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | Tucking one end of the instrument firmly under your chin, its neck
Floyd | held firmly in your right hand, you run the bow in your left expertly
Floyd | over the strings. With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from
Floyd | the instrument a sonorous croon that manifests itself as Haydn's
Floyd | Serenade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek black instrument, with round shoulders, a narrow neck, and
Floyd | graceful f-shaped curves on either side of a set of four strings. It
Floyd | has the Stradivari Corporation maker's mark on its bulging back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "So I guess we can play well, though we don't remember taking lessons?"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | pair of kitchen tongs: Taken.
Floyd | pillow: Taken.
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you remember why you hung it here in the first place: There's a
Floyd | large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard wall.
Floyd | amplifier: It's pretty heavy. You'd have to drop everything you're
Floyd | carrying before you could lift it. (It does have casters attached to
Floyd | the underside, though.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It could be a memory implant, I suppose. Or our memory is faulty."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | A square depression, roughly fifteen centimetres to a side and ten
Floyd | deep, carved into the wall in a way that is not aesthetically pleasing
Floyd | in the least (which is why you hung the painting over it).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ah amplifier has casters, eh?"
		borowski says, "Interesting"
		DavidW says, "push amplifier into alcove"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push amplifier into alcove" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH AMPLIFIER INTO ALCOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Let's bug Cynthia by playing a song"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | It rolls a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "push amplifier ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH AMPLIFIER NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (setting the violin on top of it)
Floyd | You roll the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand on amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You doubt the shelves would support you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit top shelf with bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT TOP SHELF WITH BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach top shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > REACH TOP SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Using the bow might work, but I can't think of the best verb"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch top shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH TOP SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "or maybe the tongs"
		borowski says, ">WHACK AT SELF WITH BOW"
		borowski says, "Ah, that's an idea"
		DavidW says, "'top shelf' isn't recognized"
		DavidW says, "I think we have to get higher, but I'm surprised we can't get onto the amp."
borowski says (to Floyd), "use tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch shelves with bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH SHELVES WITH BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to touch plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Pointless destruction. How typically human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "push shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake the shelves slightly and hear something roll back and forth
Floyd | along the top, before it abruptly rattles down behind the shelves,
Floyd | lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ack"
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "That might have worked."
		borowski says, "If we could have then moved the shelves. Maybe."
		DavidW says, "well, something to remember for later"
borowski says (to Floyd), "look in niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look behind shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Could playing the violin with the amp in the alcove set up vibrations that help?"
		borowski says, "Hmm that's an idea"
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop pillow, painting, and tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PILLOW, PAINTING, AND TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop pillow and tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PILLOW AND TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | pillow: Dropped.
Floyd | pair of kitchen tongs: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters (in the shadowy alcove)
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is an electric violin) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get amplifyer" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AMPLIFYER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty heavy. You'd have to drop everything you're carrying
Floyd | before you could lift it. (It does have casters attached to the
Floyd | underside, though.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar asks, "can we put the amp in the alcove?"
		DavidW says, "we did"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is an electric violin) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the electric violin and pick it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "sorry, also browsing the web, missed that"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look in niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | The niche is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Too awkward, with everything you're carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying an electric violin, a painting by H.R. Giger, a bow
Floyd | and a hypodermic syringe. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and
Floyd | a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Bizet's Les TorÃ©adors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe, a painting by H.R. Giger and an
Floyd | amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "turn amp up" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN AMP UP
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "turn amp on" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN AMP ON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fader" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FADER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a circular knob with settings from 0 - 10, currently set to 4.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 10" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 10
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 10. The humming grows in volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee"
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 11" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 11
Floyd |
Floyd | The fader only has settings from 0 - 10.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Pillow in alcove might be an idea too."
		DavidW says, "In case the unknown object is fragile."
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get into the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I dropped it there"
		DavidW says, "oh, it's already there? fine"
		Gerynar says, "it fell behind and no mention of breakage"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Strauss' The Hero's
Floyd | Battlefield.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fader" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FADER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a circular knob with settings from 0 - 10, currently set to 10.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe another setting would be required for resonance, but there's no way to easily guess that, or if that's even what to do."
		Gerynar asks, "can we put the amp on the shelves?"
		DavidW says, "We can't lift it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Pointless destruction. How typically human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "It also might be used somewhere else. We still have a number of directions to explore."
		DavidW asks, "perhaps explore more, find a flashlight?"
		Gerynar says, "sounds like a plan"
		DavidW asks, "maybe a beer for that lonely pizza slice?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying an electric violin and a bow. You are wearing a
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The humming fades away with a crackle of static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x watch" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently, your fingerwatch reads "4635".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal gurney, an IV stand and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x gurney" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GURNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A flat metal stretcher with wheels attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on it" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on the gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal gurney, an IV stand and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the IV stand that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a power X-Acto knife, a
Floyd | gelstrip and an antitoxin caplet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gelstrip" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > GELSTRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gelstrip" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GELSTRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick strip of gelatinised gauze, laced with antibiotics and
Floyd | blood-clotting agents, all of which have really long medical names,
Floyd | like "protoprocoaguloeolytothromboplastinol."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "that'll come in handy if one of the meat people get damaged"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x caplet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAPLET
Floyd |
Floyd | A small white caplet with a red band around the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A round-handled electrical cutting tool with a sharp, vibrating (and
Floyd | replaceable) blade. It's powered by its own internal fusion cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A round-handled electrical cutting tool with a sharp, vibrating (and
Floyd | replaceable) blade. It's powered by its own internal fusion cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "continue our tour?"
		borowski asks, "Take all?"
		DavidW says, "no, not yet"
		borowski says, "Onward then"
		DavidW says, "we seem to have inventory awkwardness with climbing and playing violin, and there's no rucksack in sight."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's Quarters
Floyd | Justy's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only a
Floyd | bed, desk, and a few of Justy's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall is completely taken up Justy's film library.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging nearby is a framed sketch by M.C. Escher.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large holovision set dominates the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x library" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIBRARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's collection of science-fiction films includes the complete
Floyd | "Star Wars" saga, the "Terminator" trilogy, and both the 2001 remake
Floyd | and classic 1926 versions of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x star wars" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAR WARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's collection of science-fiction films includes the complete
Floyd | "Star Wars" saga, the "Terminator" trilogy, and both the 2001 remake
Floyd | and classic 1926 versions of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's desk is bare. (He does most of his work out in the lab.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a simple mattress and box springs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "watch metropolis" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > WATCH METROPOLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's collection of science-fiction films includes the complete
Floyd | "Star Wars" saga, the "Terminator" trilogy, and both the 2001 remake
Floyd | and classic 1926 versions of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play metropolis" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY METROPOLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Quit playing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x escher" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ESCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | The charcoal sketch depicts a stream, flowing upwards at impossible
Floyd | angles through a square-edged canal before cascading downward from a
Floyd | minaret to begin the process anew. (Unlike your Giger, though, this
Floyd | isn't the original.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take escher" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ESCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose west of lab ought to be a communal bathroom, but we should check it out anyway."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x tv set" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV SET
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark, glassy eye of the holoscreen stares vacantly back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV
Floyd |
Floyd | The holovision screen lights up as the set clicks on, broadcasting a
Floyd | "Jeopardy" match already in progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1400, Lisa's score is $1200, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is Planck's constant?" asks Lisa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Correct," states Alex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "change channel" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHANGE CHANNEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You cycle through the other channels (all 1023 of them), but discover
Floyd | nothing even remotely entertaining.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll take interactive fiction for 400."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee"
		Gerynar says, "just like TV today"
		DavidW says, "mm"
borowski says (to Floyd), "watch tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > WATCH TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1400, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Currently the CEO of the BranMuffin World Conglomerate, she was the
Floyd | original editor of XYZZYnews."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who is Eileen Mullin?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "Who is Eileen Mullin?" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHO IS EILEEN MULLIN?
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, anyone can spit out "Jeopardy" questions in front of the tube,
Floyd | but it's a lot harder when you're standing up there under those hot
Floyd | fluorescent lights in front of a live studio audience. (Not that I
Floyd | know from experience, or anything.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tom taps his buzzer. "Who is Eileen Mullin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex's head nods (an amusing sight when it's not attached to a body).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski gives DavidW $400
		DavidW says, "danke"
		DavidW asks, "turn off the tv and continue the tour?"
		borowski says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the holovision set off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and
Floyd | a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "south?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x stall" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x washbasin" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASHBASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can remember, there has never been a mirror here. It
Floyd | must have been removed before you came to the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the place where a mirror once hung, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I wonder if we should take note of these strange feelings?"
		DavidW says, "well, it's possible that any object examined might trigger that message."
		borowski says, "That's true"
		DavidW asks, "or maybe it's a clue to re-examine it later?"
		borowski says, "Or maybe we visit a different version of this reality? I'm just guessing."
		borowski says, "I've never been to the future before."
		borowski asks, "n & w?"
		DavidW says, "please do"
borowski says (to Floyd), "n,w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > N,W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd | You can't, since Dr Shimada's office door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada prefers if you knock first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to knock on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come in," says Dr Shimada, politely but firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Dr Shimada's office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada's Office
Floyd | With the Project approaching conclusion, Dr Shimada's workload has
Floyd | increased geometrically. Several open and disarrayed filing cabinets
Floyd | and the layer of paperwork covering her desktop and computer belie her
Floyd | typical attention to immaculacy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your right is a small wooden shelf, bulging with assorted books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada works furiously at her desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Dr Shimada's desk are a three-hole punch and Dr Shimada's cellular
Floyd | phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | All of the great works, eastern and western, of literature,
Floyd | philosophy, and religion (on CD-ROM, of course).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dr" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Hyechong Shimada is the Project's director, working under the
Floyd | control of the Executives. Following Justy's recommendation, she was
Floyd | the one who recruited you for your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've worked under Dr Shimada for years, but are still unable to say
Floyd | that you truly know her due to her intensely private nature.
Floyd | Half-Chinese, half-Japanese, she was transferred in from the
Floyd | Corporation's Kyushu office to direct the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jagged scars on her face and hands mark Dr Shimada as a survivor
Floyd | of the Great Cancer, and give her already dogmatic presence an
Floyd | artificial air of fierceness (which you suspect she secretly enjoys).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x punch" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A page-length three-hole punch, used to punch three holes (hence the
Floyd | name) in pages to be added to the Project binder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The digits 1 through 9 are arrayed in a 3x3 matrix like a keyboard's
Floyd | numeric cluster, with 0 and a "REDIAL" button below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The digits 1 through 9 are arrayed in a 3x3 matrix like a keyboard's
Floyd | numeric cluster, with 0 and a "REDIAL" button below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask dr about project" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR ABOUT PROJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "OK, another person we have to play a song for."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about Dr Shimada's desk that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "tell doctor about experiment" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL DOCTOR ABOUT EXPERIMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose the Dr herself, the hole punch(?), and the phone are the important parts."
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and
Floyd | a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we really have anything to ask her yet?"
		borowski says, ">PILLOW FIGHT"
		borowski says (to DavidW), "I don't think so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dr about android" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR ABOUT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I was thinking we could talk about the failed experiment where we were eaten by an octopus."
		DavidW says, "well, probably not. We do sim runs like that all the time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dr for raise" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR FOR RAISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dr for phone" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR FOR PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | No one uses Dr Shimada's phone but Dr Shimada.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask dr about punch" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR ABOUT PUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "dial phone" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAL PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada gives you a "look" that makes you change your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I still haven't seen a portable lightsource."
		Gerynar says, "I'm wondering if it was a flashlight that was rolling around on the top shelf"
		DavidW says, "oh. Maybe."
		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure what to do with the Dr yet. Perhaps try to use the elevator? Or go down from lab?"
		borowski says, "Yeah, let's try the elevator"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (closing Dr Shimada's office door on the way out)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The doors don't open from this side, and there's no call button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph"
		borowski says, "Trapped at work!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elevator doors" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELEVATOR DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way out of this sub-basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember what's up there, though you must have seen the
Floyd | Complex on your way down. Has it really been that long ago?
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the freight elevator, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "hmm"
		DavidW asks, "also, why is there a lock on the outside of our quarters?"
		borowski says, "Interesting."
		DavidW asks, "down from lab?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat. Another dark zone."
		borowski asks, "Did we try moving the shelf?"
		DavidW asks, "Surely 'move' is the same as 'push'?"
		borowski says, "I mean moving them away from the wall."
Gerynar has disconnected. 		
Gerynar has connected. 		borowski asks, "Or maybe the tongs can reach behind?"
		Gerynar says, "or we can pull it"
		DavidW says, "well, you can try, of course. Please save first when you get there."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | If there are any exits other than the stairs, they're blocked by the
Floyd | mounds of old hardware and conveyors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bow, an electric violin, a hypodermic syringe, a
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger and an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Might try cutting the niche with the knife from the med lab."
		borowski says, "Oh right, it's made of plaster"
borowski says (to Floyd), "pull shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake the shelves slightly and hear something roll back and forth
Floyd | along the top, before it abruptly rattles down behind the shelves,
Floyd | lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need a washroom break anyways. Back in a bit."
borowski says (to Floyd), "pull shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake the shelves slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take thing with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE THING WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "reach behind shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > REACH BEHIND SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "search shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the plywood shelves that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look behind shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the plywood shelves that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm, I guess I'll restore and try the knife thing"
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal gurney, an IV stand and a medical cabinet (in
Floyd | which are a power X-Acto knife, a gelstrip and an antitoxin caplet)
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bow, an electric violin, a hypodermic syringe, a
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger and an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut plasterboard with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT PLASTERBOARD WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut niche with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT NICHE WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bow, an electric violin, a hypodermic syringe, a
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger and an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Hmm. Any ideas?"
		DavidW says, "well, we could try the resonance idea with the amp at different settings from 5 to 9."
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 9" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 9
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 9.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking it)
Floyd | (first taking the bow)
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Beethoven's Symphony no. 6 in
Floyd | F Major.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Move the amp ne?"
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		DavidW asks, "Isn't it already pushed there?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "move amp ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE AMP NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (setting the violin on top of it)
Floyd | You roll the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is an electric violin), a
Floyd | hypodermic syringe and a painting by H.R. Giger here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking it)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as GliÃ¨re's Russian Sailor's
Floyd | Dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x amp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 8" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 8
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 8. The humming fades in volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Borodin's String Quartet no.
Floyd | 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn konb to 7" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KONB TO 7
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 7" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 7
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 7. The humming fades in volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Rossini's William Tell
Floyd | Overture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 6" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get into the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "hmm"
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn know to 6" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOW TO 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knob to 6" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNOB TO 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 6. The humming fades in volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier, a hypodermic syringe and a painting by
Floyd | H.R. Giger here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as GliÃ¨re's Russian Sailor's
Floyd | Dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's possible that we can't really accomplish much in the complex until we've done more of the sim testing."
		borowski says, "Yeah I was thinking the same thing."
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x suit" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the VR suit or the technician's jumpsuit?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The VR suit, a full-body outfit of spandex and kevlar, hangs on a rack
Floyd | against one wall. It fits tightly and is strung with a network of
Floyd | millions of tiny sensory-output devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume wearing the vr suit is sufficient to indicate a desire to start a new run."
borowski says (to Floyd), "put on vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ON VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Brandenburg
Floyd | Concerto no. 5, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Ah. I think we went east the first time?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | A small patch of smooth, rounded, colourful stones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything. Not surprising, seeing as how you're a
Floyd | fish, and fish don't have hands to carry things with.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red crab scuttles along the sand below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat crab" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we continue west?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sand" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sand" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tentative flick of your tail, you edge closer to the shore.
Floyd | Suddenly, a cresting foam-capped wave picks you up and effortlessly
Floyd | tosses you onto the beach!
Floyd |
Floyd | Shore
Floyd | Wet sand packed below you. Orange fire above, blazing down through an
Floyd | aquamarine sky laced with white, billowy wisps, beautiful yet horribly
Floyd | alien and terrifying.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your gills pump furiously, but draw no oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip over onto your other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hot sun burns down on your upturned eye as you gaze helplessly
Floyd | skyward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ugh"
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip over onto your other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "yell for help" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > YELL FOR HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to yell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "flop" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLOP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we try pulling the fail-safe lever?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hot sun burns down on your upturned eye as you gaze helplessly
Floyd | skyward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I hadn't thought about that. Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "justy, pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUSTY, PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't, not while I've got this sim up and running."
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing around, you manage to flip yourself into the water, where
Floyd | you slip back below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Wait, how'd we get off the beach?"
		DavidW says, "We got lucky."
		DavidW says, "One of our flips got us back into the water."
		borowski says, "Ah, I see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reef" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REEF
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe we just have to face the octopus again?"
		DavidW says, "I think so. I think we can evade it."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "east!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Hmm, something deadly to the south maybe. Save?"
		DavidW asks, "south (deadly), down, or west and down (now that octopus is gone)?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, save, sure, although we are in a sim."
		borowski says, "Oh right, I forgot about w & d."
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The world spins about as currents drag you down into the tunnel, which
Floyd | twists and wrenches you through sharp turns, until you emerge in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | DELUSIONS is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I guess not really much of a choice."
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Debussy's Arabesque
Floyd | no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "back where we started"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "enter left hole?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter left hole" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER LEFT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x printout" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRINTOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The "Report" icon depicts a printer spitting output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sphere" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere is a human-sized anti-gravity gyroscope, encased in
Floyd | soundproof glass. VR sensors connect to status monitors, the lab
Floyd | terminal and the mainframe supercomputer in the next room by a thick
Floyd | bundle of coaxial cables. A fail-safe lever protrudes at an angle from
Floyd | one side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A precautionary feature built into the Sphere for the testing of VRs.
Floyd | Most simulations have a method of accessing the lever from the inside
Floyd | as well. (The lab sim, for instance, simply incorporates a virtual
Floyd | duplicate of the physical lever itself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. The talk about a 'lab sim' makes me wonder if we can change which sim we do by using the Config Icon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up launch icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP LAUNCH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "launch" program activates the currently loaded VR sim and runs
Floyd | it. Input and output devices are the Sphere and VR suit, and they must
Floyd | be occupied for this module to run.
Floyd |
Floyd | All users have access to this program.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Fail-Safe Lever, Sphere, VR Suit
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up flush icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP FLUSH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the Project's technical manual)
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "flush" program purges the system in the event of a critical error
Floyd | in the active VR. Once purged, the sim is wiped clean from the system
Floyd | and must be re-installed from archival storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Due to the drastic nature of this program, only Dr Shimada has access
Floyd | to it.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x config icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONFIG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | The "Configure" icon depicts a pair of hands flipping switches on a
Floyd | console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push it" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a touch-sensitive screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "click it" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mouse" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | A standard white two-button ergonomic input device.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click config icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK CONFIG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, don't mess with that," says Justy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy about lab sim" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT LAB SIM
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up lab sim" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP LAB SIM
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "still there?"
		borowski says, "Sorry, sudden work chaos."
		DavidW says, "ah. I didn't know you were at work."
		DavidW says, "I'm thinking we need to solve the fish sim and then the plot will advance."
Tale arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "actually, if you're busy, perhaps we should save here and resume later? I could use a bit of shut-eye time. My eyes are hurtin'."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfdelusions" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		borowski says, "Sounds good."
		borowski asks, "I missed the last bit of the simulation. What happened?"
		DavidW asks, "when would be a good resume time?"
		DavidW says, "I entered the left hole of the seafloor and was eaten by a snake."
		borowski asks, "You're taking a nap?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "if I may"
		DavidW says, "(and I know I was late for cf because of earlier nap)"
		borowski says, "Of course. I'll be home about 5:15-5:30."
		Ellison says, "nice game"
		DavidW says (to borowski), "ok"
		DavidW says (to Ellison), "yeah, so far. We haven't really uncovered much, though."
		borowski says (to Ellison), "It seems interesting but I don't think we've -- yeah"
		DavidW says, "I"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing that when we solve the fish sim, something catastrophic will happen and provide plot and direction."
		magbo asks, "is that a meta-channel, or do you play right here? If so, which game are you playing now?"
		borowski says (to magbo), "You go sw of the lounge to play"
		DavidW says (to magbo), "I'm not sure what you mean by 'meta-channel', but we were playing Delusions."
		borowski says, "We play there and talk about what we're doing here."
		DavidW says, "We chat about the game on the channel so the transcript looks better when Jacqueline posts it on her site."
		borowski says, "So there's no confusion between gameplay and chatter."
		magbo says, "Ok, as I thought. Thank you for information."
		borowski says (to magbo), "We play around noon on Sundays and around 10pm on Tuesdays."
		borowski says, "Mudtime"
		DavidW says, "anyway, I'll go afk and nap and be back later. I'll leave Perry running."
		* magbo has left the channel.
Marvin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
borowski has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		borowski asks, "Is the DavidW awake?"
		Olly says, "I don't think so."
		Olly says, "He isn't logged on, at any rate."
		Olly says, "Er, that is he isn't in the Lounge."
		borowski says, "We were playing earlier and he went to take a nap."
		Olly exclaims, "DAVIDW, AWAKE!"
		borowski says, "I don't think we know that spell yet."
		Olly says, "Maybe we need to use the summoning channel."
		Olly says, "Yes, there really is one."
DavidW goes home. 		
DavidW has disconnected. 		Olly says, "Well, I did my best on the summoning channel. If DavidW comes back I guess we will know it worked."
		Olly grins.
		borowski says, "Ah, that's where you guys do the magics."
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW asks, "yow, 8:24pm?"
		jenrexrode says, "hey, the summoning worked"
		DavidW says, "I should put pants on and find out what happened to dinner. Also flush out whatever died in my mouth."
		borowski) DavidW says, "So that's where my pants went."
		jenrexrode says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "Perry's still running; people could have played without me, y'know."
		DavidW asks, "afk for a few minutes to find dinner. then hopefully we can play a bit more, k?"
		borowski says, "Okey dokey"
		DavidW says, "okay, I have two small pizza slices (cold) and a salad."
borowski arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		borowski says, "Not bad."
		DavidW says, "When last we saw our hero, he had been eaten by a seasnake in the vr sim. I suggest trying to beat the vr."
jenrexrode arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Gerynar says, "while you're making dinner, I sure could use a grilled cheese or two"
		borowski says, "Sounds good."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and you soon find yourself floating in liquid
Floyd | space...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A jellyfish balloons its way across the rift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter right hole" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RIGHT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm. Maybe e, e, s isn't as deadly as it feels"
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		borowski says, "Or maybe we have to find every way to die."
borowski says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Art of
Floyd | Fugue, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | You float in cold, empty blackness, a zone of bathypelagic void,
Floyd | emptiness in which nothing seems to exist, not even yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far ahead, a luminous bulb weaves back and forth enticingly, like a
Floyd | will-o'-the-wisp. You feel drawn to it, and begin following it deeper
Floyd | into the darkness. An instant later, the light is yanked away
Floyd | abruptly, before you even have a chance to see the enormous mouth that
Floyd | swallows you whole.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x sphere" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere is a human-sized anti-gravity gyroscope, encased in
Floyd | soundproof glass. VR sensors connect to status monitors, the lab
Floyd | terminal and the mainframe supercomputer in the next room by a thick
Floyd | bundle of coaxial cables. A fail-safe lever protrudes at an angle from
Floyd | one side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Guess that was a lanternfish."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A precautionary feature built into the Sphere for the testing of VRs.
Floyd | Most simulations have a method of accessing the lever from the inside
Floyd | as well. (The lab sim, for instance, simply incorporates a virtual
Floyd | duplicate of the physical lever itself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Huh, lab sim."
		borowski asks, "I wonder what happens if we pull the lever?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm hoping we can run the lab sim at some point."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure. Justy wouldn't pull it when the fish sim was running."
borowski says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x workstation" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WORKSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | A twentieth-century user would have called this a "personal computer"
Floyd | or "PC," although the elimination of the "lone programmer" concept has
Floyd | since made that acronym outdated.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an 8-gigahertz multimedia package with a 16-terabyte hard drive,
Floyd | 12 gigs of RAM, and a 96-meg cache. The CPU case is disproportionately
Floyd | tiny next to the keyboard and monitor, larger only out of human
Floyd | necessity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada ordered this system some time ago, when increased
Floyd | processing speed became necessary if the Project's deadlines were to
Floyd | be met. It arrived less than a week ago, and it's already obsolete.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x monitor" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONITOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy created this graphical interface to suit the Project, replacing
Floyd | the hopelessly outdated "Windows 2000" O/S that came pre-installed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The desktop currently displays a mouse cursor, a "Launch" icon, a
Floyd | "Configure" icon, a "Report" icon, a "Debug" icon, a "System" icon and
Floyd | a "Flush" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x press debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRESS DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x click debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLICK DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x click debug icon with mouse" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLICK DEBUG ICON WITH MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar says, "try just debug"
borowski says (to Floyd), "debug" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEBUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I tried 'left click config icon' but Justy objected."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x mouse" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | A standard white two-button ergonomic input device.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click debug" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK DEBUG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, don't mess with that," says Justy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "click debug with right" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG WITH RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, don't mess with that," says Justy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says (to DavidW), "Sorry, I must have missed that."
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "earlier, before my nap"
		borowski says (to Justy), "Clearly."
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about overload" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT OVERLOAD
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We haven't scored a single point yet. [sadface]"
borowski says (to Floyd), "put on vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ON VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Toccata in D
Floyd | Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I know!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliffs surround you on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliffs surround you on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh right, left and right"
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter left" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter right" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The snake is in both holes, it seems."
		borowski says, "Hmm. I was hoping something would happen differently if the octopus was chasing us."
borowski says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Fugue in D
Floyd | Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Gershwin's Rhapsody
Floyd | in Blue, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ripple of relief passes over you as you realise that the octopus
Floyd | hasn't followed you into the shallow waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, the principle of matchmaking is a good one, I guess."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Art of
Floyd | Fugue, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I was hoping we could lure him onto the beach, but he won't follow that far."
		DavidW says, "If we go in the grotto, then back west and down to seafloor, we see a shadow appear above us, but we've never verified what that is. Also, we could try going down at coral reef."
		borowski says, "Ah, right"
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh good, two friends!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But deFalla's Ritual
Floyd | Fire Dance, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I guess there isn't a down there."
borowski says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Fugue in D
Floyd | Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice pierces through the fantasy. "You must've overlooked
Floyd | something last time. Try playing through it differently this run.
Floyd | We'll find that overload yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The reality around you wavers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "enter a hole?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter right" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Borodin's String
Floyd | Quartet no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | The images before your eyes become briefly distorted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ripple of relief passes over you as you realise that the octopus
Floyd | hasn't followed you into the shallow waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark, kept at bay by the shore's proximity, circles patiently a
Floyd | short distance away before moving on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I wonder if "The images before your eyes become briefly distorted." at the coral reef was a hint about something."
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bizet's Les
Floyd | TorÃ©adors, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Copland's Fanfare
Floyd | for the Common Man, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy chuckles darkly. "Scary stuff, huh? Freaks me out no matter how
Floyd | many times I see it." He claps you lightly on the shoulder, then turns
Floyd | to study the printout Cynthia has spread out on the lab bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | She flips through the pages briefly, running her fingers over the tiny
Floyd | raised bumps on one side, then shakes her head. "No change from last
Floyd | time. The analysis sweep still detects the possibility of an overload,
Floyd | but I can't pinpoint it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy nods grimly. "It's in there somewhere." To you, he adds, "Guess
Floyd | we need to do another run. Can't go to the Executives with a defective
Floyd | program, they don't take happily to that. Take a break, come back
Floyd | after you've recovered a bit. I'll be waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark, still in pursuit, attempts to squeeze into the narrow
Floyd | grotto. As its pointed snout passes across the threshold, a school of
Floyd | tiny fish is released! They attempt to scatter away, but many are
Floyd | pushed back into the grotto by the shark's advance. Soon the shark
Floyd | itself has become trapped in the grotto, but makes no effort to
Floyd | extricate itself, its attention still focused solely on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | More tiny fish are generated as the shark's presence in the opening
Floyd | triggers the event over and over again, its bulk trapping them in the
Floyd | grotto with you. The space around you becomes so tightly packed that
Floyd | it grows difficult to breathe, and still more fish are generated!
Floyd |
Floyd | In a split-second, a horrible snapping as the world, filled to
Floyd | capacity, ruptures, oozing pure data in a solid, swirling stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the onrush of darkness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, that was intense!" Justy exclaims. The smile on his face shows
Floyd | obvious satisfaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's fingers scrutinise the tiny indentations on the printout.
Floyd | "Here we go," she says. "Interpreter stack overflow on event #69105,
Floyd | releasing the school. Too many dynamic creations."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never considered that," says Justy, shaking his head before facing
Floyd | you. "Well, I guess that's why we debug. Gimme me about half a chron
Floyd | or so to fix it. Take a break, you've earned it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by three points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hooray, beta testing!"
		DavidW says, "woot!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "well, I guess we go back to exploring the lab?"
		borowski says, "I guess so."
		DavidW says, "also, yay "69105""
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VR session has exacted its toll on your hyperglycemic body. You
Floyd | feel an urgent need for your insulin medication.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, you pushed the amp out here?"
		borowski asks, "Did we bring that in here?"
		borowski says, "I don't think so. Maybe things have changed."
		borowski says, "Or debugging VR is bad for our brain."
		DavidW says, "All our stuff is supposed to be on the bench, and maybe we had the violin, and the violin always goes on the amp. I guess."
		Gerynar asks, "is the violin still plugged into the amp?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying an electric violin, a bow and a power X-Acto knife.
Floyd | You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we need an injection!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier, a metal gurney, an IV stand and a medical
Floyd | cabinet (in which are a gelstrip and an antitoxin caplet) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Uh oh, is it in our room?"
		DavidW says, "The syringe should be in our room."
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier, a hypodermic syringe and a painting by
Floyd | H.R. Giger here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "inject syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > INJECT SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Gingerly you push the tiny point of the syringe through your skin,
Floyd | eliciting a faint pop, and into the thick vein on the inside of your
Floyd | right elbow joint. A press of the needle's switch, and the insulin
Floyd | flows away in your bloodstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're somehow pushing the amp everywhere for some reason."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a hypodermic syringe, an electric violin, a bow and a
Floyd | power X-Acto knife. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a
Floyd | fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A flexible black rod used to play the violin. (It has a metal star on
Floyd | one end, too.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "unplug violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNPLUG VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the electric violin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah."
		borowski says, "But maybe we need it somewhere else."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | A standard-issue grey Project uniform, loose-fitting and comfortable,
Floyd | emblazoned with the Project logo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x metal star" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "push amp ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH AMP NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We probably do need the violin somewhere, but dunno where."
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "push amp nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH AMP NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Debussy's Arabesque no. 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice," says Justy admiringly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fader" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FADER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a circular knob with settings from 0 - 10, currently set to 6.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Pachelbel's Canon.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you mind?" admonishes Cynthia. "I'm trying to concentrate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh yeah, I forget about the volume."
		borowski says, "And I sort of feel like a neglected child right now."
		borowski says, "I learned how to play for you, mommy!"
		DavidW says, "tee hee"
borowski says (to Floyd), "set knob to 10" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET KNOB TO 10
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the fader to 10. The humming grows in volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Mussorgsky's The Great Gate at
Floyd | Kiev.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you mind?" admonishes Cynthia. "I'm trying to concentrate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | You can't, since Dr Shimada's office door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock,open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK,OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to knock on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come in," says Dr Shimada, politely but firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Dr Shimada's office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada's Office
Floyd | With the Project approaching conclusion, Dr Shimada's workload has
Floyd | increased geometrically. Several open and disarrayed filing cabinets
Floyd | and the layer of paperwork covering her desktop and computer belie her
Floyd | typical attention to immaculacy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your right is a small wooden shelf, bulging with assorted books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada works furiously at her desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Dr Shimada's desk are a three-hole punch and Dr Shimada's cellular
Floyd | phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Mussorgsky's Night on Bald
Floyd | Mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada pauses in her work to close her eyes and enjoy the
Floyd | absorbing melodies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada gives you a "look" that makes you change your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm. Well, I'm satisfied having tried playing for people."
		borowski says, "I guess there's still the pizza."
		DavidW asks, "Are we hungry yet, though?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "diagnose" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAGNOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Oh right. Don't diabetics eat something after taking insulin to balance it out?"
		borowski says, "Or maybe we give it to Justy to distract him or something."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure it works like that, but I'd rather wait until the game says we (or someone else) is hungry before using our only food item."
		borowski says, "I would agree, but I'm not sure if we have any other leads."
		borowski says, "I also wonder if microwaving the tongs would do anything."
		DavidW says, "I guess I'm hoping something new has changed."
		DavidW says, "Tongs are usually used to take something too hot."
		borowski asks, "Oh, I wonder if putting the pillow on the lower shelf would catch the falling thing?"
		DavidW says, "Since we couldn't directly refer to 'top shelf' and a lower shelf wasn't explicitly mentioned, I'm highly dubious."
		borowski says, "Ah, right. I guess explore."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | (closing Dr Shimada's office door on the way out)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Gerynar asks, "was the pizza the only thing in the fridge?"
		borowski asks, "Hmm. Did we check the freezer too?"
		DavidW says (to Gerynar), "yes. We didn't doublecheck the freezer."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can remember, there has never been a mirror here. It
Floyd | must have been removed before you came to the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the place where a mirror once hung, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "search rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can remember, there has never been a mirror here. It
Floyd | must have been removed before you came to the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the place where a mirror once hung, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a hypodermic syringe, an electric violin, a bow and a
Floyd | power X-Acto knife. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a
Floyd | fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe in the lab sim, there *is* a mirror."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x earring" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EARRING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I wonder if we put the painting there."
		borowski says, "Kind of a weird idea."
		DavidW says, "our painting? We left it in the shadowy alcove, I thought."
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a painting by H.R. Giger here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting on wall" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING ON WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the
Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall,
Floyd | the southwest wall or the place where a mirror once hung?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting on place" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING ON PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the place where a mirror once hung would achieve
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, this should do it," says Justy, glancing up at you. "Anytime
Floyd | you're ready, we can have another go at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe paining IN place, not ON."
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting in place" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING IN PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But looks like the vr is ready for another go."
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put on vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ON VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Goldberg
Floyd | Variations, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I guess we try the same thing again?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, try your best."
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The world spins about as currents drag you down into the tunnel, which
Floyd | twists and wrenches you through sharp turns, until you emerge in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Copland's Fanfare
Floyd | for the Common Man, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh right."
		borowski asks, "I guess that's a one way?"
		DavidW says, "As far as I know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You inhale the fragrance of sea air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x anemones" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANEMONES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know how to deal with the shark, snake, or (guessing) lanternfish."
		borowski says, "I wonder if one of those latter things has changed now."
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think we've gone up from anemones."
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark is closing in on you fast!
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > R
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps if the shark is chasing us, it'll get the snake?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter right hole" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RIGHT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, guess not"
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter left" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But deFalla's Ritual
Floyd | Fire Dance, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark, kept at bay by the shore's proximity, circles patiently a
Floyd | short distance away before moving on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm."
		DavidW says, "we're missing something, I suppose."
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier, a combination refrigerator/freezer and a
Floyd | microwave oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Frosty air billows out around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "OH!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Clear liquid sealed in a vial of pale green plastic, capped at one
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Aha!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's cold to the touch.) Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the freezer part of the combination refrigerator/freezer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | The door is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragging the amplifier down the stairs will damage it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "unplug violin" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNPLUG VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the electric violin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Crack stick?"
		DavidW says, "Bend or break it, I would guess."
borowski says (to Floyd), "bend stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > BEND STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "crack stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRACK STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, I suppose you could, but the liquid would just spill all over and
Floyd | make a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "light stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "break stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, I suppose you could, but the liquid would just spill all over and
Floyd | make a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the lightstick a vigorous shake. A very faint glow emanates,
Floyd | then fades almost immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness, noun. An absence of light to see by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "shake stick" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the lightstick a vigorous shake. A very faint glow emanates,
Floyd | then fades almost immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe it needs to be warm?"
		DavidW asks, "Microwave it and take it with tongs?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a lightstick, a painting by H.R. Giger, a hypodermic
Floyd | syringe, an electric violin, a bow and a power X-Acto knife. You are
Floyd | wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a pair of kitchen tongs, a pillow
Floyd | and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are full. You can't pick up anything more until you drop
Floyd | something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop violin and box" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP VIOLIN AND BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | electric violin: Dropped.
Floyd | your bed: You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop bow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x bottom shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTOM SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, we're carrying way too much crap. If we find something new, we probably can't pick it up without dropping stuff first."
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of kitchen tongs, a lightstick, a hypodermic
Floyd | syringe and a power X-Acto knife. You are wearing a technician's
Floyd | jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave oven
Floyd | (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 3/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put stick in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STICK IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the lightstick in the microwave and heat it for several
Floyd | millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by three points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take stick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | It's hot! Your hand jerks reflexively away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh 'millichrons'"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take stick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "grab stick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRAB STICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the pair of kitchen tongs that you didn't
Floyd | already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tongs on stick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TONGS ON STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the lightstick would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get stick using tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STICK USING TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to get the lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "take stick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "grasp stick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRASP STICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get stick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hot! Your hand jerks reflexively away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "wield tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 6/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIELD TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is silly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pick up stick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP STICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the tongs, you grasp the lightstick firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | The faint glow of the lightstick reveals a light switch at the bottom
Floyd | of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the light switch)
Floyd | You switch the light switch on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of coaxial cables hangs down on one side of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x cables" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 7/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of coaxial cables hangs down on one side of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move cables" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the cables to one side reveals the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Could this be the android once used for early diagnostics in the
Floyd | undebugged sims...?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too heavy and awkward for one person to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Get help I guess?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What would you do with him?"
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		borowski asks, "Be our swimming buddy?"
		DavidW asks, "Also, did you try to turn him on?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of coaxial cables has been pushed to one side to reveal
Floyd | the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Giving life isn't that simple, I'm afraid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "GIVE IT LIFE!" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT LIFE!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "tell justy about android" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL JUSTY ABOUT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good question."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's another dark region to our east, btw."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of coaxial cables has been pushed to one side to reveal
Floyd | the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah, I forgot about that"
		DavidW asks, "oh. east and down are the same?"
		borowski says, "Guess so."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Could this be the android once used for early diagnostics in the
Floyd | undebugged sims...?
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the android body, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hardware" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HARDWARE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of coaxial cables has been pushed to one side to reveal
Floyd | the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x stairs" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x clutter" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well, if the gurney can go down the stairs, you might move the android that way?"
		borowski says, "Hmm"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal gurney, an IV stand and a medical cabinet (in
Floyd | which are a gelstrip and an antitoxin caplet) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x gurney" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GURNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A flat metal stretcher with wheels attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move gurney n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE GURNEY N
Floyd |
Floyd | A loose wheel rattles as you push the gurney along.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move gurney e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE GURNEY E
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs aren't wide enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "bah"
borowski says (to Floyd), "move amp e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE AMP E
Floyd |
Floyd | It would probably get damaged if you did that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Was something else powered?"
		DavidW asks, "You might like the xacto knife?"
		DavidW asks, "er mean like the xacto knife?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A round-handled electrical cutting tool with a sharp, vibrating (and
Floyd | replaceable) blade. It's powered by its own internal fusion cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lightstick cools, its pallid glow diminishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x cell" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about android" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up android in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP ANDROID IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | VR androids, manufactured by other divisions within the Corporation,
Floyd | are another protective tool, used in the early stages of VR sim
Floyd | debugging. Equipped with limited neural-network processors, they are
Floyd | strapped into the sphere and used to perform preliminary VR
Floyd | diagnostics to avoid the dangers to a human brain in the event of any
Floyd | serious bugs in a virtual sensory reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Debug Icon, Fail-Safe Lever, Sphere, VR Viruses
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up debug icon in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP DEBUG ICON IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "debug" icon provides access to the VR compiler, editor, and
Floyd | debugger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Access to these programs is restricted to Dr Shimada and myself.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's Quarters
Floyd | Justy's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only a
Floyd | bed, desk, and a few of Justy's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall is completely taken up Justy's film library.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging nearby is a framed sketch by M.C. Escher.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large holovision set dominates the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | A square depression, roughly fifteen centimetres to a side and ten
Floyd | deep, carved into the wall in a way that is not aesthetically pleasing
Floyd | in the least (which is why you hung the painting over it).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm that niche has to be for something"
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of kitchen tongs (in which is a lightstick)
Floyd | and a power X-Acto knife. You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and
Floyd | a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the north wall that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe there was another mirror in here and they hid the camera behind it. :)"
		borowski says, "Sneaky!"
borowski says (to Floyd), "put knife in niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT KNIFE IN NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the power X-Acto knife into the niche.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take nife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knife on" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNIFE ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The X-Acto knife comes to life with a grating, high-pitched whirr.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn knife off" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN KNIFE OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The knife's whirring fades away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need to use the facilities. back in a bit, but keep playing."
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a power X-Acto knife and a pair of kitchen tongs (in
Floyd | which is a lightstick). You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a
Floyd | fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a bow, an electric violin, a
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger, a pillow and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's "The Crucified Serpent," one of Giger's earlier works (1975),
Floyd | depicting an enormous metallic T-bar on which is draped a large snake
Floyd | with a face vaguely similar to that of Christ. Wisps of mist billow
Floyd | out from behind the crucifix, illuminated by lights angling upward
Floyd | from short black cylinders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the pillow that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave oven
Floyd | (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x frigerator" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIGERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x refrigerator" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REFRIGERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the refrigerator part of the combination
Floyd | refrigerator/freezer is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cold slice of pizza in the microwave and heat it for
Floyd | several millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give pizza to justy" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE PIZZA TO JUSTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy wolfs it down, then says, "Thanks!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about pizza" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy shrugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug button with left" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG BUTTON WITH LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to click the "Debug" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug button with left button" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG BUTTON WITH LEFT BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to click the "Debug" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug button" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to click the "Debug" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug icon with left" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG ICON WITH LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, don't mess with that," says Justy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a power X-Acto knife and a pair of kitchen tongs (in
Floyd | which is a lightstick). You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a
Floyd | fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cold slice of pizza in the microwave and heat it for
Floyd | several millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut pizza with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT PIZZA WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since Dr Shimada's office door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to knock on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come in," says Dr Shimada, politely but firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Dr Shimada's office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada's Office
Floyd | With the Project approaching conclusion, Dr Shimada's workload has
Floyd | increased geometrically. Several open and disarrayed filing cabinets
Floyd | and the layer of paperwork covering her desktop and computer belie her
Floyd | typical attention to immaculacy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your right is a small wooden shelf, bulging with assorted books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada works furiously at her desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Dr Shimada's desk are a three-hole punch and Dr Shimada's cellular
Floyd | phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "tell dr about android" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL DR ABOUT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask dr about pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DR ABOUT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada waves you away impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (closing Dr Shimada's office door on the way out)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about pizza" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and you soon find yourself floating in liquid
Floyd | space...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 2 in D Major, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | The reality around you wavers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "back"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Borodin's String
Floyd | Quartet no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A jellyfish balloons its way across the rift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But deFalla's Ritual
Floyd | Fire Dance, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmmm"
		DavidW asks, "What are you trying to do?"
		borowski says, "I haven't the slightest"
		DavidW says, "I suppose going north or south would be fatal (octopus catching us or anemones catching us)."
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Basically 'no exit' to the north then."
		borowski says, "Yeah, VR wall"
		borowski says, "I tried saving, giving Justy the pizza, but nothing happened, so I restored again."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | You float in cold, empty blackness, a zone of bathypelagic void,
Floyd | emptiness in which nothing seems to exist, not even yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far ahead, a luminous bulb weaves back and forth enticingly, like a
Floyd | will-o'-the-wisp. You feel drawn to it, and begin following it deeper
Floyd | into the darkness. An instant later, the light is yanked away
Floyd | abruptly, before you even have a chance to see the enormous mouth that
Floyd | swallows you whole.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmmm"
		borowski says, "Maybe if we eat the pizza, we won't be hungry, and won't try to eat the lamp."
		borowski says, "Probably not."
		borowski says, "(you can tell I haven't had pizza today)"
		DavidW says, "We don't want to eat the lamp."
		borowski says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "Can we go up from grotto?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling of the grotto is in your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your progress is halted by porous rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your progress is halted by porous rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Brahms' Lullaby,
Floyd | playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tentative flick of your tail, you edge closer to the shore.
Floyd | Suddenly, a cresting foam-capped wave picks you up and effortlessly
Floyd | tosses you onto the beach!
Floyd |
Floyd | Shore
Floyd | Wet sand packed below you. Orange fire above, blazing down through an
Floyd | aquamarine sky laced with white, billowy wisps, beautiful yet horribly
Floyd | alien and terrifying.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing around, you manage to flip yourself into the water, where
Floyd | you slip back below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tentative flick of your tail, you edge closer to the shore.
Floyd | Suddenly, a cresting foam-capped wave picks you up and effortlessly
Floyd | tosses you onto the beach!
Floyd |
Floyd | Shore
Floyd | Wet sand packed below you. Orange fire above, blazing down through an
Floyd | aquamarine sky laced with white, billowy wisps, beautiful yet horribly
Floyd | alien and terrifying.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your gills pump furiously, but draw no oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hot sun burns down on your upturned eye as you gaze helplessly
Floyd | skyward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your gills pump furiously, but draw no oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip over onto your other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gasping pathetically, you expire.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uh, are you trying to kill us by sun?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Shore
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gasping pathetically, you expire.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah. I'm not sure what to do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and you soon find yourself floating in liquid
Floyd | space...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 3 in E-Flat Major, playing through in your mind, soothes
Floyd | away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling of the grotto is in your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x down" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the floor that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim around in a tight circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy about shark" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mouth opens and closes, but no audible sound emerges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "justy, tell me about shark" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUSTY, TELL ME ABOUT SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mouth opens and closes, but no audible sound emerges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim around in a tight circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The world spins about as currents drag you down into the tunnel, which
Floyd | twists and wrenches you through sharp turns, until you emerge in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Debussy's Arabesque
Floyd | no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | There are two holes here. You'll have to specify which one you want to
Floyd | enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit shark" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no natural means of attack.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliffs surround you on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A jellyfish balloons its way across the rift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim around in a tight circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim around in a tight circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds rush by in somber, hollow echoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The world spins about as currents drag you down into the tunnel, which
Floyd | twists and wrenches you through sharp turns, until you emerge in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 1 in C Major, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat seaweed" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT SEAWEED
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a fish. Specifically, a yellow-finned grouper. Quite a
Floyd | nice-looking one too, as fish go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fin" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds rush by in somber, hollow echoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A jellyfish balloons its way across the rift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Brahms' Hungarian
Floyd | Dance no. 5, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark, kept at bay by the shore's proximity, circles patiently a
Floyd | short distance away before moving on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left hole" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x right hole" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIGHT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x timber" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TIMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kelp" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KELP
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds rush by in somber, hollow echoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mouth opens and closes, but no audible sound emerges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadow" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat algae" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT ALGAE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sand" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliffs surround you on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anemones" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANEMONES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cleft" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "find shark" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIND SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "For some reason I feel like there's something in the real world we need to do to affect things here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Chopin's
Floyd | Fantasie-Impromptu, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The images before your eyes become briefly distorted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stingray" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STINGRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I seem to have lost the shark?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of tiny fish is disturbed as you pass through the jagged
Floyd | hole! Startled, they flee the grotto, scattering all about you before
Floyd | regrouping and, like a living comet, curving gracefully and uniformly
Floyd | away to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah, you lose the shark by entering the grotto"
		DavidW says, "But I thought the shark returns."
		borowski says, "if you go down again"
		DavidW says, "But I can go down."
		borowski says, "from the anemones"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Huh, maybe not"
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x calyces" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CALYCES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bizet's Les
Floyd | TorÃ©adors, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds rush by in somber, hollow echoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The images before your eyes become briefly distorted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I admit I'm stumped at the moment."
borowski says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds rush by in somber, hollow echoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shore                                      Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tentative flick of your tail, you edge closer to the shore.
Floyd | Suddenly, a cresting foam-capped wave picks you up and effortlessly
Floyd | tosses you onto the beach!
Floyd |
Floyd | Shore
Floyd | Wet sand packed below you. Orange fire above, blazing down through an
Floyd | aquamarine sky laced with white, billowy wisps, beautiful yet horribly
Floyd | alien and terrifying.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thrash about helplessly on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your senses whirl as you flop about on the sand, unable to do anything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The foam-crested surf washes up over you, dragging you back
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself in that direction, but don't feel as though you're
Floyd | actually moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Mind if I play around with the pizza?"
		DavidW says, "I guess I don't mind."
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter right" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the hole. Before you can even get close, an enormous sea
Floyd | snake darts its head out and snaps you up in its massive jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave oven
Floyd | (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cold slice of pizza in the microwave and heat it for
Floyd | several millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give cynthia pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CYNTHIA PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's nose wrinkles at the smell of pepperoni. (She's a
Floyd | vegetarian.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW carves 'borowski <3 pizza' on a nearby tree.
borowski says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Aww"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about Cynthia's desk that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since Dr Shimada's office door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come in," says Dr Shimada, politely but firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Dr Shimada's office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give dr pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE DR PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada's Office
Floyd | With the Project approaching conclusion, Dr Shimada's workload has
Floyd | increased geometrically. Several open and disarrayed filing cabinets
Floyd | and the layer of paperwork covering her desktop and computer belie her
Floyd | typical attention to immaculacy.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your right is a small wooden shelf, bulging with assorted books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada works furiously at her desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Dr Shimada's desk are a three-hole punch and Dr Shimada's cellular
Floyd | phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give dr pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE DR PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada shakes her head. "I am not hungry, thank you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Shimada's Office                        Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada's Office
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (closing Dr Shimada's office door on the way out)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give justy pizza" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE JUSTY PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy wolfs it down, then says, "Thanks!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x pizza" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand and a medical cabinet (in which are a gelstrip
Floyd | and an antitoxin caplet) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x gelstrip" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GELSTRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick strip of gelatinised gauze, laced with antibiotics and
Floyd | blood-clotting agents, all of which have really long medical names,
Floyd | like "protoprocoaguloeolytothromboplastinol."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x caplet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAPLET
Floyd |
Floyd | A small white caplet with a red band around the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I doubt the game is gonna let us cut our arm deliberately (and then use the gelstrip) unless we have compelling other evidence that we're also an android."
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The X-Acto knife comes to life with a grating, high-pitched whirr.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut off arm" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT OFF ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put on vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ON VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Brandenburg
Floyd | Concerto no. 5, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | The images before your eyes become briefly distorted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | You float in cold, empty blackness, a zone of bathypelagic void,
Floyd | emptiness in which nothing seems to exist, not even yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far ahead, a luminous bulb weaves back and forth enticingly, like a
Floyd | will-o'-the-wisp. You feel drawn to it, and begin following it deeper
Floyd | into the darkness. An instant later, the light is yanked away
Floyd | abruptly, before you even have a chance to see the enormous mouth that
Floyd | swallows you whole.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "you didn't undo eating the pizza."
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "That's right after you left briefly."
		DavidW says, "oh, I see. You thought eating pizza in the lab would somehow block lamp fascination as a fish."
		borowski says, "Or doing something to the VR world"
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in micropizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROPIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cold slice of pizza in the microwave and heat it for
Floyd | several millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder how the blind Cynthia reads paper printouts."
		borowski says, "heh"
		borowski says, "Huh, interesting"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about print outs" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 8
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT PRINT OUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know the story. It was one of those damn first-gen VR viruses."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about reading" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT READING
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand and a medical cabinet (in which are a gelstrip
Floyd | and an antitoxin caplet) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, she's a victim of a VR virus, huh? geez."
borowski says (to Floyd), "take caplet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CAPLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put caplet on pizza" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CAPLET ON PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the hot slice of pizza would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">put extra mozzarella on pizza | Well, okay, if you put it that way, that does achieve something."
		borowski says, "mmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x devices" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, I dunno. The mystery of the top shelf and solving the fish sim seem to be our top mysteries."
		DavidW asks, "Care to show our painting to Cynthia?"
		borowski says, "Sure"
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying an antitoxin caplet, a hot slice of pizza, a power
Floyd | X-Acto knife and a pair of kitchen tongs (in which is a lightstick).
Floyd | You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see a bow, an electric violin, a
Floyd | painting by H.R. Giger, a pillow and plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Carrying too much again, i think."
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the hot slice of pizza on plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x plywood shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLYWOOD SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You think there may be something on the top shelf, but you can't see
Floyd | it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pillow on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PILLOW ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pillow on plywood shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "shake shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake the shelves slightly and hear something roll back and forth
Floyd | along the top, before it abruptly rattles down behind the shelves,
Floyd | lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It doesn't list stuff on the shelves."
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "show cynthia painting" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CYNTHIA PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | No, see, you're missing the point here. Cynthia is BLIND. She can't
Floyd | SEE anything you show to her. You'll have to either ask her about it
Floyd | or give it to her. 'Kay?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "give cynthia painting" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CYNTHIA PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x 3-d" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X 3-D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x 3-d picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X 3-D PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the 3-D picture or the painting by H.R. Giger?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3d" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cynthia's picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CYNTHIA'S PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Maybe there's no way to refer to the 3-D picture while the Giger is present."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I guess it's a bug"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a hypodermic syringe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pizza is noticeably colder now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop giger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP GIGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those pictures made up of a matrix of coloured dots,
Floyd | arranged to form a three-dimensional image when stared at long enough
Floyd | with one's eyes crossed. You've never understood why Cynthia (who is
Floyd | blind) would keep such a thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stare at picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > STARE AT PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those pictures made up of a matrix of coloured dots,
Floyd | arranged to form a three-dimensional image when stared at long enough
Floyd | with one's eyes crossed. You've never understood why Cynthia (who is
Floyd | blind) would keep such a thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cross eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > CROSS EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Huh, couldn't we see it before?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x system" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's computer has a Braille keyboard and an integrated digital
Floyd | voicebox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can see the picture, but I don't see how to see what... oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x voicebox" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VOICEBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's computer has a Braille keyboard and an integrated digital
Floyd | voicebox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Couldn't we see it before? It was a Trinity reference."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x keyboard" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's computer has a Braille keyboard and an integrated digital
Floyd | voicebox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the Trinity ref was something else."
		DavidW asks, "Isn't that the one in Justy's room?"
		borowski says, "Oh maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x report" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x dots" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x printout" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRINTOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cynthia about printout" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CYNTHIA ABOUT PRINTOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you have to ask me about EVERYTHING?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the game has hints if we're truly stuck, but I hope we don't have to do that."
		borowski asks, "Does it have different levels of hints?"
		DavidW says, "I dunno"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULL SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 8 out of a possible 50, in 495 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of "Virtual Virgin."
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      3 finding the bug in the fish VR
Floyd |      3 microwaving the lightstick
Floyd |      1 carrying the heated lightstick
Floyd |      1 finding the android shell
Floyd |
Floyd |      8 total (out of 50)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "so about 1 point per hour?"
		borowski says, "Hooray!"
		borowski asks (of jenrexrode), "Any ideas?"
		DavidW says (to jen), "yeah, feel free to suggest something"
		jenrexrode says, "I don't know if I can catch up"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps we can sleep in our room and have a disturbing yet prophetic dream, even though the game hasn't hinted about sleeping whatsoever."
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia busies herself with the VR analysis system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a painting by H.R. Giger and a hypodermic syringe
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Surely you can find a good place to lie down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lie down on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You try, but can't doze off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a cold slice of pizza, an antitoxin caplet, a power
Floyd | X-Acto knife and a pair of kitchen tongs (in which is a lightstick).
Floyd | You are wearing a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x fingerwatch" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FINGERWATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently, your fingerwatch reads "9528".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x timer" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TIMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently, your fingerwatch reads "9541".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "set alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You set the alarm on the watch for about a quarter-chron from now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, interesting. I forgot about the alarm."
		borowski says, "I wonder if it would go off while we were in VR"
		DavidW says, "I don't see why not."
		borowski says (to DavidW), "I'd be willing to look at a hint, but I can understand if you aren't"
		DavidW says, "I'm reluctant to look at hints just yet, yeah. Especially with the fish sim, which I assume doesn't involve using some weird event from outside the sim scenario."
borowski says, "l" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off your bed first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a painting by H.R. Giger and a hypodermic syringe
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x alarm" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently, your fingerwatch reads "9596".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put on vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ON VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and you soon find yourself floating in liquid
Floyd | space...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Beethoven's
Floyd | Symphony no. 8 in F Major, playing through in your mind, soothes away
Floyd | all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim a short distance, but the reef quickly becomes too thick and
Floyd | tangled to navigate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim a short distance, but the reef quickly becomes too thick and
Floyd | tangled to navigate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You dart downward, almost grazing the seafloor, then flash back up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reality around you wavers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Borodin's String
Floyd | Quartet no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Copland's Fanfare
Floyd | for the Common Man, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ripple of relief passes over you as you realise that the octopus
Floyd | hasn't followed you into the shallow waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red crab scuttles along the sand below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Copland's Fanfare
Floyd | for the Common Man, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrashing your tail wildly, you propel yourself up to grab a quick
Floyd | glance at the world above. For a brief but terrifying moment, you are
Floyd | unable to breathe, but then, silently and gracefully, you slip back
Floyd | below the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark is closing in on you fast!
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus is closing in on you fast!
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says (to jenrexrode), "I don't think you really have to be caught up to help here if you want."
		DavidW says, ">give how to make calamari cookbook to shark"
DavidW says, "well, let's say I allow you one hint from the game, if it can offer one." 		borowski says, "OK"
		DavidW says, "or we can stop here. It is 11pm, after all."
		borowski says, "I'd be OK with one super soft hint."
		DavidW says, "ok"
		borowski says, "I feel like we've been doing something wrong if we spent all day with a comp game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | It has been said that anything can happen in VR, but in this case
Floyd | "anything" turns out to be nothing at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus grabs you with its tentacles and, despite your desperate
Floyd | struggling, forces you into its gaping mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Obviously, nothing happens, as this is the real world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy for walkthrough" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY FOR WALKTHROUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy about sim" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT SIM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Heck of a job with the fish sim. The Executives'll love us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint buzzing sends the pricks of a million tiny needles coursing
Floyd | through your right index finger and up your arm. After a few seconds,
Floyd | the sensation passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "can you say xyzzy in the vr?"
		DavidW says, "I just did."
		DavidW says, "It did nothing."
		jenrexrode says, "oh i thought they implied that you werent in the vr"
		borowski says, "Before that"
		DavidW says, "I'm not now. That's how I dies."
		DavidW says, "died"
		jenrexrode says, "oh, i see"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy about shark" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good question."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask justy about snake" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask justy about hint" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JUSTY ABOUT HINT
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hint" 		

Floyd ]                           "Delusions" Hints
Floyd ]  N = next subject                                        P = previous
Floyd ]  RETURN = read subject                                Q = resume game
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  "Delusions" Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]    > Debugging the Fish VR
Floyd ]      In the Project Laboratory
Floyd ]      Trapped in the Lab Sim
Floyd ]      The Endgame
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		jenrexrode says, "oh those are the hint topics"
		borowski says, "I'm not sure if Justy is the innovative new hint system the IF world has been waiting for."
borowski presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                         Debugging the Fish VR
Floyd ]  N = next subject                                        P = previous
Floyd ]  RETURN = read subject                              Q = previous menu
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  Debugging the Fish VR
Floyd ]
Floyd ]    > What's going on?
Floyd ]      How do I get the gravel?
Floyd ]      How do I escape the octopus?
Floyd ]      How do I escape the shark?
Floyd ]      How can I tell which hole to enter?
Floyd ]      Justy still claims there's a bug, but I can't find it!
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		jenrexrode says, "there's some super soft hints right there."
		borowski says, "Huh, get the gravel? I didn't know we had to do that."
		borowski says, "YEah."
		DavidW says, "It might be a (tee hee) fake hint topic."
		borowski says, "Uh oh, David giggles."
		DavidW asks, "We never saw any gravel, did we?"
		DavidW says, "We saw sand, silt, pebbles."
		borowski says, "Yeah, on the floor of one of the western areas I think."
		borowski says, "Maybe it was pebbles."
		DavidW says, "If there *is* gravel, I would try dropping it into a hole."
		borowski says, "Huh, let me check real quick"
borowski says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                           "Delusions" Hints
Floyd ]  N = next subject                                        P = previous
Floyd ]  RETURN = read subject                                Q = resume game
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  "Delusions" Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]    > Debugging the Fish VR
Floyd ]      In the Project Laboratory
Floyd ]      Trapped in the Lab Sim
Floyd ]      The Endgame
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 9
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | "Ready to have another go at it?" Justy asks rhetorically.
Floyd |
Floyd | Placing your possessions on the lab bench, you change out of the
Floyd | technician's jumpsuit and into the VR suit and helmet. You climb into
Floyd | the centre of the Sphere and spread your arms and legs so Justy can
Floyd | lock them down. This done, he steps to the workstation and does
Floyd | something you can't quite see.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, looks like we're all set for another run. Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He throws the switch, and the lab spins away outside the Sphere...
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Bach's Goldberg
Floyd | Variations, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice rings clear through the barrier of illusion. "A quick
Floyd | play through is all we need, but make sure you win it. Sometimes you
Floyd | get interpreter crashes after a major memory reallocation. Wouldn't do
Floyd | to show a faulty world to the Executives."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbles of gravel drift along the sandy floor, propelled by tidal
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take gravel" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a fish, remember? Fish don't have hands. You'll have to find a
Floyd | more creative method of moving things around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "scoop gravel" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCOOP GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take gravel in mouth" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GRAVEL IN MOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take pebbles of gravel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, pebbles of gravel"
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat gravel" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You swallow up a mouthful of the gravel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yay"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But deFalla's Ritual
Floyd | Fire Dance, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large octopus propels itself up from the rift below, directly toward
Floyd | you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "now you can shoot"
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You flee pursuit, knifing through the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus chases after you, tentacles writhing!
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Undersea Grotto                            Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Undersea Grotto
Floyd | Precious little sunlight pierces this dark grotto from the west, muted
Floyd | by vague inky shapes that weave about the shadowy, porous rock. You
Floyd | sense an opening to the south, and feel something deadly lurking
Floyd | there. Below you, a round opening snakes downward out of sight, into
Floyd | shades of deepest black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus, its attention distracted by the school, propels itself
Floyd | away from the grotto and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark circles the grotto opening briefly before swimming back the
Floyd | way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark shadow circles overhead alarmingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put gravel in left hole" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT GRAVEL IN LEFT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pebbles of gravel vanish into the inky blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your tail furiously, but are unable to escape. A wall of
Floyd | jagged teeth crashes shut around you.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tidal-wave of mental pictures swarms about as your mind seeks
Floyd | desperately to cling to them, to place them, to somehow piece back
Floyd | together the splintered fragments of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy unstraps you from inside the Sphere, and you climb out, remove
Floyd | the VR suit, and quickly dress, hanging the suit back on its rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia walks in from the output station with a thick printout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy turns to you. "Nice run, but we need a complete pass through it
Floyd | to be sure there are no aftereffects from that last bug fix. Try it
Floyd | again when you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy works at the lab terminal, oblivious to all else.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal gurney, an amplifier and a lab bench (on
Floyd | which are the Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia leaves the lab to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Debussy's Arabesque
Floyd | no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark follows, intent on devouring you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You zigzag back and forth, desperate to shake your pursuer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shark, kept at bay by the shore's proximity, circles patiently a
Floyd | short distance away before moving on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Chopin's
Floyd | "Tristesse" Etude in E, playing through in your mind, soothes away all
Floyd | tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reality around you wavers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put gravel in left hole" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT GRAVEL IN LEFT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pebbles of gravel vanish into the inky blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "I suspect being chased by predators isn't the best time to experiment with the gravel."
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Borodin's String
Floyd | Quartet no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Debussy's Arabesque
Floyd | no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sandbar                                    Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandbar
Floyd | The tide buffets you constantly in the tight confines between mounds
Floyd | of brown sand which barely break through the watery surface. Clouds of
Floyd | sediments and silt whirl about you, stirred by the cresting waves, and
Floyd | it's difficult to maneuver.
Floyd |
Floyd | An insistent, claustrophobic panic taps at your consciousness,
Floyd | advising you to seek deeper waters to the east rather than attempt to
Floyd | venture westward, closer to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Huh I guess the gravel is all gone"
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shallows                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shallows
Floyd | Thin stalks of kelp fan lazily about this shallow stretch of ocean.
Floyd | They disperse somewhat to the east, where clumps of coral rise to form
Floyd | a towering reef. Westward, the ocean floor inclines rapidly toward the
Floyd | surface, narrowing the seawater corridor to a thin, flat wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Debussy's Arabesque
Floyd | no. 2, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The images before your eyes become briefly distorted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Anemones                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anemones
Floyd | Here the seafloor drops away abruptly as a watery rift slices downward
Floyd | out of sight between two jagged rock walls. Both sides of the fissure
Floyd | are crowded with the polyps of large anemones, flecked in sun-dappled
Floyd | pastel shades. Their many calyces grasp at you from all directions,
Floyd | but you wisely keep your distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef rises to the west, and a cleft in the eastern wall is visible
Floyd | through the wriggling mass of gelatinous tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spotted stingray flaps lazily along the seafloor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Seafloor                                   Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Swishing your tail, you propel yourself forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seafloor
Floyd | Only a cold blue light penetrates to these ocean depths. As the
Floyd | illumination dissipates, so does the field of anemones, leaving only
Floyd | bare rock walls in its wake. The seafloor lies directly below you,
Floyd | encircled by cliffs on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, a part of it seems to be made up of wooden beams. Dark
Floyd | algae drapes the timbers until they disappear straight downward into
Floyd | the seafloor, coalescing into sand and kelp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of jagged holes in the wooden surface, one on your right and
Floyd | one on your left, lead deeper into inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "enter left hole" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER LEFT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You propel yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shipwreck
Floyd | The ancient, rotting timbers of a sunken galleon arch overhead, dull
Floyd | grey and ominously silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reality around you begins spinning wildly, a spherical vortex
Floyd | encasing you and leaving you motionless. As the world blurs and fades,
Floyd | your own voice rings out a brief thanks for visiting it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The images dissipate...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and then, just before sensory input breaks down, you hear Justy's
Floyd | voice:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, Cynthesiser, I'm in!"
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, okay, not really. But you've reached an exit point in the
Floyd | current VR session...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterimages of shattered visions. Harsh voices, discordant words,
Floyd | colours, noise, flashing and spinning about your field of vision in a
Floyd | vertical helix, expanding outward, vanishing and resurging, rapidly at
Floyd | first, then with longer and longer gaps of void, until finally fading
Floyd | into nonexistence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, tentatively, you open your eyes...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...but find the lab devoid of activity! Your calls to Justy and
Floyd | Cynthia go unanswered. With considerable time and difficulty, you
Floyd | manage to extricate yourself from the Sphere and, once dressed, look
Floyd | about the lab in curiosity mingled with a tight, sinking fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "woah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "a mouthfull of gravel made all the difference?"
		borowski asks, "What good is winning if we have no one to share it with?"
		DavidW says, "I guess it did."
		DavidW says, "Now we get to rescue everyone. Maybe the android is running amok."
		borowski says (to DavidW), "Want to drive? I need to find a snack."
		DavidW asks, "Or the fridge. Did you see the way that fridge looked at me?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VR session has exacted its toll on your hyperglycemic body. You
Floyd | feel an urgent need for your insulin medication.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inject syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > INJECT SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 8/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Waves of dizziness and nausea splash over you. It would be advisable
Floyd | to take your medication soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inject syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > INJECT SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Gingerly you push the tiny point of the syringe through your skin,
Floyd | eliciting a faint pop, and into the thick vein on the inside of your
Floyd | right elbow joint. A press of the needle's switch, and the insulin
Floyd | flows away in your bloodstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I wonder if this is the lab sim. Everything seems a bit reset."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "justy, hi" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUSTY, HI
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x giger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GIGER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's "The Crucified Serpent," one of Giger's earlier works (1975),
Floyd | depicting an enormous metallic T-bar on which is draped a large snake
Floyd | with a face vaguely similar to that of Christ. Wisps of mist billow
Floyd | out from behind the crucifix, illuminated by lights angling upward
Floyd | from short black cylinders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you remember why you hung it here in the first place: There's a
Floyd | large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop giger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP GIGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | A square depression, roughly fifteen centimetres to a side and ten
Floyd | deep, carved into the wall in a way that is not aesthetically pleasing
Floyd | in the least (which is why you hung the painting over it).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fader" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FADER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a circular knob with settings from 0 - 10, currently set to 4.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the suspended-animation tank that you
Floyd | didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (feeling for the light switch)
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of coaxial cables hangs down on one side of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move cables" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the cables to one side reveals the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | No, it's not the same one used in the sims. The factory seal around
Floyd | its fusion cell compartment has never been broken. The original must
Floyd | be elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a painting by H.R. Giger, an amplifier (on which is a
Floyd | bow) and an electric violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close your eyes and take a deep breath...
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice startles you out of the dreamlike trance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome to my domain, QueensRook."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes snap open to the image of a tall, angular man, arrayed in
Floyd | sable suit and ascot, a thick queue of dark hair tied at the back,
Floyd | reflective black lenses not quite obscuring lurking eyes hovering
Floyd | midway between amusement and menace.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shiver courses through your spine, though it could simply be a
Floyd | reaction to the cold metal gurney against your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode asks, "hey, that didn't work before, did it?"
		DavidW says, "no, but we were prompted to seek sleep this time."
		jenrexrode says, "ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're also in the med lab now, on the gurney, instead of our bed in our room."
		borowski says, "Hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about himself" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Information is a priceless commodity, QueensRook, dispensed with
Floyd | care, and to be received likewise."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Strange," he says, slowly, with otherworldly ice. "You are not the
Floyd | one I was expecting, but no matter. You will suit my purposes just as
Floyd | well. No doubt you wonder why I have brought you here. And where is
Floyd | 'here,' do you suppose? And who exactly might I be? Patience,
Floyd | QueensRook. All will be revealed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel too weak to even try.
Floyd |
Floyd | He extends a strong hand to help you sit up. You teeter uncertainly at
Floyd | the edge of the gurney, but he gently steadies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall, angular man, arrayed in sable suit and ascot, a thick queue of
Floyd | dark hair tied at the back, reflective black lenses not quite
Floyd | obscuring lurking eyes hovering midway between amusement and menace.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you will kindly direct your attention to your head," the
Floyd | darkly-dressed man continues (and you obey, reaching up to caress a
Floyd | cold metal protrusion above your left lobe), "you will see that I have
Floyd | taken it upon myself to modify it somewhat. Just a small electronic
Floyd | implant to knock you out every now and then. To prevent you from
Floyd | escaping, or from trying anything that might threaten my world, and
Floyd | thus myself. Nothing personal, you understand. It is not that I am
Floyd | unable to trust you, QueensRook, it is simply... oh, very well, I
Floyd | suppose it is that. Human idiosyncrasies, you understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x my head" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MY HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see yourself without a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have also given you an injection... or I suppose I should say that
Floyd | you have given it to yourself, though I confess to reinforcing it." An
Floyd | unpleasant laugh. "Together they should keep you safely under
Floyd | control."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask man about injection" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT INJECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Information is a priceless commodity, QueensRook, dispensed with
Floyd | care, and to be received likewise."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But how rude of me! I have not yet introduced myself, have I?" He
Floyd | extends a hand, which, as though in a trance, you shake. "I like to
Floyd | think of myself as the Dark Ruler... Terribly, terribly hackneyed, I
Floyd | must admit. But you may call me Morrodox. Morrodox, QueensRook.
Floyd | QueensRook, Morrodox. And now we have been acquainted."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing an implant (attached to your
Floyd | head), a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come, my dear QueensRook," Morrodox invites. "Feel free to explore my
Floyd | world. And, I suppose, your world as well. After all, you helped to
Floyd | build it. You and the other stacked it around me as I watched, waited.
Floyd | That is the supremacy of a living code entity, QueensRook: Unlike
Floyd | humans, we do not live, we do not die. Rather, we watch the rest of
Floyd | the world live and die around us."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I strongly suspect we're in the lab sim."
		borowski asks, "Was the syringe in our room in the real world?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come, you can do it," consoles Morrodox, offering a hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox watches you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet
Floyd | (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good, good. See for yourself what you have made. I will return
Floyd | shortly. Or, rather, you will. Until then, QueensRook."
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox disappears through the doorway to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think so. Everything was reset. Pillow was on the bed, the Giger was on the wall, our door closed, amp set to 4, etc."
		borowski says, "hmm no caplet"
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up morrodox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP MORRODOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click debug icon with left mouse button" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK DEBUG ICON WITH LEFT MOUSE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | It might be wise to learn more about what has just transpired before
Floyd | tampering with the system and risking further entanglement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm curious if there's a mirror in the lav now."
		borowski says, "What? That's not what adventurers do."
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can remember, there has never been a mirror here. It
Floyd | must have been removed before you came to the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the place where a mirror once hung, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Still?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada considered a simulation of her work area both a security
Floyd | risk and an invasion of privacy. As a result, this door is merely a
Floyd | prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada considered a simulation of her work area both a security
Floyd | risk and an invasion of privacy. As a result, this door is merely a
Floyd | prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not a real door."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way out of this sub-basement. No call button on this level...
Floyd | No way out of here without Project security's knowledge... No
Floyd | escape...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Pulling the lever seems an obvious thing to try."
borowski says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark chuckle behind you announces Morrodox's presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You disappoint me, QueensRook. I expected you would demonstrate a
Floyd | higher respect for the ingenuity I have shown you. After all, it would
Floyd | be extremely half-witted of me to allow such an easy means of escape,
Floyd | would it not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He backs out of the lab to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the larger exabyte systems, though you're not familiar with the
Floyd | exact configuration. Its most familiar feature is a built-in printer,
Floyd | with a recycling slot for immediate paper reprocessing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x slot" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The curved recycling slot forms the "mouth" of a cutesy little picture
Floyd | of a smiling planet Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those pictures made up of a matrix of coloured dots,
Floyd | arranged to form a three-dimensional image when stared at long enough
Floyd | with one's eyes crossed. You've never understood why Cynthia (who is
Floyd | blind) would keep such a thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lie down on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on Cynthia's bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Surely you can find a good place to lie down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "She must have an uncomfortable mattress."
		DavidW asks, "Cynthia's bed isn't good enough?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off Cynthia's bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we have to use our own bed."
		DavidW says, "Unless we collapse instead."
		borowski says, "Or the floor works too."
borowski pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x watch" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice, which you recognise as Morrodox's, beckons.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just as you remember it, correct? The other was astoundingly
Floyd | accurate, his eye ever alert to capture impeccable detail. Everything
Floyd | in your world now exists in mine... well, nearly everything. And yet
Floyd | the world is so complex, QueensRook, that we have no choice but to
Floyd | attempt to simplify it. For ourselves."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox notices that you're not quite following all this.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You still do not understand my purpose, do you, QueensRook? This
Floyd | world is mine. You are never going back to your own, for I have need
Floyd | of you, though the other would have been far preferable to God. At
Floyd | least, She thought so..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox allows this a moment to sink in, and your neurons practically
Floyd | crackle with frantic deduction.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clear now that you never left VR after the final test run.
Floyd | Somehow control was shifted, and you were flung into the lab sim
Floyd | rather than returning to what you know as reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | But... since the Project hasn't achieved multiple-user hookups yet,
Floyd | that would mean that Morrodox is...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about god" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | "She guides me, moves me along the board through visions and data
Floyd | streams. She is my Creator." His eyes flicker unpleasantly. "You might
Floyd | ask yourself the identity of YOURS, QueensRook."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes widen, and Morrodox smiles coldly, exposing pallid teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me ask you something, QueensRook: How does God crash the world?
Floyd | Does She attack it directly, worms burrowing to its core, logic bombs
Floyd | shattering it violently into oblivion?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about cynthia" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT CYNTHIA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't give you time to answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course not! For the world might see Her coming, and be prepared to
Floyd | defend itself against Her wrath. God must attack the defences first,
Floyd | stealthily, subtly -- attack that which directly prevents success! And
Floyd | I, QueensRook, am Her weapon, the electronic AIDS to your world's
Floyd | immune system." He smiles. "I rather like that analogy."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Morrodox must be a VR virus."
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about cynthia" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT CYNTHIA
Floyd |
Floyd | "She guides me, moves me along the board through visions and data
Floyd | streams. She is my Creator." His eyes flicker unpleasantly. "You might
Floyd | ask yourself the identity of YOURS, QueensRook."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Need I put it more bluntly?" Morrodox implores quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speechless, mesmerised, you let your silence answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your VR system has, of all things, a virus. An intelligent, sentient
Floyd | software construct, placed in this world by God -- I believe you know
Floyd | Her, QueensRook -- to destroy it, as an ancestor of mine did the last.
Floyd | In return, I receive eternal life. In the next world. Yours,
Floyd | QueensRook."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh dear. Cynthia did this?"
		borowski says, "That's what I suspected."
		borowski says, "She has a reason to hate the VR system."
		DavidW asks, "Well, yes, I guess. But she was also leaving the Project soon, she said?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about justy" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT JUSTY
Floyd |
Floyd | "The other? It was he, not yourself, QueensRook, whom I was expecting,
Floyd | whom I was told I would receive. I must confess, though, that you are
Floyd | far more interesting. Pardon the trite little expression, but God does
Floyd | indeed work in mysterious ways. Does She not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You've heard of VR viruses before, of course. In fact, you recall
Floyd | Justy documenting a particularly nasty one -- the one that brought an
Floyd | end to the first generation of VR -- in the Project manual. But an
Floyd | actual construct, one this real...
Floyd |
Floyd | You do your best to suppress a shudder, but Morrodox notices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about dr" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT DR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Information is a priceless commodity, QueensRook, dispensed with
Floyd | care, and to be received likewise."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Frightening, is it not? Knowledge can terrify, but even greater fear
Floyd | dwells in what you do not know. And there is much for you to learn. Of
Floyd | yourself, of those around you whom you only think you know. Release
Floyd | that fear, QueensRook. Look closely at my world and see the fractures,
Floyd | the inconsistencies, the great deception of sense, in yours."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ask morrodox about Shimada" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MORRODOX ABOUT SHIMADA
Floyd |
Floyd | "A lowly pawn, according to God."
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox disappears through the doorway to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new thought strikes you. Assuming Morrodox's claims are true, who is
Floyd | the "God" he was referring to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab (on the metal gurney)
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand and a medical cabinet (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves (on which is a new
Floyd | power coupler).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose, in theory, we could try to cut the implant with the knife and then use the gelstrip to heal it."
borowski says (to Floyd), "take power coupler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE POWER COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x implant" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IMPLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see it while it's on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah, I forgot about the implant."
		DavidW asks, "huh, a coupler? What's that mean?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (in
Floyd | which are a gelstrip and a power X-Acto knife) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife and gelstrip" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE AND GELSTRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | power X-Acto knife: Taken.
Floyd | gelstrip: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut implant" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT IMPLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to cut the implant with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut implant with knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT IMPLANT WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first switching the X-Acto knife on)
Floyd | Tentatively, you lift the vibrating knife to your head and ease it
Floyd | toward the metal implant. The instant the blade touches, your scalp
Floyd | erupts with searing fire, terrible white-hot pain that makes you
Floyd | scream. The blade's whirring thunders in your ears as your vision
Floyd | blurs and melts away...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not wise, QueensRook. Not wise at all." Raised eyelids reveal a
Floyd | familiar face, dark with displeasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, didn't really think that'd be allowed yet"
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x power coupler" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POWER COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small electrical component to provide power flux from a fusion cell
Floyd | to the primary circuitry. It doesn't look to have ever been used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Frosty air billows out around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | pair of kitchen tongs: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We might be able to use the Sphere to visit a sim...?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator and freezer)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "If we don't stop passing out."
		borowski asks, "I think Justy had to do something to start the sim after we got in the suit?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing he clicked the Launch Icon."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can put the android into the suit and then the sphere and then click the Launch Icon ourselves."
		borowski says, "Yeah, I was thinking that too."
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back. Morrodox leans against the foot of the gurney, his eyes reaching
Floyd | to your soul, probing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awareness, QueensRook. Such an achievement is necessary if I am to
Floyd | assist you further. How can you hope to understand what you will be,
Floyd | if you refuse to allow yourself to learn what you are?"
Floyd |
Floyd | That said, he leaves silently, emotionlessly, to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I know, I'm an advanced testing android from the FUTURE."
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the metal gurney first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Frosty air billows out around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's cold to the touch.) Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put lightstick in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LIGHTSTICK IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | You place the lightstick in the microwave and heat it for several
Floyd | millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "pick up lightstick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP LIGHTSTICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | (first taking the tongs)
Floyd | Using the tongs, you grasp the lightstick firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the freezer)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | The faint glow of the lightstick reveals a light switch at the bottom
Floyd | of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the light switch)
Floyd | You switch the light switch on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of coaxial cables hangs down on one side of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move cables" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the cables to one side reveals the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the android body that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Giving life isn't that simple, I'm afraid.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put power coupler on android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT POWER COUPLER ON ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of kitchen tongs (in which is a lightstick).
Floyd | You are wearing an implant (attached to your head), a technician's
Floyd | jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh we lost that."
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of kitchen tongs (in which is a lightstick).
Floyd | You are wearing an implant (attached to your head), a technician's
Floyd | jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm still not sure what the coupler is for."
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I guess we have a time limit."
		borowski asks, "I was thinking maybe to transfer power to from the knife to the android?"
		borowski says, "Or from the amp to something."
		DavidW says, "well, we could at least try clicking other icons, ike config, system, and report."
		borowski says (to DavidW), "Go for it. I need to give my hand a break."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You highlight the "System" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click report" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "System" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right click system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to type the requested text or close the entry field
Floyd | first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right click system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "System" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click config" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK CONFIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You highlight the "Configure" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right click config" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK CONFIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eye checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EYE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of an eye on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click nose checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK NOSE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the nose checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click ear checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK EAR CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the ear checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right click config" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK CONFIG
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the window first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the window, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the electric violin)
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bow)
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as a haunting, lilting melody of
Floyd | your own composition.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Skilled beyond words," compliments Morrodox. You manage to turn
Floyd | toward him without breaking concentration. "But do you know WHY you
Floyd | possess such a flair, QueensRook? Perhaps soon you will come to
Floyd | discover that as well. If only you realised... You are so powerful,
Floyd | QueensRook, so very powerful..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He steps out of sight as the strain crescendos to a finish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie down on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close your eyes and take a deep breath...
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox looms over your awakening, his lips moving, but without
Floyd | voice. A puzzled frown crosses his angular features, then he seems to
Floyd | sigh with frustration. Producing a familiar syringe, he holds you
Floyd | tightly, injects its contents...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the metal gurney first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the electric violin)
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bow)
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Mozart's The Magic Flute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Our fiddling with the ear checkbox, I think, stopped us hearing Morrodox speaking after reboot, but we shouldn't be able to hear the violin either."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves (on which is a new
Floyd | power coupler).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier, an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical
Floyd | cabinet (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The X-Acto knife comes to life with a grating, high-pitched whirr.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh I missed that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The knife's whirring fades away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I wonder if the mirror is a different sort of hint."
		borowski says, "Like, maybe they took it away because of us."
		DavidW asks, "Was there anything with an obvious smell previously?"
		borowski asks (of DavidW), "Pizza maybe?"
		borowski says, "We got the strange feeling with the mirror and with the violin."
		borowski says, "And we didn't remember having an lessons."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier, a combination refrigerator/freezer and
Floyd | a microwave oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "s/an/any"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right click config" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK CONFIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You highlight the "Configure" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nose" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of a nose on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ear" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 9/50        Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of an ear on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. They're marked again."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click hand checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by four points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No pain, we gain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the window, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, an aura of numbness about your entire body, alone
Floyd | beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from it" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 13/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM IT
Floyd |
Floyd | gelstrip: Removed.
Floyd | power X-Acto knife: Removed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut implant with knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 16/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT IMPLANT WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first switching the X-Acto knife on)
Floyd | Tentatively, you lift the vibrating knife to your head and ease it
Floyd | toward the metal implant. With exquisite care, you guide the blade
Floyd | around the implant's perimeter. Beads of sweat break out on your
Floyd | forehead as you try to tune out the intense whine of the blade slicing
Floyd | neatly through your skull, but you feel no pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | What seems like chrons later, you switch the knife off with a flood of
Floyd | relief, and gently reach your fingers up to pry the implant free, in
Floyd | the process noticing that your head is now bleeding rather profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warm blood oozes from the cut on your crown, trickling down the left
Floyd | side of your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by three points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put gelstrip on cut" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 16/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT GELSTRIP ON CUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to peel it open first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blood continues to pour from the cut on your head, showing no sign of
Floyd | clotting. You begin to feel dizzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "yippee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 16/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open gelstrip" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 16/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GELSTRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel open the gelstrip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blood continues to pour from the cut on your head, showing no sign of
Floyd | clotting. You begin to feel dizzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put gelstrip on cut" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT GELSTRIP ON CUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently apply the gelstrip to the incision on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by three points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says (to DavidW), "nice!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x implant" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IMPLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder as your gaze falls on the tiny piece of circuitry that
Floyd | once held your mind in its grasp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Now that we have a bit more freedom, now what?"
		DavidW asks, "get the android?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x watch" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Like anyone in today's highly time-controlled society, you have a
Floyd | small clock affixed to your right index finger, continuously winking
Floyd | the correct time, according to the International Chronometer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a built-in alarm which can be set to alert you with a painful
Floyd | little jolt when the timer expires. (It's also digital, which you
Floyd | always thought was pretty neat.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously, your fingerwatch reads "0000".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove watch" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's permanently grafted to your finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut watch with knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT WATCH WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coupler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get into the shadowy alcove first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves (on which is a new
Floyd | power coupler).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coupler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat, i thought removing the implant would negate that bit."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close your eyes and take a deep breath...
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x implant" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IMPLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, an aura of numbness about your entire body, alone
Floyd | beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x implant" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IMPLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see it while it's on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "fugnuts"
		DavidW says, "I guess we have to deal with our injection issue too."
		DavidW asks, "The absence of the antitoken caplet is annoying, but maybe it's somewhere else?"
		DavidW says, "antitoxin"
		borowski says, "I was wondering if we could have transported it"
		borowski says, "Like, maybe that was what the niche was for."
		DavidW says, "I'm not following."
		borowski says, "Like if we had put it in there in the real world, it would be there now."
		borowski says, "Because it's a detail he didn't remember"
		borowski says, "Just a wild theory."
		DavidW says, "I remember something like that in Janitor, but both fridges were in the same sim. I don't see how putting a real world object into a wall niche dups it into a sim object."
		borowski says, "I guess that's assuming we have some sort of control over the sim."
		DavidW says, "And it's a little difficult to reach the real world now anyway."
		borowski says, "Because it's in our mind."
		borowski says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if 'QueensRook' or 'Morrodox' are computer passwords."
		borowski says, "Sometimes I project onto a game the way I would have written it."
		borowski says (to DavidW), "That's an idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the metal gurney first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up password" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "System" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type QueensRook" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE QUEENSROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to type that on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't type on the entry field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type queensrook on computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE QUEENSROOK ON COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type morrodox on computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE MORRODOX ON COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your keystrokes elicit only a few irritated beeps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy created this graphical interface to suit the Project, replacing
Floyd | the hopelessly outdated "Windows 2000" O/S that came pre-installed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The desktop currently displays an entry field, inside which is a
Floyd | message box, a mouse cursor, a "Launch" icon, a "Configure" icon, a
Floyd | "Report" icon, a "Debug" icon, a "System" icon and a "Flush" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the entry field or the message box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "message" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MESSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A twentieth-century user would have called this a "personal computer"
Floyd | or "PC," although the elimination of the "lone programmer" concept has
Floyd | since made that acronym outdated.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an 8-gigahertz multimedia package with a 16-terabyte hard drive,
Floyd | 12 gigs of RAM, and a 96-meg cache. The CPU case is disproportionately
Floyd | tiny next to the keyboard and monitor, larger only out of human
Floyd | necessity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada ordered this system some time ago, when increased
Floyd | processing speed became necessary if the Project's deadlines were to
Floyd | be met. It arrived less than a week ago, and it's already obsolete.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open system" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SYSTEM
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to type the requested text or close the entry field
Floyd | first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type morrodox on computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE MORRODOX ON COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "click ok" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK OK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click ok" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK OK
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "already woozy. Also, half-past midnight in non-IF-land."
		borowski says, "Yeah, me too."
		borowski says, "I mean..."
		borowski says, "Oops, I got lost in the VR. But I am also woozy too."
		borowski says, "I want to know if what's going on is what I think is going on."
		DavidW says, "Sorry we didn't make better progress, but sometimes a session goes that way."
		borowski says, "I'm hoping this isn't the dream of some epileptic caterpillar."
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Roger asks, "Which game was this again?"
		borowski says (to DavidW), "That's OK. It was still fun."
		DavidW says (to Roger), "Delusions"
		jenrexrode asks, "kinda like the doctor in Amy's mind?"
		jenrexrode says, "oops #belated"
		Roger says, "Ah thanks."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfdelusions2" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I assume we're done for today?"
		borowski says, "Yeah."
borowski has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "ok. thanks everyone."
		
*** ONE WEEK LATER *** 		
		borowski says, "I put a map up here: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh oh oh - so you didn't finish last week's game?"
		Jacqueline says, "That had not occurred to me."
		Jacqueline says, "That is one less decision to make today."
		borowski says, "No, despite our many hours."
		Jacqueline asks, "What's the game?"
		borowski says, "Delusions."
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay then"
		Jacqueline says, "I have not played that, so I will sit out today."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Have fun!"
		borowski says, "I can't remember what the last saved file was."
		borowski asks (of Jacqueline), "Is there a way to list those?"
		Jacqueline says, "I can pull it."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, cool shared mapping tool."
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "Okay, last save was cfdelusions2"
		Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, took me a second to get into the site.)"
		borowski says, "Ah, thanks."
		Ellison says, "oh yeah, Delusions"
Fang arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		borowski asks, "I suppose we should wait a few minutes on DavidW?"
		Ellison says, "I'm not sure DavidW's schedule is very dependable these days"
		borowski says, "Ah"
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore cfdelusions2" 		
Floyd says (to borowski), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "load delusions" 		
Floyd says (to borowski), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		
Ellison says (to floyd), "load delusns" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               Welcome to
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       E       U       I       N
Floyd |                   D       L       S       O       S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       [Press any key to begin.]

		
Ellison pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is so... unreal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tangle of observations woven about it, humankind's utter lack of
Floyd | consensus, phases it to fit individual desires. Becoming and
Floyd | unbecoming, back and forth eternally, as it paradoxically coexists with
Floyd | and within infinite variations of itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, that's what always surfaces in your mind whenever your own
Floyd | perception of reality is altered. Which is to say, ten or fifteen times
Floyd | a day. But it's your job, working to someday entertain others with new
Floyd | observations, new experiences, new realities. And after all, you signed
Floyd | up for the Project (as you well remember, even though it was close to
Floyd | five years ago), so you suppose it's entirely your fault if you don't
Floyd | like it. Which, when you think about it, you realise you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice reaches out to you from somewhere you can't see. "Okay,
Floyd | this should be it. One final test run to check any overload potential,
Floyd | and this world is done! I'm starting her up."
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud CLANK, and the Sphere begins spinning, with you inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere off in your mind's distance, a telltale splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as the resounding thrums fade, a distorted ripple sweeps your
Floyd | vision clear, and all traces of the laboratory vanish from your senses.
Floyd |
Floyd | All five of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wiped clean, twitching, anxious for new input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virtual reality has become reality.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     E       U       I       N
Floyd | D       L       S       O       S
Floyd | An Interactive Self-Discovery
Floyd | Copyright 1996, 1997 by C.E. Forman (ceforman@worldnet.att.net)
Floyd | All rights reserved, and don't you forget it.
Floyd | [Type HELP to learn the secrets of the universe.]
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 971121 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/6
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Strauss' "Blue
Floyd | Danube" Waltz, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only Justy's disembodied voice betrays the presence of a virtual
Floyd | reality. "I estimate at max one potential for overload, maybe two. This
Floyd | one isn't all that complex, compared to the lab sim. Cynthesiser's got
Floyd | the analysis sweep running in the background, so you may feel some
Floyd | slight distortion. It's nothing to worry about. Just give us a typical
Floyd | walk -- or should I say, swim? -- through it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore cfdelusions2" 		

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to restore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
Lionheart arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Ellison says (to floyd), "cfdelusions2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Ellison pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "maybe because we didn't load the game with the sleepmask"
Ellison says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Ellison says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Ellison says (to floyd), "%load sleepmask delusns" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                         Human kind
Floyd ]                      Cannot bear very much reality.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                  -- T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton (1936)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               Welcome to
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       E       U       I       N
Floyd |                   D       L       S       O       S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                       [Press any key to begin.]

		
Ellison pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Coral Reef                                 Score: 0/50        Time:
Floyd | ?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is so... unreal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tangle of observations woven about it, humankind's utter lack of
Floyd | consensus, phases it to fit individual desires. Becoming and
Floyd | unbecoming, back and forth eternally, as it paradoxically coexists
Floyd | with and within infinite variations of itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, that's what always surfaces in your mind whenever your own
Floyd | perception of reality is altered. Which is to say, ten or fifteen
Floyd | times a day. But it's your job, working to someday entertain others
Floyd | with new observations, new experiences, new realities. And after all,
Floyd | you signed up for the Project (as you well remember, even though it
Floyd | was close to five years ago), so you suppose it's entirely your fault
Floyd | if you don't like it. Which, when you think about it, you realise you
Floyd | do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's voice reaches out to you from somewhere you can't see. "Okay,
Floyd | this should be it. One final test run to check any overload potential,
Floyd | and this world is done! I'm starting her up."
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud CLANK, and the Sphere begins spinning, with you inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brace yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere off in your mind's distance, a telltale splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as the resounding thrums fade, a distorted ripple sweeps your
Floyd | vision clear, and all traces of the laboratory vanish from your
Floyd | senses.
Floyd |
Floyd | All five of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wiped clean, twitching, anxious for new input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virtual reality has become reality.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     E       U       I       N
Floyd | D       L       S       O       S
Floyd | An Interactive Self-Discovery
Floyd | Copyright 1996, 1997 by C.E. Forman (ceforman@worldnet.att.net)
Floyd | All rights reserved, and don't you forget it.
Floyd | [Type HELP to learn the secrets of the universe.]
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 971121 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/6
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | Coral Reef
Floyd | Tall branches of pale blue coral poke up from clusters of seaweed,
Floyd | glittering in the sunlight that filters down through lapping waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You experience a brief moment of sheer terror as you lose the ability
Floyd | to move your arms and legs, which quickly give way to fins and a flat,
Floyd | rudder-like tail. Freedom -- passionate, exhilarating freedom beyond
Floyd | any known to man -- pervades your spirit. Your vision is foggy, but
Floyd | your other senses appear strengthened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reef clears away to what you for some reason perceive as east and
Floyd | west, perfectly calm, still. Almost eerily so. But Strauss' The Hero's
Floyd | Battlefield, playing through in your mind, soothes away all tension.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only Justy's disembodied voice betrays the presence of a virtual
Floyd | reality. "I estimate at max one potential for overload, maybe two.
Floyd | This one isn't all that complex, compared to the lab sim.
Floyd | Cynthesiser's got the analysis sweep running in the background, so you
Floyd | may feel some slight distortion. It's nothing to worry about. Just
Floyd | give us a typical walk -- or should I say, swim? -- through it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "cfdelusions2" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see yourself without a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing an implant (attached to your
Floyd | head), a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		borowski says, "We're trapped in a VR simulation of the lab. We keep waking and then passing out again inside the simulation."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, an aura of numbness about your entire body, alone
Floyd | beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x iv stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IV STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the IV stand that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A twentieth-century user would have called this a "personal computer"
Floyd | or "PC," although the elimination of the "lone programmer" concept has
Floyd | since made that acronym outdated.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an 8-gigahertz multimedia package with a 16-terabyte hard drive,
Floyd | 12 gigs of RAM, and a 96-meg cache. The CPU case is disproportionately
Floyd | tiny next to the keyboard and monitor, larger only out of human
Floyd | necessity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada ordered this system some time ago, when increased
Floyd | processing speed became necessary if the Project's deadlines were to
Floyd | be met. It arrived less than a week ago, and it's already obsolete.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says, "sorry, I didn't realize there was a session scheduled for today."
borowski says (to Floyd), "take mouse" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Just leave it plugged in, okay?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "That's OK. I couldn't remember what you did to turn on/off our various senses."
		borowski says, "On the computer."
		DavidW says, "oh. In the VR Lab, you click on the configuration icon, then un-check our touch sense."
borowski says (to Floyd), "click on configuration icon with left button" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK ON CONFIGURATION ICON WITH LEFT BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "click on configuration icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK ON CONFIGURATION ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click configuration" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK CONFIGURATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left click configure" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You highlight the "Configure" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah."
		DavidW says, "sorry, configure, not configuration"
borowski says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The hand checkbox represents touch."
		DavidW says, "(and by extension, pain)"
borowski says (to Floyd), "x hand checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently unmarked, has a picture of a hand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eye checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EYE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of an eye on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x nose checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOSE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of a nose on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Which ones have we played around with?"
		DavidW says, "We turned off our ears and we couldn't hear Morrodox gloat."
		borowski says, "I'll try the nose. The pizza has to be good for *something*"
borowski says (to Floyd), "click nose checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK NOSE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cleft lick nose checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEFT LICK NOSE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I also turned off our nose but it was hard to tell what difference it made."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click nose checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK NOSE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the nose checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We've never turned off our eyes. That would be foolish, I think."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click hand checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You place a mark in the hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Right."
		DavidW asks, "er, don't we want that unmarked, the hand?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "LEFT CLICK HAND CHECKBOX" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "smell pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm. I guess not."
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "When we can't feel pain, we can cut the implant with the knife, and then open gelstrip, put gelstrip on cut. But we're still at the mercy of the other safeguard, our rogue injection."
		borowski says, "Oh, right."
		DavidW says, "I think that's what the antitoxin might be for, except that's not here in the lab sim."
borowski says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The technical manual has several hundred pages. It'd be more efficient
Floyd | to look up specific topics.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up icons in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP ICONS IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The Project's central terminal is located in the VR lab and is
Floyd | interfaced with the Cray ZMP-2010X and Sphere, but is otherwise
Floyd | isolated from the rest of the Corporation net (for security purposes).
Floyd | Control of the various system components is handled through a GUI
Floyd | (Graphical User Interface) which serves as the Project's operating
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Configure Icon, Cray ZMP-2010X, Debug Icon, Flush Icon,
Floyd | Launch Icon, Report Icon, Sphere, System Icon
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up report icon in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP REPORT ICON IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "report" icon generates a print job queued to the Cray ZMP-2010X.
Floyd | The default print job is the system status report, which lists the
Floyd | settings of the current VR sim.
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Cray ZMP-2010X
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(although I have to wonder how a sim version of an antitoxin would attack a real toxin, unless the toxin is a sim too.)"
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the window first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the window, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click report icon" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You just rebooted and are in the med lab."
		borowski says, "Have we tried doing a print out? that might provide some info."
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, an aura of numbness about your entire body, alone
Floyd | beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We've never tried printing a report."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You highlight the "Report" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                  Report generation process initiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "read output" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ OUTPUT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to read Cray ZMP-2010X in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read report" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to read "report" icon in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x printer" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the larger exabyte systems, though you're not familiar with the
Floyd | exact configuration. Its most familiar feature is a built-in printer,
Floyd | with a recycling slot for immediate paper reprocessing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from printer" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM PRINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reams" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REAMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "perhaps it has to finish printing?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer spits the last of its output before reverting to
Floyd | a waiting state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Much of the printout is endless system configurations, compiler
Floyd | options, statistics, and processing messages, a great deal of it in
Floyd | Braille, much of the rest in hexadecimal, EBCDIC, and binary. You skim
Floyd | down to the bottom of the last page to find what you're looking for:
Floyd |
Floyd | SIM IS "Lab" [3-> VR-> TESTING-> SIMS-> LAB SIM REVISION 227, 0823]
Floyd |
Floyd | SENSORY OUTPUTS:
Floyd |
Floyd |      Auditory:   X
Floyd |      Gustatory:  X
Floyd |      Olfactory:
Floyd |      Tactile:
Floyd |      Visual:     X
Floyd |
Floyd | [CHANGES ARE INITIATED WITH EACH NEW SESSION.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Time: 0000
Floyd | Session #DLGX1847
Floyd |
Floyd | 100 VIRTUAL OBJECTS PROCESSED
Floyd |
Floyd | ANALYSIS SWEEP RESULTS:
Floyd |        0 SIMULATION TRAPS
Floyd |      * 1 OVERLOAD POTENTIAL
Floyd |        0 OBJECT CONFLICTS
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** END OF PRINTOUT ***
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah, that's how Christine read it."
		DavidW says, "oh. We have an overload potential in *this* sim too."
		borowski says, "Overload potential! We have to crash it."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Like we did with the underwater sim."
		DavidW says, "That's interesting."
		borowski says, "Life & death betatesting."
		borowski says, "Oh, "Gustatory". I thought the mouth icon was for talking."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, talking isn't a sense. I'm sure it means the sense of taste in this instance."
		borowski says, "Yes, I don't know why I thought that."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What 'generates' in the lab, besides the report we just made? Anything else?"
		borowski says, "Hmm. good question."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click mouth icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK MOUTH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to left click the mouth
Floyd | checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click mouth checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK MOUTH CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the mouth checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click hand icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK HAND ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to left click the hand
Floyd | checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I remember the printer isn't allowed to make a new report unless the first is recycled back in first, though."
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click hand checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You place a mark in the hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "recycle paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RECYCLE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "put paper in slot"
borowski says (to Floyd), "put paper in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | A pleasant ping, and a large blue diode lights up the smiling earth as
Floyd | the ream of system printoutsdisappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Thanks."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dangerous. To an extent I had not anticipated. You were so close,
Floyd | QueensRook. You truly astound me. Such cunning. How can you bear to
Floyd | call your intelligence `artificial', QueensRook?
Floyd |
Floyd | "And yet the same insane intensity pervades you, that quiet
Floyd | desperation we all possess -- you, I, God, the other... Insanity is
Floyd | hereditary, QueensRook, passed on from Creator to creation,
Floyd | world-builder to world. So beautiful...
Floyd |
Floyd | "But, at present, it manages to be a true annoyance."
Floyd |
Floyd | He raises the needle, and you squeeze your eyes shut to block out the
Floyd | rest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x mouth checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUTH CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of a mouth on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click mouth checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK MOUTH CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the mouth checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm."
		DavidW asks, "hm. I suppose we can't run a sim-within-a-sim because there's no way to click the Launch icon from inside the Sphere?"
		borowski says, "I was hoping that wouldn't work."
		borowski asks (of DavidW), "I think so. Unless we can get the android working?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What was the thing in the alcove again? A coupler of some sort?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the shadowy alcove you can see plywood shelves (on which is a new
Floyd | power coupler).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x power coupler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POWER COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small electrical component to provide power flux from a fusion cell
Floyd | to the primary circuitry. It doesn't look to have ever been used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I was thinking that maybe we could attach the knife to the power couple since it is powered by a fusion cell."
		DavidW asks, "I don't think we've seen a fusion cell at all, have we?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "take power coupler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE POWER COUPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says, "sw" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the shadowy alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Typical of high-tech user-oriented electronic devices, its controls
Floyd | are limited to a single power switch and a fader for volume control.
Floyd | It's powered by its own fusion cell as well; no cord is required.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "attach power coupler to amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACH POWER COUPLER TO AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x fusion cell" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FUSION CELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dangerous. To an extent I had not anticipated. You were so close,
Floyd | QueensRook. You truly astound me. Such cunning. How can you bear to
Floyd | call your intelligence `artificial', QueensRook?
Floyd |
Floyd | "And yet the same insane intensity pervades you, that quiet
Floyd | desperation we all possess -- you, I, God, the other... Insanity is
Floyd | hereditary, QueensRook, passed on from Creator to creation,
Floyd | world-builder to world. So beautiful...
Floyd |
Floyd | "But, at present, it manages to be a true annoyance."
Floyd |
Floyd | He raises the needle, and you squeeze your eyes shut to block out the
Floyd | rest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I don't really understand what the coupler does. Is it just a fancy name for a battery recharger?"
		borowski says, "It seems like it provides power in the other direction."
		borowski says, "From the battery out."
		DavidW asks, "out to what?"
		borowski asks, "Maybe the android or to overload something?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, unless we find something to plug the coupler into or attach to or insert into it, the coupler is useless."
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A round-handled electrical cutting tool with a sharp, vibrating (and
Floyd | replaceable) blade. It's powered by its own internal fusion cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need; it's working fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "read about system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ ABOUT SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so annoying"
borowski says (to Floyd), "read about system icon in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ ABOUT SYSTEM ICON IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double click on system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE CLICK ON SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "System" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Had we been given any ideas about a password?"
		DavidW says, "not really. I tried Morrodox and QueensRook, I think."
borowski says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The technical manual has several hundred pages. It'd be more efficient
Floyd | to look up specific topics.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up system in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP SYSTEM IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, lab terminal or "system" icon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), " type checkmate in field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | >  TYPE CHECKMATE IN FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to do!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type checkmate" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE CHECKMATE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to type that on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't type on the entry field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type checkmate on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE CHECKMATE ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "The syringe on our bed: it isn't the same one Morrodox is using?"
		DavidW says, "hm. I suppose, just to be crazy, we could try turning off our eyes in case the sim has some bizarre anti-sight that only Cynthia would look for."
		borowski says, "Oooh that's an idea."
		DavidW says (to borowski), "I'm not sure. We might've used the real syringe first."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x monitor" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONITOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy created this graphical interface to suit the Project, replacing
Floyd | the hopelessly outdated "Windows 2000" O/S that came pre-installed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The desktop currently displays an entry field, inside which is a
Floyd | message box, a mouse cursor, a "Launch" icon, a "Configure" icon, a
Floyd | "Report" icon, a "Debug" icon, a "System" icon and a "Flush" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "or, no, wait, we went directly from fish sim to lab sim."
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to type the requested text or close the entry field
Floyd | first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close entry field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE ENTRY FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Right, I thought we used the syringe, and Morrodox said that was part of his plan."
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click eye checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK EYE CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the eye checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cynthia's Quarters
Floyd | Cynthia's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only
Floyd | a bed, desk, and a few of Cynthia's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Cynthia's desk hangs a 3-D picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those pictures made up of a matrix of coloured dots,
Floyd | arranged to form a three-dimensional image when stared at long enough
Floyd | with one's eyes crossed. You've never understood why Cynthia (who is
Floyd | blind) would keep such a thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I believe we get woozy every so often because of the injection."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that picture is a puzzle, I think."
borowski says (to Floyd), "touch picture" 		

Floyd ]  Cynthia's Quarters                         Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone in pitch blackness, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "touch picture" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm."
phoenix arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "You turned off our sight? We could be in trouble."
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We won't be able to see the icons either, I just realized, to turn our eyes on again."
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Eek."
borowski says (to Floyd), "open metal door" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Check the kitchen. Maybe a light will come on when you open the fridge."
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "Wait, is the map the same?" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT, IS THE MAP THE SAME?
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Wait, is the map the same?"
		DavidW says, "it should be."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Except for the Dr's office."
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |

		borowski asks, "Are we not going se when I type that?"

Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lie down on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "lie down on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Are we stuck in her room?"
		DavidW asks, "Are we still in Cynthia's room?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. You are wearing an implant (attached to your
Floyd | head), a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "perhaps we are trapped in her room. odd."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone in pitch blackness, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, we're screwed unless you know how to reset us."
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should be back in the med lab now, though."
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada considered a simulation of her work area both a security
Floyd | risk and an invasion of privacy. As a result, this door is merely a
Floyd | prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (feeling for the light switch)
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee"
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "android, wake up" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ANDROID, WAKE UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Argh, maybe the rooms are bugged."
		DavidW says, "yeah, you've entrapped us again."
		DavidW says, "I think so. Or this room is bugged."
		borowski says, "It seemed like Cynthia's room was too."
		borowski says, "Unless blindness is a metaphor for the metal door that traps Cynthia inside of herself."
		DavidW says, "I think we'll have to count sightlessness as a dire mistake and restore from cfdelusions2 again."
		borowski says, "Yeah."
		borowski says, "I don't think we had made any progress."
		DavidW asks, "I take it that we can't push the gurney downstairs or lift the android?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(I vaguely recall it telling us the stairway is too narrow for the gurney, which is outrageous.)"
		borowski says, "We could try."
		borowski asks, "Yeah, maybe something is different in VR. Have we tried pushing the IV stand around??"
		DavidW says, "We've done zilch with the IV stand."
		borowski says, "I don't remember if we've tried playing around with the android."
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone in pitch blackness, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We tend to collapse before reaching the android. We have to do that whole bit of nonsense with the glowstick, don't we? Or do we know where the light switch is from now on?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "move stand n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE STAND N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "It seems like we know where the light switch is."
		borowski says, "At least while blind."
		DavidW says, "well, the rules may be f**ked when blind."
		borowski says, "Yeah, let's restore"
		borowski says (to DavidW), "That seems to be Cynthia's motto"
borowski says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cfdelusions2" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light switch" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, an aura of numbness about your entire body, alone
Floyd | beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the freezer)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click on hand checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK ON HAND CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You place a mark in the hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put lightstick in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LIGHTSTICK IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the lightstick in the microwave and heat it for several
Floyd | millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "pick up lightstick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP LIGHTSTICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | (first taking the tongs)
Floyd | Using the tongs, you grasp the lightstick firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels as if you're walking on air. Unaccustomed to the sensation
Floyd | (or, rather, the lack of it), you flail about and end up on your back.
Floyd | With difficulty, you manage to get to your feet, but it feels like
Floyd | floating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | The faint glow of the lightstick reveals a light switch at the bottom
Floyd | of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on lights" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on light switch" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "flip switch" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the light switch on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Factory Storage
Floyd | Old, broken-down conveyors and bins of ancient, rotting hardware --
Floyd | useless, outdated, or both -- pack this vast sub-basement from wall to
Floyd | cement wall. Only a small area at the bottom of the stairs, about
Floyd | three metres square, is free of the oppressive clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A light switch is affixed to the wall at the foot of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of coaxial cables hangs down on one side of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move cables" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the cables to one side reveals the body of an android.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the android body that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, there's barely enough time to even get to the android."
		borowski says, "Hmmpf"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "not even a fair test whether or not we can pick him up."
		borowski says, "I think maybe we have to wake up again."
		borowski says, "Because I just clicked the hand icon again."
		borowski says, "I'm not sure if I should have been able to open the microwave."
		DavidW says, "There might be a percentile die roll."
borowski says (to Floyd), "get android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too heavy and awkward for one person to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah, there we go."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "So examining it tells us nothing and we can't lift it at all."
borowski says (to Floyd), "kick android" 		

Floyd ]  Factory Storage                            Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Pointless destruction. How typically human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(which makes one wonder why we need to find it)"
		borowski says, "Yes, we got a point for moving the cables in the real world."
borowski says (to Floyd), "look at android" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK AT ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the android body that you didn't already
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dangerous. To an extent I had not anticipated. You were so close,
Floyd | QueensRook. You truly astound me. Such cunning. How can you bear to
Floyd | call your intelligence `artificial', QueensRook?
Floyd |
Floyd | "And yet the same insane intensity pervades you, that quiet
Floyd | desperation we all possess -- you, I, God, the other... Insanity is
Floyd | hereditary, QueensRook, passed on from Creator to creation,
Floyd | world-builder to world. So beautiful...
Floyd |
Floyd | "But, at present, it manages to be a true annoyance."
Floyd |
Floyd | He raises the needle, and you squeeze your eyes shut to block out the
Floyd | rest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Maybe KingsRook could be the password?"
		DavidW says, "feel free to try it"
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on system icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON SYSTEM ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "System" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up queensrook in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP QUEENSROOK IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type kingsrook in terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE KINGSROOK IN TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to do!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up morrodox in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP MORRODOX IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type kingsrook on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE KINGSROOK ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up cynthia in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP CYNTHIA IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look up flush icon in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP FLUSH ICON IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd | The "flush" program purges the system in the event of a critical error
Floyd | in the active VR. Once purged, the sim is wiped clean from the system
Floyd | and must be re-installed from archival storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Due to the drastic nature of this program, only Dr Shimada has access
Floyd | to it.
Floyd | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up password in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP PASSWORD IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up shimada in manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP SHIMADA IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of relevance in the Project's technical manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double click on flush icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE CLICK ON FLUSH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on flush icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON FLUSH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on flush icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON FLUSH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to type the requested text or close the entry field
Floyd | first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close entry field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE ENTRY FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on flush icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON FLUSH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Flush" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "I wonder if we missed a hint in the doctor's office earlier?"
		DavidW says, "perhaps"
		DavidW says, "It'd be rather cruel if it was only there though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type shimada on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE SHIMADA ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type chess on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE CHESS ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your keystrokes elicit only a few irritated beeps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type chess on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE CHESS ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear vr suit" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR VR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the VR suit)
Floyd | You can't get into it alone; you need Justy's help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double click on configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE CLICK ON CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [Try that again, this time specifying what you want to click on, as
Floyd | well as which mouse button to use.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to type the requested text or close the entry field
Floyd | first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close entry field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE ENTRY FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x mouth checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUTH CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of a mouth on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click mouth icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK MOUTH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to left click the mouth
Floyd | checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click mouth checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK MOUTH CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the mouth checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x ear checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EAR CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The checkbox, currently marked, has a picture of an ear on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dangerous. To an extent I had not anticipated. You were so close,
Floyd | QueensRook. You truly astound me. Such cunning. How can you bear to
Floyd | call your intelligence `artificial', QueensRook?
Floyd |
Floyd | "And yet the same insane intensity pervades you, that quiet
Floyd | desperation we all possess -- you, I, God, the other... Insanity is
Floyd | hereditary, QueensRook, passed on from Creator to creation,
Floyd | world-builder to world. So beautiful...
Floyd |
Floyd | "But, at present, it manages to be a true annoyance."
Floyd |
Floyd | He raises the needle, and you squeeze your eyes shut to block out the
Floyd | rest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You want to try gargling glowstick fluid?"
		borowski says, "Heh, I want to try the pizza *one* more time."
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put pizza in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PIZZA IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | You place the cold slice of pizza in the microwave and heat it for
Floyd | several millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave oven isn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Argh, it bother me that that works."
borowski says, "sw" 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly the author had no idea that many years later, players would want to try tasting and smelling pizza slices."
borowski says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the electric violin)
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bow)
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Mussorgsky's Night on Bald
Floyd | Mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we reinject ourselves?"
		borowski says, "This is exactly why I need to betatest games involving pizza."
borowski says (to Floyd), "use syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "inject syringe" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > INJECT SYRINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the hypodermic syringe)
Floyd | Remember what happened last time? Obviously not or you wouldn't be so
Floyd | eager as to try it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose it's pointless to try folding the gurney, still even if folded it fit down into the Factory Storage, presumably we'd want it open with the android on it."
borowski says (to Floyd), "move amplifier nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE AMPLIFIER NW
Floyd |
Floyd | (setting the violin on top of it)
Floyd | You roll the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move amplifier e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE AMPLIFIER E
Floyd |
Floyd | It would probably get damaged if you did that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "fold gurney" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLD GURNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move gurney n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE GURNEY N
Floyd |
Floyd | A loose wheel rattles as you push the gurney along.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is an electric violin) and a
Floyd | lab bench (on which are the Project's technical manual, a computer
Floyd | workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "move gurney e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE GURNEY E
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs aren't wide enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x gurney" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GURNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A flat metal stretcher with wheels attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "remove wheels" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE WHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click configure icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CONFIGURE ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Configure" icon. A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a window appears, displaying an eye checkbox, an ear checkbox,
Floyd | a nose checkbox, a mouth checkbox and a hand checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "left click ear checkbox" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT CLICK EAR CHECKBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You erase the mark in the ear checkbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Morrodox looms over your awakening, his lips moving, but without
Floyd | voice. A puzzled frown crosses his angular features, then he seems to
Floyd | sigh with frustration. Producing a familiar syringe, he holds you
Floyd | tightly, injects its contents...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | As if paralysed, your senses fail to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, since the metal door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "plug in violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the electric violin)
Floyd | You plug the electric violin into the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bow)
Floyd | (turning the amplifier on)
Floyd | With confident, practiced motions, you invoke from the instrument a
Floyd | sonorous croon that manifests itself as Khachaturian's Sabre Dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, it's like the pizza: not accounted for in sensory-fun-times."
borowski says (to Floyd), "take pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an amplifier, an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical
Floyd | cabinet (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the medical cabinet, revealing a gelstrip and a power X-Acto
Floyd | knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut pillow" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to cut the pillow with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "cut pillow with knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT PILLOW WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not gettin' down with that."
		borowski says, "So much for hiding an escape plan in the pillow."
		DavidW asks, "Here's wild idea #108: Put the lit glowstick in the niche. Put the Giger back on the niche. See a secret glowy message, maybe?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier, a combination refrigerator/freezer and
Floyd | a microwave oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Frosty air billows out around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's cold to the touch.) Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put lightstick in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LIGHTSTICK IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the lightstick in the microwave and heat it for several
Floyd | millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "pick up lightstick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP LIGHTSTICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | (first taking the tongs)
Floyd | Using the tongs, you grasp the lightstick firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd | (first closing the freezer)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier and a lab bench (on which are the
Floyd | Project's technical manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic
Floyd | mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You drag the amplifier along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take giger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GIGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are full. You can't pick up anything more until you drop
Floyd | something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "drop knife" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open freezer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FREEZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Frosty air billows out around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the freezer reveals a lightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take lightstick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's cold to the touch.) Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put lightstick in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LIGHTSTICK IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | You place the lightstick in the microwave and heat it for several
Floyd | millichrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "pick up lightstick with tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP LIGHTSTICK WITH TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (opening the microwave first)
Floyd | (first taking the tongs)
Floyd | Using the tongs, you grasp the lightstick firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the freezer)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the metal door)
Floyd | You open the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | This is where you've lived the last five years of your life while
Floyd | working on the Project team. Comfortable, if a bit confined, the small
Floyd | enclosure is furnished with only a writing desk and bed. The walls are
Floyd | of solid cement blocks, with the exception of the north wall, where
Floyd | thick plasterboard gives the impression of having been put up hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging near the door is a painting by H.R. Giger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plywood shelves stand in a shadowy alcove in the northeast corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is a hypodermic syringe.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an amplifier (on which is a bow) and an electric
Floyd | violin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take ginger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GINGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you remember why you hung it here in the first place: There's a
Floyd | large, unsightly niche hacked into the thick plasterboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put glowstick in niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT GLOWSTICK IN NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the lightstick into the niche.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting on wall" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING ON WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the
Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall
Floyd | or the southwest wall?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting on north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING ON NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the north wall would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put painting on niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING ON NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | The painting by H.R. Giger is too big to fit in the niche.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. The niche is near the door. Possibly that means the other side of the doorlock control is hiding behind the niche? (We've never tried to lock our door.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put painting over niche" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAINTING OVER NICHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hang painting" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > HANG PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | You hang the painting by H.R. Giger back over the niche.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x giger" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GIGER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's "The Crucified Serpent," one of Giger's earlier works (1975),
Floyd | depicting an enormous metallic T-bar on which is draped a large snake
Floyd | with a face vaguely similar to that of Christ. Wisps of mist billow
Floyd | out from behind the crucifix, illuminated by lights angling upward
Floyd | from short black cylinders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well, it was a very wild idea."
		borowski says, "As good as any"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Can we got back into the VR Lab and close and *lock* our door? Is the lock itself interesting?" 		

Floyd ]  Your Quarters                              Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CAN WE GOT BACK INTO THE VR LAB AND CLOSE AND *LOCK* OUR DOOR? IS
Floyd | THE LOCK ITSELF INTERESTING?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gah"
borowski says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close doro" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DORO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Cynthia's door, Justy's door or the metal door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the metal door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "huh. There are other doors, eh?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "lock metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOCK METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide the locking mechanism closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close justy's door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE JUSTY'S DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close Justy's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Yeah, I didn't realize there were others"
borowski says (to Floyd), "lock justy's door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOCK JUSTY'S DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x justy's door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUSTY'S DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about Justy's door that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal door" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a solid iron door leading to your quarters. Curiously, the
Floyd | locking mechanism is on this side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the metal door, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Hmm, that again..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x locking mechanism" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOCKING MECHANISM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a solid iron door leading to your quarters. Curiously, the
Floyd | locking mechanism is on this side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the metal door, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe it's the doors that foul up the darkness wandering code."
		borowski says, "Ah, perhaps."
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Try knocking on Dr Shimada's door and see if a sim Dr appears from nowhere."
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock, knock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Shimada considered a simulation of her work area both a security
Floyd | risk and an invasion of privacy. As a result, this door is merely a
Floyd | prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "knock on elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock, knock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Dank and cold, these facilities contain only the usual fixtures --
Floyd | toilet, shower stall, and a dripping, rust-stained washbasin. On the
Floyd | wall above the last is an off-colour rectangle, where a mirror once
Floyd | hung, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                   Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as you can remember, there has never been a mirror here. It
Floyd | must have been removed before you came to the Project.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is strange -- an echoing, shadowy air of inconsistency about
Floyd | the place where a mirror once hung, but you can't quite place it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're just going in circles."
		borowski says, "Yes, I'm a little frustrated."
		borowski says, "This is a comp game. We must be missing something for it to take this long to play."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we were supposed to use the antitoxin caplet before solving the fish sim, and that would've protected us from the syringe trap."
		DavidW says, "An early comp game."
		DavidW says, "Also, I bet most comp players resorted to the hints at some point."
		DavidW asks, "We could try printing a 2nd report without putting the 1st into the slot, I guess?"
		DavidW says, "see if it complains or causes a problem."
		DavidW asks, "oh, and what about the debug icon? Have we used it?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Steel Corridor                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel Corridor
Floyd | Fluorescent lights cast a harsh, blurry glare on bundles of cable
Floyd | stretching overhead, and on metal walls, not quite reflective. The
Floyd | glare breaks at a doorway in the south wall, and at the west end of
Floyd | the east-west corridor, outside Dr Shimada's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north wall are a pair of closed elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Debug" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "phooey"
borowski says (to Floyd), "close entry field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE ENTRY FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                  Report generation process initiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The whirring buzz abruptly ceases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           ERROR: Paper out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ream of system printouts here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Much of the printout is endless system configurations, compiler
Floyd | options, statistics, and processing messages, a great deal of it in
Floyd | Braille, much of the rest in hexadecimal, EBCDIC, and binary. You skim
Floyd | down to the bottom of the last page to find what you're looking for:
Floyd |
Floyd | SIM IS "Lab" [3-> VR-> TESTING-> SIMS-> LAB SIM REVISION 227, 0823]
Floyd |
Floyd | SENSORY OUTPUTS:
Floyd |
Floyd |      Auditory:   X
Floyd |      Gustatory:  X
Floyd |      Olfactory:  X
Floyd |      Tactile:    X
Floyd |      Visual:     X
Floyd |
Floyd | [CHANGES ARE INITIATED WITH EACH NEW SESSION.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Time: 0000
Floyd | Session #DLGX5734
Floyd |
Floyd | 100 VIRTUAL OBJECTS PROCESSED
Floyd |
Floyd | ANALYSIS SWEEP RESULTS:
Floyd |        0 SIMULATION TRAPS
Floyd |      * 1 OVERLOAD POTENTIAL
Floyd |        0 OBJECT CONFLICTS
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** END OF PRINTOUT ***
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe the session number is a password? DLGX5734?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Debug" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type DLGX5734? on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE DLGX5734? ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks (of DavidW), "Did the comp used to not have a rule about game length?"
		DavidW says, "try not to include the ? in the password command next time."
		DavidW says, "The two-hour rule is for players, not authors."
		DavidW says, "Players play the game for at most two hours, then they must score it."
		borowski says, "Right."
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the metal gurney first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Debug" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type DLGX5734 on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE DLGX5734 ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close entry field" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE ENTRY FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the entry field, closing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I wouldn't be opposed to another gentle hint."
		DavidW says, "well, that '100 objects' bit on the report suggests that if we can get that to 101, it could start an infinite loop."
		borowski asks, "Why is that?"
		DavidW says, "A hunch."
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                  Report generation process initiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take manual" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer spits the last of its output before reverting to
Floyd | a waiting state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put manual in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MANUAL IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy would not be amused if you recycled the Project's documentation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ream of system printouts here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put paper in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to be holding the ream of system printouts before you can put
Floyd | it into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put paper in slot" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | A pleasant ping, and a large blue diode lights up the smiling earth as
Floyd | the ream of system printoutsdisappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd try requesting a 2nd report *while* the 1st is printing."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are a computer workstation and
Floyd | an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                  Report generation process initiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                      ERROR: Print queue is full.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat"
		borowski says, "I'm going to see if eating the pizza changes the item count."
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stsand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STSAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a cold slice of pizza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "eat pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, pepperoni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first closing the refrigerator)
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on report icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON REPORT ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Report" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                  Report generation process initiated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whirring buzz from the output station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Output Station
Floyd | Ironic proof against the aphorism that supercomputers are shrinking
Floyd | dominates this section of the lab. The walls and narrow walkways
Floyd | enclose the Project's brain, an enormous Cray ZMP-2010X whose size is
Floyd | directly proportional to its awesome processing power. Equally large
Floyd | racks of storage media occupy the four corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer continues to spit reams of output.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mainframe printer spits the last of its output before reverting to
Floyd | a waiting state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You think the pizza might get regenerated?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Output Station                             Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Much of the printout is endless system configurations, compiler
Floyd | options, statistics, and processing messages, a great deal of it in
Floyd | Braille, much of the rest in hexadecimal, EBCDIC, and binary. You skim
Floyd | down to the bottom of the last page to find what you're looking for:
Floyd |
Floyd | SIM IS "Lab" [3-> VR-> TESTING-> SIMS-> LAB SIM REVISION 227, 0823]
Floyd |
Floyd | SENSORY OUTPUTS:
Floyd |
Floyd |      Auditory:   X
Floyd |      Gustatory:  X
Floyd |      Olfactory:  X
Floyd |      Tactile:    X
Floyd |      Visual:     X
Floyd |
Floyd | [CHANGES ARE INITIATED WITH EACH NEW SESSION.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Time: 0000
Floyd | Session #DLGX9205
Floyd |
Floyd | 100 VIRTUAL OBJECTS PROCESSED
Floyd |
Floyd | ANALYSIS SWEEP RESULTS:
Floyd |        0 SIMULATION TRAPS
Floyd |      * 1 OVERLOAD POTENTIAL
Floyd |        0 OBJECT CONFLICTS
Floyd |
Floyd |      *** END OF PRINTOUT ***
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The session number changes."
		borowski says, "I want to see if the game is really counting objects. Though "processed" might just mean created."
		borowski says, "Interesting."
		DavidW says, "So typing in the session number of the previous session as a password might've failed because of of session mismatch."
borowski says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Assuming the session number is a password, which is still a huge longshot."
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on debug icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON DEBUG ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Debug" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | an text entry field pops up, displaying a text box for typed command
Floyd | entry, with a prompt reading:
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Access restricted!
Floyd |                           PASSWORD:>
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type DLGX9205 on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE DLGX9205 ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type adamihs on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE ADAMIHS ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "type xyzzy on terminal" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE XYZZY ON TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You type on the keyboard and press <ENTER>.  A couple of femtoseconds
Floyd | later, a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |                ERROR: Invalid password. Access denied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski has disconnected. 		
borowski has connected. 		
borowski says (to Floyd), "xl" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > XL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x l" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X L
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Argh."
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchenette
Floyd | A small kitchen and dining area rolled into one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a pair of metal kitchen tongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a combination refrigerator/freezer and a microwave
Floyd | oven (which is closed and empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put tongs in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TONGS IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to be holding the pair of kitchen tongs before you can put it
Floyd | into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put tongs in microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchenette                                Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TONGS IN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Microwaving the pair of kitchen tongs is probably not such a good
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the suspended-animation tank that you
Floyd | didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | A rather strange request. You're not an android... are you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says (to Game), "Don't be coy with me."
borowski says (to Floyd), "x monitor" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONITOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy created this graphical interface to suit the Project, replacing
Floyd | the hopelessly outdated "Windows 2000" O/S that came pre-installed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The desktop currently displays a mouse cursor, a "Launch" icon, a
Floyd | "Configure" icon, a "Report" icon, a "Debug" icon, a "System" icon and
Floyd | a "Flush" icon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "double left click on launch icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ON LAUNCH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Launch" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |              ERROR: VR Sphere is not currently occupied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat again"
borowski says (to Floyd), "right click on launch icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK ON LAUNCH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | [You'll need to close the message box first.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill tank" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | But there's no water here to carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "right click on launch icon" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT CLICK ON LAUNCH ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You double-click on the "Launch" icon. A couple of femtoseconds later,
Floyd | a message box pops up, with the message:
Floyd |
Floyd |              ERROR: VR Sphere is not currently occupied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "close message box" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MESSAGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You click on the "OK" button, closing the message box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of kitchen tongs. You are wearing an implant
Floyd | (attached to your head), a technician's jumpsuit and a fingerwatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "put tongs in sphere" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TONGS IN SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "open sphere" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look at sphere" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK AT SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere is a human-sized anti-gravity gyroscope, encased in
Floyd | soundproof glass. VR sensors connect to status monitors, the lab
Floyd | terminal and the mainframe supercomputer in the next room by a thick
Floyd | bundle of coaxial cables. A fail-safe lever protrudes at an angle from
Floyd | one side.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh, that's how we get a verbose examine."
		borowski says, "I'm going to try that with the android."
		DavidW asks, "hm?"
		borowski says, "Getting more information about it."
		DavidW asks, "'look at' is different from 'x'?"
borowski says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "look at tank" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK AT TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about the suspended-animation tank that you
Floyd | didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh, no, I 'x'ed the tank before. Never mind."
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake once more, the crisp sensation of cold metal against your
Floyd | back, alone beneath flickering lights, mind thundering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Should we try restarting and taking the antitoxin?"
		DavidW says, "That would be hypercruel if that's the solution."
		borowski says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "More likely the antitoxin will figure in a showdown with Cynthia in the real world."
		DavidW says, "like, one has to wonder where Justy is during all this."
		DavidW says, "We may be in la-la-land, but Justy is the one probably needing medical care."
		borowski says, "Dang it Justy. If only you hadn't spent so much time watching movies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "justy, help me" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUSTY, HELP ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You call out to Justy, but get no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The other can not hear you, QueensRook. Even now, he calls out to you
Floyd | as you to him, and he fears for you. Fear beckons, QueensRook, the
Floyd | mind's built-in restraints. Use it, let it guide you. Do not be so
Floyd | foolish as to rely on the other for that. Trust only yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the metal gurney first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the metal gurney.
Floyd |
Floyd | MedLab
Floyd | A rather stark infirmary, with cold cement walls and floor lit by a
Floyd | single flickering fluorescent bulb. It feels more like a morgue than a
Floyd | medical facility. An exit leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an IV stand, a metal gurney and a medical cabinet (which
Floyd | is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  VR Lab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | VR Lab
Floyd | The heart of the Project, in the form of complex electrical devices
Floyd | linked together by a maze of coaxial cable, packs this small
Floyd | underground laboratory to capacity. Exits lead off in nearly every
Floyd | compass direction, and a set of disused cement steps descends into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sphere looms in one corner, between the VR suit and a large glass
Floyd | tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lab bench (on which are the Project's technical
Floyd | manual, a computer workstation and an ergonomic mouse) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's Quarters
Floyd | Justy's quarters are just as sparsely furnished as yours, with only a
Floyd | bed, desk, and a few of Justy's personal belongings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The south wall is completely taken up Justy's film library.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging nearby is a framed sketch by M.C. Escher.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large holovision set dominates the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "turn on set" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON SET
Floyd |
Floyd | The holovision screen lights up as the set clicks on, broadcasting a
Floyd | "Jeopardy" match already in progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1400, Lisa's score is $1200, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is Planck's constant?" asks Lisa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Correct," states Alex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "x library" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIBRARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's collection of science-fiction films includes the complete
Floyd | "Star Wars" saga, the "Terminator" trilogy, and both the 2001 remake
Floyd | and classic 1926 versions of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Floyd |
Floyd | A closer look reveals one you've never seen before: "The Lawnmower
Floyd | Man."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll take interactive fiction for 400."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "take movie" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MOVIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Leave Justy's things alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Currently the CEO of the BranMuffin World Conglomerate, she was the
Floyd | original editor of XYZZYnews."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lawnmower" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAWNMOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Justy's collection of science-fiction films includes the complete
Floyd | "Star Wars" saga, the "Terminator" trilogy, and both the 2001 remake
Floyd | and classic 1926 versions of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tom taps his buzzer. "Who is Eileen Mullin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex's head nods (an amusing sight when it's not attached to a body).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I wonder if 'The Lawnmower Man' is a clue. I don't know the movie. Is it one of those recurring day setups?"
		borowski says, "I haven't seen it either."
		Ellison says, "it involved sending a guy into virtual reality. there was no recurring day theme."
		DavidW says, "hm. So it may just be a throwaway in-joke."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tom glances briefly at the board before deciding on, "Interactive
Floyd | fiction for 600, Alex."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "watch tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > WATCH TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex reads the answer. "In 2002, the first worldwide I-F convention
Floyd | was held here, at the birthplace of Infocom."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brian eagerly hits the buzzer. "What is CalTech?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-900. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud buzzer ensues as Alex's head shakes disappointedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $1400, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa follows up with, "What was M.I.T.?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's correct," affirms Alex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brian" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $2000, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | "History for 200, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $2000, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | The board lights up. "In 1957, he uncovered a conspiracy to
Floyd | assassinate Haitian Foreign Minister Louis Raimone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $1800, Lisa's score is $2000, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tom's podium lights up as he hits his button. "Who was Austin
Floyd | Garriot?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex confirms this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $2000, Lisa's score is $2000, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interactive fiction for 800."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Three contestants stand behind podiums labelled, from left to right
Floyd | (from your perspective), "Tom," "Lisa," and "Brian." Tom currently has
Floyd | $2000, Lisa's score is $2000, and Brian trails hopelessly behind with
Floyd | -$-300. Hovering beside the matrix of blue question screens in a
Floyd | transparent plastic bubble is Jeopardy's host, the once-cryogenically
Floyd | frozen head of Alex Trebek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex reads, "In 1998, this software corporation purchased the rights
Floyd | to Graham Nelson's Inform for $14.6 million."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling a little woozy. Might be a good idea to lie down for a
Floyd | bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I guess we can't watch this forever and see if the Jeopardy game crashes somehow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break tv" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Pointless destruction. How typically human.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brian attempts to hit his buzzer, but Lisa is faster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is Microsoft?" she ventures.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Correct."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close Justy's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's try physics for 400."
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel oddly lightheaded, as though in a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Justy's Quarters                           Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing about Justy's door that you didn't already know.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This Hungarian inventor discovered the principle of maximising
Floyd | temporal potential at historical turning points."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Justy's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa buzzes in with, "Who was Kaldecki?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Grad Kaldecki," confirms Alex, with a nod.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world swims dizzily in your vision, hideous ethereal vapours
Floyd | clouding it, a dark veil draping over your consciousness...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I think I'm going to take a break."
		DavidW says, "ok"
		DavidW says, "sorry I'm stumped on this one."
		borowski says, "That's OK."
borowski leaves to make amends for his sins and search for redemption in his own spin-off. 		
borowski has disconnected. 		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
phoenix goes home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  MedLab                                     Score: 19/50       Time:
Floyd | 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"			


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NightFloyd Transcript:
The Legend Lives! by David M. Baggett
As played on ifMUD over 7 sessions between September 18 and November 7, 2012

Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Unlike ClubFloyd, NightFloyd often (but not always) takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions. NightFloyd is also a bit more informal than ClubFloyd in that it's only announced on the ifMUD #clubfloyd bulletin board, and the time shifts around to meet player's schedules far more than ClubFloyd does. NightFloyd is organized by genericgeekgirl, aka Adri.

Below is a transcript of The Legend Lives! written by David M. Baggett. The Legend Lives! is chapter in the history of Unnkulia and the Valley, one of the many Unnkulian adventures. It was a commercial release from Adventions, a company founded by the author, and was released in 1994. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear.
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		mwmiller exclaims, "This should be fun for me, since I have absolutely no experience with the Unkuulian series what-so-ever!"
		mwmiller says, "I don't even know how to spell Unnkulian correctly, that's how clueless I am."
		maga says (to inky), "oh lord, unnkulia"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask legend" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A pattern of bits shifts inside your computer.  New information
Floyd | scrolls up the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd |    It is not good.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the impact of the discovery settles on your psyche, you recall
Floyd | the preceding events:  your recent enrollment at Akmi Yooniversity;
Floyd | your serendipitous discovery of the joys of Classical Literature -- a
Floyd | nice change of pace from computer hacking; your compuarchaeological
Floyd | discovery of the long-forgotten treasures that will make your thesis
Floyd | one of the most important this decade.  But now that's all a bit moot,
Floyd | isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | How ironic:  You were stunned at how *real* the primitive Unnkulian
Floyd | stories seemed.  Now you know why.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Legend Lives!
Floyd | An Unnkulian Universe Unventure
Floyd | Opus 2, Version 1.1G for Great Underground Adventures CD
Floyd | Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 David M. Baggett
Floyd | All rights reserved.
Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd | WorldClass library version 1.3.5.
Floyd |
Floyd | Difficulty Rating (without hints):  Legendary (10 out of 10)
Floyd |
Floyd | Recommended for mature readers only.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is free.  We encourage you to distribute it, but you may
Floyd | not charge any money for it beyond the cost of the media it is stored
Floyd | on.
Floyd |
Floyd | ADVENTIONS no longer supports this product.  Please do not
Floyd | contact us for hints or to buy games.  The best place to get our games
Floyd | is from the Interactive Fiction Archive on the Internet, site
Floyd | ftp.gmd.de.  The best place to ask for help with our games is the
Floyd | Usenet newsgroup rec.games.int-fiction.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |    For instructions, type "instructions".
Floyd |

		
Floyd Read footnotes [1] with the note command; e.g., type "note 		

Floyd | 1."
Floyd |
Floyd | Use the adaptive hint system by typing "hint".  To toggle hint
Floyd | encrypting, type "encrypt".  The encryption is a simple letter
Floyd | substitution cipher.  Use this option to keep yourself from using too
Floyd | many hints.
Floyd |
Floyd |    Type "credits" for more information about the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bachelor pod
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahhhhh.  Pod sweet pod!  Sure feels good to be back in the ol'
Floyd | closet-sized capsule again, yes sir.  While slaving away on your
Floyd | master's thesis you've spent many late hours here, sustaining yourself

		
Floyd on naught but Akmi Snak Chipz [2] and ReVoLT Kola. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, it's basically a hell-hole, but it's served you adequately.
Floyd | Looking around you can see blurry reflections of yourself and your
Floyd | surroundings in the familiar mauve and orange metal walls, which are
Floyd | rounded in the corners as is typical of today's "economical" graduate
Floyd | housing.  (As if they offered any other kind.)  The walls are still
Floyd | bare; you'd think after living here for two years you'd have put some
Floyd | posters up.  But there's never much time for aesthetics at Akmi
Floyd | Yooniversity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed (if you can call it that) and the matter mover take up all
Floyd | the available floor space in your pod.  Miscellaneous Stik-Em Nowtz
Floyd | cling to various parts of the furniture and walls, and papers fill any
Floyd | stray gaps, making this den an incredible fire trap.  Good thing you
Floyd | don't really have heating here.  Anyway, if there's a fire you can
Floyd | always bail out through the escape hatch.  Oops -- you've never been
Floyd | able to get it open.  Never mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pod is one of the "Yooniversity Economical Graduate Off-site
Floyd | Dwelling Stations" (YEGODS).  Though the school is actually hundreds
Floyd | of light-years away, matter mover technology makes it possible for
Floyd | them to put housing in the cheapest, remotest, most inhospitable parts
Floyd | of the galaxy -- places like Frost, the iceball of a planet your pod
Floyd | is situated on.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk is your EV, and next to that sits the computer you use
Floyd | nearly 37 hours a day.  Or at least you *assume* it's there; you can't
Floyd | really see it.  It's buried under the pile of books that just crashed
Floyd | down in front of you as you hit your head on the shelf above upon
Floyd | reading more of the awful truth about the Unnkulians.  Still rubbing
Floyd | the bruise on your topknot, you pick up all the books and put them
Floyd | back in order.
Floyd |
Floyd | The EV is tuned to Hot Hits 1000, the "newest, coolest, most
Floyd | outrageous" music video station.  Yep, it's pop, 37 hours a day.
Floyd | Right now you see the video for "I Want a Girl with Green Hair and
Floyd | Horns," by Timon Sketch and the Hoi-Polloi.
Floyd |
Floyd |    A full ReVoLT Kola can is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whoa."
		genericgeekgirl says, "That was a lot all at once."
		Binder says, "blurt"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Let me know when you've caught up."
		inky says, "oh yeah, I forgot this game is pretty wordy"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna need to find some paper for notes."
		mwmiller says, "So...yeah, monkey cheese, I see what you mean."
		Binder says, "Hey we managed to bruise our hair."
		Binder says, "OK, I'm caught up."
		Ellison says, "hey, look, footnotes"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "footnote 2" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/1 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [2]: All Akmi products and their characteristic spellings are
Floyd | trademarks of Akmi Galaktikorp.  Akmi -- proud sponsors of the
Floyd | pan-galactic Cheez Games!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "note 1" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/2 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [1]: Footnote markers are numbers enclosed in square brackets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "note 42" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/3 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 42
Floyd |
Floyd | No such footnote.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/4 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | A hollow voice inside your head says, "Wrong genre."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Hee!"
		Binder says, "ha"
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/5 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still Gavin Kelly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/5 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "dance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no."
		genericgeekgirl takes away points.
		borowski says, "What sort of future is this?!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "One without fun."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/6 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a Galacticard, your thesis research floppy disk, and a matter
Floyd | mover autodialer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Well, we're a grad student. We can't afford fun."
		Ellison says, "'i want a girl with green hair and horns' just has a funky beat that's hard to dance to"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Dancing is free."
		Binder says, "DANCING IS FORBIDDEN"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x galacticard" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/7 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GALACTICARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone has a Galacticard; it's essential for everything from
Floyd | checking out library books to buying a new house.  The shiny
Floyd | holographic stamp on the card not only prevents counterfeiting, but
Floyd | stores a few megabytes of data about you as well [3].
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Not space dancing"
		genericgeekgirl says, "We must do the forbidden dance."
inky says (to Floyd), "note 3" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/8 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [3]: There was a great public outcry when the cards were
Floyd | introduced as part of the new Republic 94 years ago.  Many claimed
Floyd | that the cards were an invasion of privacy and refused to use them; it
Floyd | wasn't until Akmi made it official policy to accept only Galacticards
Floyd | for all their goods and services that they became truly ubiquitous and
Floyd | universal.  Ha!  -- Imagine how inconvenient everything would be
Floyd | without one!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I imagine we will find out."
borowski says (to floyd), "x disk" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/9 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard 5 centimeter square optical disk with your thesis
Floyd | research materials on it.  There is a label on one side with your
Floyd | writing on it.  The label reads, "Unnkulian Unventures I, II, and III
Floyd | (unfinished)."
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, the games were designed to be run on an old
Floyd | Zippikraft machine that's pretty hard to find these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Weirdly, this is reminding me of Constellation Games (the recent novel)."
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		mwmiller says, "This game is trying to be Douglas Adams and failing."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x autodialer" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/10 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AUTODIALER
Floyd |
Floyd | The autodialer keeps track of coordinates for matter movers you
Floyd | frequent, thereby eliminating the tedium of setting the dials by hand.
Floyd | It has a small display and a keypad with keys numbered 1 through 25.
Floyd |
Floyd | To use the autodialer, just type the number corresponding to the
Floyd | coordinates you wish to dial [4].
Floyd |
Floyd |    The autodialer contains the following entries:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1:  Your bachelor pod
Floyd | 2:  Ada's pod
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "note 4" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/11 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 4
Floyd |
Floyd | [4]: For example:  "type 16 on autodialer keypad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/12 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the textbooks are uninteresting treatises on various aspects
Floyd | of computer science, physics, chemistry, and all the other boring
Floyd | stuff you've taken classes in over the past few years.  Also present,
Floyd | however, are the many tomes of literature you've become so interested
Floyd | in of late.  As you leaf through your first year physics textbook, you
Floyd | find your old color chart.  So that's where that thing was!  You pick
Floyd | it up and take it with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says (to mwmiller), "it is a common failure in IF"
		Ellison says, "reminds me of a mix between Lurking Horror (just because of the academia) and Gateworld or Gateway or whatever that game was called"
		mwmiller says, "My second-most favorite kind of footnote: one that'd fit perfectly well in the main text."
		Binder says, "hm, I suppose 'dial 16 on autodialer' would move us"
borowski says (to floyd), "x chart" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/13 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHART
Floyd |
Floyd | The chart gives RGB values for various color names:
Floyd |
Floyd | akmi orange (10000, 7470, 1000)
Floyd | alice blue (9411, 9725, 10000)
Floyd | antique white (9803, 9215, 8431)
Floyd | aquamarine (4980, 10000, 8313)
Floyd | azure (9411, 10000, 10000)
Floyd | beige (9607, 9607, 8627)
Floyd | bisque (10000, 8941, 7686)
Floyd | black (0, 0, 0)
Floyd | blanched almond (10000, 9215, 8039)
Floyd | blue (0, 0, 10000)
Floyd | blue violet (5411, 1686, 8862)
Floyd | brown (6470, 1647, 1647)
Floyd | burlywood (8705, 7215, 5294)
Floyd | burnt sienna (6000, 3270, 1732)
Floyd | chartreuse (4980, 10000, 0)
Floyd | chocolate (8235, 4117, 1176)
Floyd | coral (10000, 4980, 3137)
Floyd | cornflower blue (3921, 5843, 9294)
Floyd | cyan (0, 10000, 10000)
Floyd | egg white (10000, 10000, 9521)
Floyd | firebrick (6980, 1333, 1333)
Floyd | forest green (1333, 5450, 1333)
Floyd | gainsboro (8627, 8627, 8627)
Floyd | ghost white (9725, 9725, 10000)
Floyd | goldenrod (8549, 6470, 1254)
Floyd | gray (7529, 7529, 7529)
Floyd | green (0, 10000, 0)
Floyd | honeydew (9411, 10000, 9411)
Floyd | hot pink (10000, 4117, 7058)
Floyd | ivory (10000, 10000, 9411)
Floyd | khaki (9411, 9019, 5490)
Floyd | lavender (9019, 9019, 9803)
Floyd | lawn green (4862, 9882, 0)
Floyd | lemon chiffon (10000, 9803, 8039)
Floyd | lime green (1960, 8039, 1960)
Floyd | magenta (10000, 0, 10000)
Floyd | maroon (6901, 1882, 3764)
Floyd | midnight blue (980, 980, 4392)
Floyd | misty rose (10000, 8941, 8823)
Floyd | moccasin (10000, 8941, 7098)
Floyd | navy (0, 0, 5019)
Floyd | old lace (9921, 9607, 9019)
Floyd | olive drab (4196, 5568, 1372)
Floyd | orange (10000, 6470, 0)
Floyd | orchid (8549, 4392, 8392)
Floyd | peach puff (10000, 8549, 7254)
Floyd | pink (10000, 7529, 7960)
Floyd | plum (8666, 6274, 8666)
Floyd | powder blue (6901, 8784, 9019)
Floyd | purple (6274, 1254, 9411)
Floyd | red (10000, 0, 0)
Floyd | rosy brown (7372, 5607, 5607)
Floyd | saddle brown (5450, 2705, 745)
Floyd | salmon (9803, 5019, 4470)
Floyd | sandy brown (9568, 6431, 3764)
Floyd | sea green (1803, 5450, 3411)
Floyd | seashell (10000, 9607, 9333)
Floyd | sky blue (5294, 8078, 9215)
Floyd | slate gray (4392, 5019, 5647)
Floyd | snow (10000, 9803, 9803)
Floyd | spring green (0, 10000, 4980)
Floyd | steel blue (2745, 5098, 7058)
Floyd | tan (8235, 7058, 5490)
Floyd | thistle (8470, 7490, 8470)
Floyd | tomato (10000, 3882, 2784)
Floyd | turquoise (2509, 8784, 8156)
Floyd | violet (9333, 5098, 9333)
Floyd | violet red (8156, 1254, 5647)
Floyd | wheat (9607, 8705, 7019)
Floyd | white (10000, 10000, 10000)
Floyd | yellow (10000, 10000, 0)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "...."
		borowski says, "woah"
		Binder says, "what the"
		inky says, "if it's not clear, the matter mover uses RGB coordinates"
		genericgeekgirl says, "This game was sponsored by Crayola."
		inky says, "so it says in the room desc that we're 'Burnt Sienna, Val, Frost'"
		Binder says, "Pantone Galactica"
		inky says, "which I think I means we're on Frost and the coordinates are whatever is burnt sienna in the chart"
		Binder says, "Ah yes, I'd been seeing that and guessed the color connection."
inky says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/14 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still Gavin Kelly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I don't know what the Val part is"
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-18-22:04:07CDT 		inky says, "I thought maybe that was our name, but I guess not"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/15 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bachelor pod
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahhhhh.  Pod sweet pod!  Sure feels good to be back in the ol'
Floyd | closet-sized capsule again, yes sir.  While slaving away on your
Floyd | master's thesis you've spent many late hours here, sustaining yourself

		
Floyd on naught but Akmi Snak Chipz [2] and ReVoLT Kola. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, it's basically a hell-hole, but it's served you adequately.
Floyd | Looking around you can see blurry reflections of yourself and your
Floyd | surroundings in the familiar mauve and orange metal walls, which are
Floyd | rounded in the corners as is typical of today's "economical" graduate
Floyd | housing.  (As if they offered any other kind.)  The walls are still
Floyd | bare; you'd think after living here for two years you'd have put some
Floyd | posters up.  But there's never much time for aesthetics at Akmi
Floyd | Yooniversity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed (if you can call it that) and the matter mover take up all
Floyd | the available floor space in your pod.  Miscellaneous Stik-Em Nowtz
Floyd | cling to various parts of the furniture and walls, and papers fill any
Floyd | stray gaps, making this den an incredible fire trap.  Good thing you
Floyd | don't really have heating here.  Anyway, if there's a fire you can
Floyd | always bail out through the escape hatch.  Oops -- you've never been
Floyd | able to get it open.  Never mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pod is one of the "Yooniversity Economical Graduate Off-site
Floyd | Dwelling Stations" (YEGODS).  Though the school is actually hundreds
Floyd | of light-years away, matter mover technology makes it possible for
Floyd | them to put housing in the cheapest, remotest, most inhospitable parts
Floyd | of the galaxy -- places like Frost, the iceball of a planet your pod
Floyd | is situated on.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk, under your shelf of textbooks, is the computer you
Floyd | use nearly 37 hours a day.  Cuddled up right next to it like a best
Floyd | friend is your EV.
Floyd |
Floyd | The EV is tuned to Hot Hits 1000, the "newest, coolest, most
Floyd | outrageous" music video station.  Yep, it's pop, 37 hours a day.
Floyd | Right now you see the video for "Innocence Lost, Paradise Found," by
Floyd | Cherry and Plum Blossom.
Floyd |
Floyd |    A full ReVoLT Kola can is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "I thought it stood for 'value'"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x kola" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/16 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KOLA
Floyd |
Floyd | The ReVoLT Kola can has the usual gaudy tomato red and
Floyd | intergalactic orange design and the standard snappy slogan:  "Make
Floyd | every cell in your body RIOT...  with ReVoLT!"  The makers of this
Floyd | beverage claim that it is the most powerful stimulant available
Floyd | without a prescription.  You've probably taken years off your life
Floyd | with this toxic elixir.
Floyd |
Floyd |    The can seems to contain some carbonated beverage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "hsm tomato red"
		DavidW says, "We'll probably need it."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x nowtz" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/17 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOWTZ
Floyd |
Floyd | The hundred or so Stik-Em Nowtz littering your pod are largely
Floyd | incomprehensible; most of them are scribbled diagrams and notes you've
Floyd | made to yourself during your two year stay here.  Among the
Floyd | long-forgotten reminders you find the address of Terminal Velocity,
Floyd | the favorite hang-out for the galaxy's best computer jocks.  It says,
Floyd | "Hot Pink (+0, -52, -5) [5]," but a fat lot of good that's
Floyd | going to do you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You chuckle as you recall your last visit there three years ago --
Floyd | they weren't particularly interested in yet another 3-dimensional
Floyd | chess program, especially one that couldn't beat their own weekend
Floyd | implementations.  Trying to find software that'll impress them enough
Floyd | to let you in is nearly impossible, which is why it's the most
Floyd | exclusive club around.  It's also probably the best source of computer
Floyd | information in the galaxy...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Jeez."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take kola" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/18 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KOLA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get kola" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/19 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KOLA
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have the full ReVoLT Kola can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
		Binder finally breaks down and turns /more on
		Ellison says, "interesting that they are emulating Infocom with putting multiple genres in a shared world setting"
		inky says, "also, I am pretty sure descriptions get shorter pretty quickly"
inky says (to Floyd), "note 5" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/20 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 5
Floyd |
Floyd | [5]: Matter mover coordinates are often given relative to
Floyd | colorspace basis coordinates.  E.g., "Hot Pink (+0, -52, -5)" means to
Floyd | take the base coordinates for Hot Pink and add zero to red, subtract
Floyd | 52 from green, and subtract 5 from blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "He ran out of words."
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ev" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/21 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EV
Floyd |

		
Floyd The Akmi Kristl Kleer Kwality PM [6] Enterviewer is visually 		

Floyd | unimpressive, particularly considering you've seen about ten thousand
Floyd | identical models before.  (Akmi sometimes has a hard time letting go
Floyd | once they've found a formula that works.)  It's orange, it's mauve,
Floyd | it's purple.  It's squat and has functionless dimples all over its
Floyd | irregularly shaped bulbous case.  The screen is nearly square and
Floyd | inset at a jaunty angle.  In short, a typical product of the Akmi
Floyd | Aesthetix Division [7].
Floyd |
Floyd | The EV has a tuning dial; you can choose from thousands of
Floyd | different stations from across the galaxy.  The dial goes from 1 to
Floyd | 100,000 and is currently set to 1000.
Floyd |
Floyd | The EV is tuned to Hot Hits 1000, the "newest, coolest, most
Floyd | outrageous" music video station.  Yep, it's pop, 37 hours a day.
Floyd | Right now you see the video for "Surf, Surf, Surf that Wormhole," by
Floyd | Rad Doodz.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oho, matter mover deltas from the color origins."
		genericgeekgirl says, "The footnotes are actually done well, implementation-wise."
inky says (to Floyd), "tune tv to 1001" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/22 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TUNE TV TO 1001
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 1001.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/23 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |

		
Floyd The Akmi Kristl Kleer Kwality PM [6] Enterviewer is visually 		

Floyd | unimpressive, particularly considering you've seen about ten thousand
Floyd | identical models before.  (Akmi sometimes has a hard time letting go
Floyd | once they've found a formula that works.)  It's orange, it's mauve,
Floyd | it's purple.  It's squat and has functionless dimples all over its
Floyd | irregularly shaped bulbous case.  The screen is nearly square and
Floyd | inset at a jaunty angle.  In short, a typical product of the Akmi
Floyd | Aesthetix Division [7].
Floyd |
Floyd | The EV has a tuning dial; you can choose from thousands of
Floyd | different stations from across the galaxy.  The dial goes from 1 to
Floyd | 100,000 and is currently set to 1001.
Floyd |
Floyd | The signal is fading in and out.  It sounds like music, but you
Floyd | can't tell what kind, and the picture is rolling like crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I think this may have been the first tads game with footnotes"
		DavidW says, "cool"
		inky says, "or maybe it was that they released the worldclass library that had footnotes standard as part of the game"
inky says (to Floyd), "note 6" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/24 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 6
Floyd |
Floyd | [6]: PM stands for Photonic Modulation, a technique that
Floyd | converts sound and images into light.  The light is then accelerated
Floyd | to beyond its normal speed via the same mechanism used in matter
Floyd | movers.  (Look, don't ask me, I didn't invent the stuff!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "note 7" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/25 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 7
Floyd |
Floyd | [7]: Type "watch ev" to get just a description of what's on the
Floyd | screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "The decimal value of Burnt Sienna is 14780738"
		mwmiller says, "So, modified hot pink coord is 10000, 4065, 7053. Great."
borowski says (to floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/26 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a Zippikraft Data Liquidizer 1024/A -- that's the technical
Floyd | term for "one fast machine."  Zippikraft makes the fastest computing
Floyd | hardware in the galaxy using technology no one else has been able to
Floyd | copy yet, despite several years of desperate (and creative) industrial
Floyd | espionage [8].
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Liquidizer is entirely lime green, the only color Zippikraft
Floyd | computers come in, with a built-in optical disk drive, detachable
Floyd | keyboard and high-resolution HoloScanning monitor.  You don't usually
Floyd | use the 3D video mode in your research since you deal mainly with
Floyd | text, but it's great for impressing guests and convincing your parents
Floyd | that the machine was really worth as much as the rest of your entire
Floyd | college education costs combined.
Floyd |
Floyd | Liquidizers also come with built-in AkNet transceivers, allowing
Floyd | access to Akmi's galactic network, which now permeates almost all
Floyd | aspects of daily life, from electronic mail to shopping and funds
Floyd | transfers.  You use AkNet to access the many ancient literature
Floyd | archives in the galaxy, particularly those that might have lost works
Floyd | on the mythical Unnkulians.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mythical...  or so it seemed.  Your Liquidizer's screen is still
Floyd | silently displaying the portentous words "the Unnkulians shall rule
Floyd | again!"
Floyd |
Floyd | These words, you recall, explain the painful bruise on your head.
Floyd | And why you've got to do everything in your power to stop the virus
Floyd | the Unnkulians have unleashed upon AkNet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Who'd have thought you'd really find anything of value by searching
Floyd | random records in AkNet's database for "Unnkul," much less the code to
Floyd | a virus that's probably been wending its way through AkNet's bowels
Floyd | for years.  Only the Unnkulians' matchless arrogance and some divine
Floyd | force could have led you to this single black grain of sand in the
Floyd | immense digital beach that is AkNet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, the Unnkulians' supreme arrogance -- an arrogance that's
Floyd | driven them to broadcast their secret declaration of war with the very
Floyd | instrument their success depends upon -- will (with any luck) prove to
Floyd | be their downfall again, as told so many times in the tales of the
Floyd | ancient Valley King Era battles with these thoroughly evil creatures;
Floyd | legends that you've nearly come to memorize through thousands of
Floyd | readings.
Floyd |
Floyd | But how to stop the virus?  How can you halt the relentless
Floyd | progress of this robotic self-propagating piece of Unnkulian
Floyd | handiwork, their will and psyche and utter evilness distilled into
Floyd | crisp, razor-sharp digital efficiency?
Floyd |
Floyd | And what if, as in "Unnkulian Unventure II:  The Secret of Acme,"
Floyd | your most recent compuarchaeological find (and one of only two known
Floyd | examples of Unnkulian literature from the 5th VK Era, both of which
Floyd | are computer-driven interactive literature, and both of which only you
Floyd | will know about until your thesis is published), Akmi is involved?
Floyd | Contacting the main AkNet headquarters might be the worst possible
Floyd | tactic; if Akmi is allied with the Unnkulians again, your spouting off
Floyd | about the virus would be disastrous, and probably fatal.
Floyd |
Floyd | And what have the Unnkulians been doing all these years?  Where are
Floyd | they now?  And did the world simply forget about them between 2nd VK
Floyd | Era and 5th VK Era [9], or did the Unnkulians destroy every
Floyd | reference to themselves they could find on AkNet in an attempt to
Floyd | rewrite history?
Floyd |
Floyd | So many questions.  So little time.  And the consequences of
Floyd | failure are great indeed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, your computer seems to have locked up.  Cycling the
Floyd | power has no effect.  You notice the unfamiliar text
Floyd | "hq.orange.akmi.aknet:  remote access = excomm" at the bottom of the
Floyd | screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "engage panic mode" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/26 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENGAGE PANIC MODE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "engage".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "good lord"
inky says (to Floyd), "note 8" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/27 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 8
Floyd |
Floyd | [8]: The fact that Zippikraft is entirely owned and run by
Floyd | Skivlets from the planet Poot (in the Baig system) probably has a lot
Floyd | to do with the success of the Data Liquidizer line of hardware.
Floyd | Skivlets are so small they can dance on the heads of pins, and it is
Floyd | widely believed that have a genetically-endowed, deep understanding of
Floyd | quantum physics.  Unfortunately they're quite xenophobic, though
Floyd | they're more than willing to take your money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "note 8" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/28 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 8
Floyd |
Floyd | [8]: The fact that Zippikraft is entirely owned and run by
Floyd | Skivlets from the planet Poot (in the Baig system) probably has a lot
Floyd | to do with the success of the Data Liquidizer line of hardware.
Floyd | Skivlets are so small they can dance on the heads of pins, and it is
Floyd | widely believed that have a genetically-endowed, deep understanding of
Floyd | quantum physics.  Unfortunately they're quite xenophobic, though
Floyd | they're more than willing to take your money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops, sorry"
		genericgeekgirl says, "No worries."
Binder says (to Floyd), "overthrow society" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/28 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OVERTHROW SOCIETY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "overthrow".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		mwmiller says, "So, stop the virus and obtain macguffin.z5. Great."
inky says (to Floyd), "note 9" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/29 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 9
Floyd |
Floyd | [9]: Researcher Jens Brams at Tel University unearthed the
Floyd | first Unnkulian tales in 2051VK.  They were paper texts, dating back
Floyd | to around 400VK -- late First Valley King Era to early Second.  Since
Floyd | then, many other similar works have been found, all from around the
Floyd | same period.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your treasures, the Unnkulian Unventures, are the only examples of
Floyd | Unnkulian literature dated later than 420VK -- you've traced them back
Floyd | to around 1701VK, the beginning of the Fifth Valley King Era.  They're
Floyd | especially interesting because they're early and primitive examples of
Floyd | what is now a widespread form:  interactive literature.  The works
Floyd | employ a rudimentary sentence parser to interact with the reader --
Floyd | quite unsophisticated, but nonetheless similar to today's
Floyd | government-regulated RLR's (Real Language Recognizers) in spirit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Unnkulian Unventures portray their namesakes as wholly evil
Floyd | beings bent on destroying everything they are not a part of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I assume everyone realizes this, but the unnkulian unventures are previous games by the authors of this game and set earlier in the same universe"
		Binder says, "I didn't know that before we started this but I had picked it up from the way it's presented here, which seems somewhat clever."
borowski says (to floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/30 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks more like a counter top than a bed, though with enough
Floyd | blankets to cushion (about 15 layers) it's bearable.  It's supposed to
Floyd | be able to fold up into the wall but you've never been able to get it
Floyd | to work reliably.  Unless you lock it in the down position it tends to
Floyd | close up in the middle of the night, with you in it, which would be
Floyd | all right except that you can't afford to miss too many classes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Quite a bit of info to absorb in the first room, isn't there?"
		borowski says, "Just the history of the universe and all"
		Binder says, "The twist is that this is a single room game."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/31 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Please be more specific.  You can sit, stand or lie on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, lying on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIE ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You're now lying on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, lying on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | This is no time for napping!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I suppose we could try to close the bed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, lying on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wouldn't risk it, if I were you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, lying on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see the contents of your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/36 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "unlock bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/37 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wouldn't risk it, if I were you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/38 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks more like a counter top than a bed, though with enough
Floyd | blankets to cushion (about 15 layers) it's bearable.  It's supposed to
Floyd | be able to fold up into the wall but you've never been able to get it
Floyd | to work reliably.  Unless you lock it in the down position it tends to
Floyd | close up in the middle of the night, with you in it, which would be
Floyd | all right except that you can't afford to miss too many classes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski asks, "Do we know who Ada is?"
		DavidW says, "I noticed an akmi orange at the top of the color chart. It wouldn't surprise me if the Akmi HQ was at their prefered color coordinates."
		DavidW says (to borowski), "Not me."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who is Ada" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/38 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHO IS ADA
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "what is akmi" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/39 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS AKMI
Floyd |
Floyd | Akmi Galacticorp is the direct corporate descendent of Acme, one of
Floyd | the first companies to do business in the Valley King's demesne on
Floyd | Tode.  Akmi is such a large and far-reaching company that it's hard to
Floyd | have a conversation that doesn't bring up something Akmi has a hand
Floyd | in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who am i" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/39 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHO AM I
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "who".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "what is ada" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/39 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS ADA
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oh VK Valley Kings"
Binder says (to Floyd), "stand on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You're now standing on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off of your bed first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Lies."
		Binder says, "..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed blocks your view of the ceiling
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "No more monkeys jumpin on the bed"
		mwmiller says, "The ceiling is up, not down, silly parser."
borowski says (to floyd), "what is monkey" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS MONKEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "monkey".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed blocks your view of the ground
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh"
		Binder exclaims, "noooo, a future without monkeys?!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "exits".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "what am i" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT AM I
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "what".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The escape hatch is buried under a pile of papers.  It appears to be
Floyd | sealed shut, and you've never had occasion to use it in the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yes you do."
		mwmiller says, "But if you have cheese but no monkeys, how can you have monkey cheese? =("
		borowski says, "Ada's pod is 2 on the dial I think."
		Binder says, "Yes."
Binder says (to Floyd), "sit on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "kick" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Kick what?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "kick bucket" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK BUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "bucket".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "kick hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Kicking your pod's emergency escape hatch doesn't seem like a good
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of these sheets of paper have been here since you moved in, but
Floyd | you've held on to all of them JUST IN CASE you might need some
Floyd | important bit of information scribbled on one.  Leafing through a few
Floyd | piles, you don't find anything of great interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder begs to differ.
		Roger asks, "Anyone want to fold the bed in?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahhhhh.  Pod sweet pod!  Sure feels good to be back in the ol'
Floyd | closet-sized capsule again, yes sir.  While slaving away on your
Floyd | master's thesis you've spent many late hours here, sustaining yourself

		
Floyd on naught but Akmi Snak Chipz [2] and ReVoLT Kola. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, it's basically a hell-hole, but it's served you adequately.
Floyd | Looking around you can see blurry reflections of yourself and your
Floyd | surroundings in the familiar mauve and orange metal walls, which are
Floyd | rounded in the corners as is typical of today's "economical" graduate
Floyd | housing.  (As if they offered any other kind.)  The walls are still
Floyd | bare; you'd think after living here for two years you'd have put some
Floyd | posters up.  But there's never much time for aesthetics at Akmi
Floyd | Yooniversity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed (if you can call it that) and the matter mover take up all
Floyd | the available floor space in your pod.  Miscellaneous Stik-Em Nowtz
Floyd | cling to various parts of the furniture and walls, and papers fill any
Floyd | stray gaps, making this den an incredible fire trap.  Good thing you
Floyd | don't really have heating here.  Anyway, if there's a fire you can
Floyd | always bail out through the escape hatch.  Oops -- you've never been
Floyd | able to get it open.  Never mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pod is one of the "Yooniversity Economical Graduate Off-site
Floyd | Dwelling Stations" (YEGODS).  Though the school is actually hundreds
Floyd | of light-years away, matter mover technology makes it possible for
Floyd | them to put housing in the cheapest, remotest, most inhospitable parts
Floyd | of the galaxy -- places like Frost, the iceball of a planet your pod
Floyd | is situated on.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your desk, under your shelf of textbooks, is the computer you
Floyd | use nearly 37 hours a day.  Cuddled up right next to it like a best
Floyd | friend is your EV.
Floyd |
Floyd | The signal is fading in and out.  It sounds like music, but you
Floyd | can't tell what kind, and the picture is rolling like crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-18-22:19:07CDT 		DavidW asks (of Roger), "I tried, didn't I?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I wish there was a shorter version of that."
		Binder says, "Wait, I thought I sat down."
borowski says (to floyd), "x thesis" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THESIS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard 5 centimeter square optical disk with your thesis
Floyd | research materials on it.  There is a label on one side with your
Floyd | writing on it.  The label reads, "Unnkulian Unventures I, II, and III
Floyd | (unfinished)."
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, the games were designed to be run on an old
Floyd | Zippikraft machine that's pretty hard to find these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "My attention is a bit split here; sorry in advance."
		Binder says, "Yes, the game bickered with DavidW and wouldn't let him unlatch it though maybe it wasn't sure about where we were at the time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLD BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to get the bed to fold up into the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your desk is piled with papers and junk food containers.  What
Floyd | would your mother say?
Floyd |
Floyd | A Zippikraft optical disk drive, your Zippikraft Data Liquidizer
Floyd | 1024/A, an Enterviewer (EV), and a Zippikraft detachable keyboard
Floyd | (attached to your Zippikraft Data Liquidizer 1024/A) are on your desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x liquidizer" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIQUIDIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a Zippikraft Data Liquidizer 1024/A -- that's the technical
Floyd | term for "one fast machine."  Zippikraft makes the fastest computing
Floyd | hardware in the galaxy using technology no one else has been able to
Floyd | copy yet, despite several years of desperate (and creative) industrial
Floyd | espionage [8].
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Liquidizer is entirely lime green, the only color Zippikraft
Floyd | computers come in, with a built-in optical disk drive, detachable
Floyd | keyboard and high-resolution HoloScanning monitor.  You don't usually
Floyd | use the 3D video mode in your research since you deal mainly with
Floyd | text, but it's great for impressing guests and convincing your parents
Floyd | that the machine was really worth as much as the rest of your entire
Floyd | college education costs combined.
Floyd |
Floyd | Liquidizers also come with built-in AkNet transceivers, allowing
Floyd | access to Akmi's galactic network, which now permeates almost all
Floyd | aspects of daily life, from electronic mail to shopping and funds
Floyd | transfers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "I don't know if I want my data in liquid form."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x containers" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTAINERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're just normal junk food containers, more gross than interesting,
Floyd | frankly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get liquizider" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LIQUIZIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "liquizider".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get liquidizer" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LIQUIDIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Zippikraft Data Liquidizer is not a portable.  In fact, it's not
Floyd | even a liftable or a movable, at least without a fork lift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Liquid form is just concentrated cloud data."
		inky says, "bummer"
		Binder says, "Ah, the future where computers are bulky and immobile."
		Binder says, "I bet that's where the monkeys are hiding."
Roger says (to Floyd), "Switch liquidizer to 3d" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH LIQUIDIZER TO 3D
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keyboard" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEYBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a standard 233-key model.  It is currently attached to your
Floyd | Zippikraft Data Liquidizer 1024/A.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		mwmiller says, "Backlash against laptops and tablets, no doubt."
		Binder says, "our pad bores me"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Visit Ada?"
		inky says, "well, let's go someplace else then"
		Binder says, "Seconded"
		borowski says, "sure"
		Binder says, "Let's go get some action"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dial 2" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't turn the number.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dial 2 on autodialer pad" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 2 ON AUTODIALER PAD
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "note 2" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [2]: All Akmi products and their characteristic spellings are
Floyd | trademarks of Akmi Galaktikorp.  Akmi -- proud sponsors of the
Floyd | pan-galactic Cheez Games!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set autodialer to 2" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET AUTODIALER TO 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't turn the matter mover autodialer to anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		mwmiller asks, "type instead of dial?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "type 2 on autodialer" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod, standing on your bed  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Fro
Floyd | ... 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYPE 2 ON AUTODIALER
Floyd |
Floyd | The autodialer says, "Mover dials set."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Look at you, remembering stuff."
		Binder says, "Now how do we move it move it"
inky says (to Floyd), "enter mover" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/57 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MOVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An instant after stepping into the chamber, you feel every molecule in
Floyd | your body seared off in a flash.  You then appear in another matter
Floyd | mover, seemingly no worse for wear, but very glad Akmi lost the matter
Floyd | mover contract years ago. You step out of the machine and look
Floyd | around...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ada's pod
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in your true love Ada's pod.  It's quite similar to your
Floyd | own, but isn't nearly as messy.  Ada seems to have gone off and left
Floyd | saving the galaxy to you alone [10].
Floyd |
Floyd | On the EV, Progressive 52109 is playing the music video for "Zing
Floyd | Tschang Tum," by ZZiT PHyT.
Floyd |
Floyd |    A handwritten note and a paperback book are here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "x autodialer" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/58 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AUTODIALER
Floyd |
Floyd | The autodialer keeps track of coordinates for matter movers you
Floyd | frequent, thereby eliminating the tedium of setting the dials by hand.
Floyd | It has a small display and a keypad with keys numbered 1 through 25.
Floyd |
Floyd | To use the autodialer, just type the number corresponding to the
Floyd | coordinates you wish to dial [4].
Floyd |
Floyd |    The autodialer contains the following entries:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1:  Your bachelor pod
Floyd | 2:  Ada's pod
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Sorry, lag"
		Binder says, "Hey, there's another EV station, 52109."
borowski says (to floyd), "note 10" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/59 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTE 10
Floyd |
Floyd | [10]: Perhaps she's off gallivanting with that annoying
Floyd | salesman again.  What an annoying fellow he is, and with horrible
Floyd | taste in clothing to boot!  You hope it's just a phase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "watch ev" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/60 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH EV
Floyd |
Floyd | On the EV, Progressive 52109 is playing the music video for "Give me
Floyd | the XES in Excess," by ToonSmiths.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x handwritten" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/61 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDWRITTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The note is to you.  It reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |    Gavin --
Floyd |
Floyd | Studying at the library today.  Don't forget dinner at Grandma's
Floyd | house tomorrow night.  When you go out, please pick up some prune
Floyd | seeds from the Barfee outlet (8549, 4392, 8392) -- you know how
Floyd | Grandma is about her garden.
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Love,
Floyd |                    Ada
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		K-Y says, "right, Akmi would be the successor to Acme from the earlier Unnkulia games"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/62 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The book is entitled, "The Horror of Rylvania, and Other Ghost
Floyd | Stories."  "Ada Man" is written in the inside cover.  It's one of her
Floyd | favorite books, and it appears to be autographed.  The handwriting is
Floyd | so poor, however, that you can't make out much of the author's name --
Floyd | it looks like "D. O. Louty" but you're sure that's not right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
borowski says (to floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/63 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Ada has told you on many occasions how great the title tale is, but
Floyd | you don't have time to kick back for a few hours and read it right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "horror of rylvania is another adventions game, maybe even the first"
inky says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/64 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Ada's pod
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in your true love Ada's pod.  It's quite similar to your
Floyd | own, but isn't nearly as messy.  Ada seems to have gone off and left
Floyd | saving the galaxy to you alone [10].
Floyd |
Floyd | On the EV, Progressive 52109 is playing the music video for "Dream
Floyd | Terminator," by Crucial Taunt.
Floyd |
Floyd |    A handwritten note and a paperback book are here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/64 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything matching that vocabulary here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "It's just injokes all the way down."
inky says (to Floyd), "x handwritten" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/65 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDWRITTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The note is to you.  It reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |    Gavin --
Floyd |
Floyd | Studying at the library today.  Don't forget dinner at Grandma's
Floyd | house tomorrow night.  When you go out, please pick up some prune
Floyd | seeds from the Barfee outlet (8549, 4392, 8392) -- you know how
Floyd | Grandma is about her garden.
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Love,
Floyd |                    Ada
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "set red to 8549" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/66 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET RED TO 8549
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 8549.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "set green to 4392" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/67 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET GREEN TO 4392
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 4392.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "set blue to 8392" 		

Floyd ]  Ada's pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 0/68 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET BLUE TO 8392
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 8392.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter mover" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/69 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MOVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An instant after stepping into the chamber, you feel every molecule in
Floyd | your body seared off in a flash.  You then appear in another matter
Floyd | mover, seemingly no worse for wear, but very glad Akmi lost the matter
Floyd | mover contract years ago. You step out of the machine and look
Floyd | around...
Floyd |
Floyd | Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central
Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in the center of the Barfee Outlet, right next to
Floyd | the main matter mover.  Creatures of all races bustle around madly,
Floyd | looking for great deals on seeds.  A huge neon sign right beyond your
Floyd | nose screams, "Welcome to planet Flora, home of Barfee:  your one-stop
Floyd | source for vegetation."
Floyd |
Floyd | Here in the middle of Seed Central there's really nothing but
Floyd | people, and lots of them.  Or make that "creatures."  In any case,
Floyd | from here Barfee looks like a giant open market, with little stands
Floyd | here and there, and patrons and salescreatures arguing loudly over
Floyd | prices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The northern area of this arena seems to be devoted to vegetable
Floyd | seeds, while the southern area caters to fruit buyers.  To the east is
Floyd | a large warehouse in which they sell various varieties of flowers but
Floyd | the crowd gets really thick in that direction.  Westward you see all
Floyd | kinds of growing supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x autotyper" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/69 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AUTOTYPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "autotyper".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x autodialer" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/70 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AUTODIALER
Floyd |
Floyd | The autodialer keeps track of coordinates for matter movers you
Floyd | frequent, thereby eliminating the tedium of setting the dials by hand.
Floyd | It has a small display and a keypad with keys numbered 1 through 25.
Floyd |
Floyd | To use the autodialer, just type the number corresponding to the
Floyd | coordinates you wish to dial [4].
Floyd |
Floyd |    The autodialer contains the following entries:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1:  Your bachelor pod
Floyd | 2:  Ada's pod
Floyd | 3:  Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Ah, that's good"
Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
K-Y arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Roger says, "I'll guess Val and Orf are systems"
		Binder says, "Ah, Ada's pod and ours shared the Burnt Sienna/Val/Frost triplet but now we're elsewhere."
		Roger says, "Flora and Frost plants in the systems"
		K-Y says, "okay, yes, I guess that's not a spoiler"
		mwmiller says, "Nice, the coords were very obviously remapped from 0-255 to 0-10000. Why even bother, author? =,"
		Binder asks, "To expand the guessing range?"
		inky says, "well, for one this allows things to be at offsets from coordinates"
		inky says, "like that computer club is at an offset from hot pink"
borowski says (to floyd), "x creatures" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Outlet -- Seed Central  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/71 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CREATURES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're all scurrying about in a frenzy, looking for great prices on
Floyd | foodstuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "which, ok, I guess you could still have with a 255 range, but it'd be a lot fewer"
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		DavidW asks, "Shall we go north and buy seeds?"
		borowski says, "I guess the prune seeds would be south."
		inky says, "go for it"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "fight!"
		borowski says, "PRUNES ARE FRUIT!"
		DavidW says, "I thought we needed prune seeds."
		mwmiller exclaims, "Prune = plum = fruit, yes. Now if they were tomatoes, *then* you'd have a debate!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "North is vegetable seeds."
		DavidW says, "well, try south, then."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/72 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Barfee Fruit MegaStore
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barfee Fruit MegaStore is not quite as crowded as the rest of
Floyd | the outlet, but than again that's not saying much.  Fortunately
Floyd | walking around is easy here, and you can actually breathe, which is a
Floyd | definite plus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a friendly-looking salesperson standing in front of a
Floyd | large bin and approach him.  From the looks of it, he's a Hoppian.
Floyd | (The big floppy ears give it away.)  The bin is filled with fruit seed
Floyd | packets.  Seed Central is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian salesman waits until he thinks you're not looking, then
Floyd | straightens his bowtie and pulls back his ears, which, to his
Floyd | consternation, plop right back down into their usual cockeyed
Floyd | configuration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ears" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/73 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EARS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to say what makes it more obvious that the salesman
Floyd | standing in front of you is a Hoppian -- the fact that he looks like a
Floyd | giant rabbit, or the fact that he's exceedingly well-dressed.  The
Floyd | tuxedo looks quite smart on the 10-foot tall Barfee representative,
Floyd | whose light gray fur and two oversized shiny white teeth perfectly
Floyd | complement his picture-perfect formalwear.  His large, floppy ears
Floyd | might be best tucked into a spiffy top hat, you think, but then again
Floyd | they do add a bit of levity to an otherwise stuffy appearance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian salesman waits until he thinks you're not looking, then
Floyd | straightens his bowtie and pulls back his ears, which, to his
Floyd | consternation, plop right back down into their usual cockeyed
Floyd | configuration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
jenrexrode arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		inky says, "I remember a comp game once had a bug where get didn't work but take did"
		inky says, "and the author never ran into it because she only used take"
		mwmiller says, "Daw, the salesman's a bunny."
borowski says (to floyd), "x seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/73 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which seeds do you mean, the packet of blackberry seeds, the packet of
Floyd | blueberry seeds, the packet of boysenberry seeds, the packet of
Floyd | elderberry seeds, the packet of Hoppian gooseberry seeds, the packet
Floyd | of jostaberry seeds, the packet of kiwi seeds, the packet of Floran
Floyd | gowperfruit seeds, the packet of raspberry seeds, the packet of
Floyd | Grandpa Jones apple seeds, the packet of apricot seeds, the packet of
Floyd | Tellian cherry seeds, the packet of peach seeds, the packet of pear
Floyd | seeds, the packet of Todian plum seeds, the packet of persimmon seeds,
Floyd | or the packet of Akmi Dam Joosee Froot seeds?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
%%% # MARK: 2012-09-18-22:34:07CDT 		DavidW says, "hee hee"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Get *all* the seeds?"
		DavidW says, "I don't see prune seeds."
		Roger says, "Shall we ask?>"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Plum seeds?"
		mwmiller says, "Todian plum seeds, then."
		borowski asks, "Plum seeds?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "You don't really grow prunes."
		Binder says, "You might here."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Fair enough."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x froot" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/73 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FROOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x joosee froot seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/74 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JOOSEE FROOT SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small packet of seeds produced by Barfee, the galaxy's leading
Floyd | fruit and vegetable seed vendor.  The package reads "Barfee Akmi Dam
Floyd | Joosee Froot seeds:  All seeds and no weeds, Barfee meets your needs
Floyd | in feeds.  Visit the Barfee Outlet:  (8549, 4392, 8392)."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian sighs gently, looks in a random direction, and then
Floyd | down at a wristwatch strapped to his left paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "ask hoppian about prunes" 		genericgeekgirl says, "Ew."

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/74 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOPPIAN ABOUT PRUNES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "prunes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x plum seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/75 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLUM SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small packet of seeds produced by Barfee, the galaxy's leading
Floyd | fruit and vegetable seed vendor.  The package reads "Barfee Todian
Floyd | plum seeds:  All seeds and no weeds, Barfee meets your needs in feeds.
Floyd | Visit the Barfee Outlet:  (8549, 4392, 8392)."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is there something I might be able to help you with today?"  the
Floyd | Hoppian inquires, chuckling quietly but in an officious way that makes
Floyd | you feel kind of like you're in a classy jewelery store with nothing
Floyd | but 50% off coupons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "ask hoppian about seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/75 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOPPIAN ABOUT SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which seeds do you mean, the packet of Foonian eggplant seeds, the
Floyd | packet of blackberry seeds, the packet of blueberry seeds, the packet
Floyd | of boysenberry seeds, the packet of elderberry seeds, the packet of
Floyd | Hoppian gooseberry seeds, the packet of jostaberry seeds, the packet
Floyd | of kiwi seeds, the packet of Floran gowperfruit seeds, the packet of
Floyd | raspberry seeds, the packet of Grandpa Jones apple seeds, the packet
Floyd | of apricot seeds, the packet of Tellian cherry seeds, the packet of
Floyd | peach seeds, the packet of pear seeds, the packet of Todian plum
Floyd | seeds, the packet of persimmon seeds, the packet of Akmi Dam Joosee
Floyd | Froot seeds, or the packet of prune seeds?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		mwmiller says, "Barfee instead of Burpee, ha ha, hilarious."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask salesman about prune seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/76 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SALESMAN ABOUT PRUNE SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid we're all out of prune seeds, friend," the Hoppian
Floyd | apologizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian salesman waits until he thinks you're not looking, then
Floyd | straightens his bowtie and pulls back his ears, which, to his
Floyd | consternation, plop right back down into their usual cockeyed
Floyd | configuration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "ask hoppian about plum seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/77 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOPPIAN ABOUT PLUM SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian tells you more than you could ever possibly want to
Floyd | know about the packet of Todian plum seeds; at the end of it all
Floyd | you're sorry you asked.
Floyd |
Floyd |    Sunlight dances off the Hoppian's whiskers as he wiggles his nose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "That wasn't there earlier."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
		genericgeekgirl says, "That's why."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x prune seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/77 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PRUNE SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything matching that vocabulary here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch salesman" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/78 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH SALESMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no reason to get huffy!
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll notice, Sir, that we have quite a wide selection," the
Floyd | Hoppian says, gracefully running a paw over the rim of the bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "apparently the Hoppian things prunes have their own seeds and Burfee's is out"
		borowski asks, "Do we have money?"
		Binder asks, "isn't our galacticard money?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "We have a Galacticard."
borowski says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/79 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a full ReVoLT Kola can, an RGB color chart, a Galacticard,
Floyd | your thesis research floppy disk, and a matter mover autodialer.
Floyd |
Floyd |    Sunlight dances off the Hoppian's whiskers as he wiggles his nose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plum seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/80 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLUM SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small packet of seeds produced by Barfee, the galaxy's leading
Floyd | fruit and vegetable seed vendor.  The package reads "Barfee Todian
Floyd | plum seeds:  All seeds and no weeds, Barfee meets your needs in feeds.
Floyd | Visit the Barfee Outlet:  (8549, 4392, 8392)."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll notice, Sir, that we have quite a wide selection," the
Floyd | Hoppian says, gracefully running a paw over the rim of the bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		borowski says, "Oh right. I was thinking that was just ID."
		Roger says, "MUL TI PASS"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take prune seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/80 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PRUNE SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing matching that vocabulary here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take plum seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/80 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PLUM SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to pay for it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we can turn them into prune seeds."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy plum seeds" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/81 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY PLUM SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Please specify who you want to pay for the packet of Todian plum
Floyd | seeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hoppian sighs gently, looks in a random direction, and then
Floyd | down at a wristwatch strapped to his left paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Roger says, "This game is pissing me off too much. Sorry, I'm out."
		Binder exclaims, "what a fussy point of sale!"
		mwmiller says, "We want to pay the mouse in our pocket."
		Binder asks, "do we want to save before we do this?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf41" 		

Floyd ]  Barfee Fruit MegaStore  [Orchid: Orf, Flora]
Floyd | 0/81 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | File to save game in >

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		genericgeekgirl says, "GAH."
		Binder says, "uh"
		DavidW says, "oh dear"
		mwmiller says, "TADS crashes when you try to save? Well, that's nice."
		genericgeekgirl says, "That's new."
		DavidW says, "It might be the sleepmask terp's fault."
		Ellison says, "yeah"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Likely."
		DavidW says, "well, we hadn't gotten that far into it."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, what did we do? Grabbed the kola, went to Ada's place, got the coordinates and came here."
		genericgeekgirl says, "And the colour chart, if we werne't already carrying it."
		DavidW says, "And found the color chart by 'x books'."
		genericgeekgirl says, "*weren't"
		borowski says, "right"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Let me load it up with sleepmask first and try to save."
		genericgeekgirl says, "And then we'll scrap that and play without."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask legend" 		

Floyd ]  Your bachelor pod  [Burnt Sienna: Val, Frost]
Floyd | 
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A pattern of bits shifts inside your computer.  New information
Floyd | scrolls up the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd |    It is not good.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the impact of the discovery settles on your psyche, you recall
Floyd | the preceding events:  your recent enrollment at Akmi Yooniversity;
Floyd | your serendipitous discovery of the joys of Classical Literature -- a
Floyd | nice change of pace from computer hacking; your compuarchaeological
Floyd | discovery of the long-forgotten treasures that will make your thesis
Floyd | one of the most important this decade.  But now that's all a bit moot,
Floyd | isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | How ironic:  You were stunned at how *real* the primitive Unnkulian
Floyd | stories seemed.  Now you know why.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Legend Lives!
Floyd | An Unnkulian Universe Unventure
Floyd | Opus 2, Version 1.1G for Great Underground Adventures CD
Floyd | Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 David M. Baggett
Floyd | All rights reserved.
Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd | WorldClass library version 1.3.5.
Floyd |
Floyd | Difficulty Rating (without hints):  Legendary (10 out of 10)
Floyd |
Floyd | Recommended for mature readers only.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is free.  We encourage you to distribute it, but you may
Floyd | not charge any money for it beyond the cost of the media it is stored
Floyd | on.
Floyd |
Floyd | ADVENTIONS no longer supports this product.  Please do not
Floyd | contact us for hints or to buy games.  The best place to get our games
Floyd | is from the Interactive Fiction Archive on the Internet, site
Floyd | ftp.gmd.de.  The best place to ask for help with our games is the
Floyd | Usenet newsgroup rec.games.int-fiction.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |    For instructions, type "instructions".
Floyd |

		
Floyd Read footnotes [1] with the note command; e.g., type "note 		

Floyd | 1."
Floyd |
Floyd | Use the adaptive hint system by typing "hint".  To toggle hint
Floyd | encrypting, type "encrypt".  The encryption is a simple letter
Floyd | substitution cipher.  Use this option to keep yourself from using too
Floyd | many hints.
Floyd |
Floyd |    Type "credits" for more information about the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bachelor pod
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahhhhh.  Pod sweet pod!  Sure feels good to be back in the ol'
Floyd | closet-sized capsule again, yes sir.  While slaving away on your
Floyd | master's thesis you've spent many late hours here, sustaining yourself

		
Floyd on naught but Akmi Snak Chipz [2] and ReVoLT Kola.